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Blade Masters is a private club, founded in Fall of 2002 so that our kids in the area (Lincolnshire) would have a quality, local place to learn to Fence. We ended up with 41 kids at our first meeting. So we have 2 sessions every Wednesday night, with 2 instructors per session. The early session from 6:30-8:00 is earmarked for the 5th/6th graders, and the later session from 8:00-9:30 is earmarked for the 7th/8th graders. We are currently using the multi-purpose room of the Sprague elementary school. We run an 8-wk 'semester', for 1.5 hrs, every Wednesdays (except a few Wednesdays when the school is closed, and they won't let us in, resulting in 8 classes, spanning 9 or 10 actual weeks). Costs for youth or adult are: Tuition/Fee $99 or $85* Equipment Rental (mask/foil/jacket) $49 /semester. if you don't have your own Glove($20)/UnderArmProtector($25) $45 1 time purchase, from us or where ever. * Discounted $14 to $85 for continuing students who pre-register and pre-pay by the deadline. This encourages continuity and less stress on the club president. So for most of our students, it is $134 or $149 for Tuition and Rental per semester, once they buy their glove/UAP (which need to be washed once in a while!). Women will probably want to get a 'frisbee -style' chest protector ($5/pr which we can supply), and guys should provide their own cup. Where: Sprague Elementary School multi-purpose room. Sprague is on Riverwoods Rd., just south of Half Day Rd (Rte 22).
FYI: The book we will be using as a guide is Fencing: Steps to Success. You certainly do not need to buy it, but its a very good book and we have a few copies at the Club ($15), and we link to the Amazon.com website here as a courtesy. Questions? Email me: Henry@BladeMasters.org
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