I am happy to help you with understanding and ordering the fencing equipment for your fencer!!! 🙂 We don't require our new students to purchase anything until they tried the sport and showed interest in sport. We provide equipment to all our introduction and beginners level students for the first 60 days of their participation in our program. The intermediate and advanced level students are required to purchase their own full electric equipment set and there are lots of benefits to owning personal gear.

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  After the 60 days of trial period, a student may choose from the following options:

1) Lease equipment from the club at $35/month. This option is great for those who not ready to invest in equipment and are welcome to continue using club's equipment.

2) Buy used gear. This option is great for anyone who wants to buy personal gear and want to save few $$$. I find many good deals on used fencing gear option on eBay and you can check our used equipment spreadsheet (constantly being updated).

3) Buy new gear. The easiest and the fastest way to buy equipment. You can divide your equipment purchase into few months to help with the initial investment cost. Go to https://www.absolutefencinggear.com/

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Why should you buy equipment for your child?

1. Hygiene is the number one reason! All kids sweat when fencing and many times the equipment is being transferred from one kid to another between classes. Of course we wash and clean and fix everything. But still, it is much nicer to have your own mask and jacket.

2. Kids learn how to wear and use the equipment when they actually own it. After many years of experience I learned that kids only really learn how to wear and use the gear when they actually have their own and they also perform much better. There is also a reason why I ask kids to get ready in less than 5 minutes when they gear up. Otherwise they easily spend their entire class time on just finding and wearing equipment. It is amazing how it works, but once they own and bring personal gear, they get so much better and faster in gearing up and learn how to use the equipment.

3. They can (and absolutely encouraged) to practice at home.

4. They will learn responsibility! They will be taught to treat their equipment with responsibility. Taking care of personal stuff is another important skill to have.

5. They will be able to advance to the intermediate level and eventually join competitions.

Anyway, if you don't care about any of the reasons above, you can continue renting the equipment from the club at a small fee and we will take care of it. The fee will cover all the equipment maintenance, repair, replacement, cleaning and washing.

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What are the equipment types:

  Dry fencing equipment (non electric) is good for the introduction and beginners levels. That is the equipment we start using in our first few months of training. 

  Electric fencing equipment is necessary for all students who continue attending classes beyond 3-4 months and are introduced to the real fencing experience. Fencing with the electric fencing gear is much more fun and is the real fencing experience! Once students start using the electric gear, they never want to go back to the dry equipment.

   Please know that you are not obligated to purchase all the equipment at once. You can buy a the "Dry Set" (non electric) first and then continue adding more pieces (electric gear) later as your child continue to progress.

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   You are welcome to order your personal equipment on your own by following the instructions below. Or, if you want me to order the equipment for you, you will be charged $35 processing fees and sales taxes.

   Please NOTE: The intermediate and advanced levels require a full electric equipment set. Also, intermediate and advanced levels will need to order at least 3 foils and 3 bodycords.

   I recommend purchasing equipment from the https://www.absolutefencinggear.com/.

   Please note, most kids will wear equipment size S or XS. Teens or adults will most likely wear M. It is very rare when someone wears size L equipment. Uniform fitting should be comfortable to wear - if you are not sure about size, always go one size up rather than down.

Please follow the sizing chart to find the correct size for your fencer before purchasing anything:

https://www.absolutefencinggear.com/sizinghelp

You are welcome to use the "Fencing Equipment Order Form" bellow as worksheet for yourself while preparing the order. Or, you can fill it out to the best of your knowledge and give it to your coach if you want us to order the equipment for you.