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11555 Gaston Road
Katy, TX 77494 - Houston
1117 Upland Drive
Houston, TX 77043
Focused On Both Success And The Experience Along The Way
At Alliance Fencing Academy, we’re focused on both success and the experience along the way.
Your time here will build confidence, reinforce teamwork and inspire personal growth that will stay with you for life, both on and off the fencing piste.
About Alliance Fencing Academy
Alliance is one of the largest and most successful epee clubs in the nation.
We are home to three Olympians, six World Champions, four Pan American Champions, and over 50 U.S. National and North American Cup Champions, twenty five Team USA World Team members, and ten NCAA individual champions and medalists.
Alliance Fencing Academy was founded by the 2014- 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Coach Andrey Geva. Coach Geva is the USA Fencing Hall of Fame inductee (class 2024) and he was also named by the US Olympic Committee as the 2006 Developmental Coach of the Year.
Alliance is home to high level professional coaches from Columbia, Cuba, France, Germany, Guatemala, Great Britain, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and the United States.
Alliance fencers have been recruited as Division 1 varsity athletes for the NCAA fencing teams at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Northwestern, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Brandeis, Temple, the Air Force Academy, and many more …
What We Offer:
The Beginner’s Course
The Beginner’s Course is a 2-class package designed for those 5 years of age and up who have zero previous fencing experience.
The Course introduces:
- Fencing Rules
- History
- Technical Fundamentals and safety
- Supervised Fencing With Other Beginners, Drills, and Games
Group Fencing Lessons/Classes
The Group Fencing Lessons/Classes are for beginner, intermediate, and advanced fencers ages 5 and up.
During Group Fencing Lessons/Classes fencers learn:
- Warm Up, Stretching, and Coordination Exercises
- Sport Games, Relay Races, Jump Roping, etc.
- Fencing and General Fitness Exercises
- Fencing Technique, Strategy, and Tactics
- Footwork, Target Practice, and Fencing Specific Drills
- Tournament Rules and Regulations
- Health and Nutrition
- Armory Work
Individual Lessons
We offer individual private lessons to all ages and levels.
Lessons are 25-30, or 50-60 minutes long depending on a fencer’s age, level, and the lesson’s task. There are few different types of lessons:
- One-on-one technical or tactical lesson with the coach: 25-30 minutes
- Video review of fencer’s bouts from different tournaments with the coach: 25-30 minutes
- On-strip technical and tactical lesson with an opponent supervised by the coach: 50-60 minutes
Alliance Fencing Academy Winter and Summer Camps
Alliance Fencing Academy’s summer and winter fencing camps are an opportunity for your child to have fun exploring one of the original and foundational sports of the modern Olympic Games while picking up technical and competitive skills that will last them a lifetime.
There are different winter and summer camp sessions designed for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced fencers.
Introductory Experience for New Fencers- Ages 5-14
Preparation for Summer National Championships- All Ages
Alliance Fencing Academy Offers Classes Exclusively Designed For Homeschoolers
Throughout our 15 years of operation, Alliance has developed over 30 homeschooled fencers who have become national and international competitors. Many of these students have gone on to become NCAA Division I fencers at top universities across the United States.
Aside from athletic ability, we’ve found that fencing also offers a dynamic and supportive social environment for homeschooled students.
Alliance Fencing Academy Birthday Parties
For Children 5 and Up
Two-hour party includes:
- Fun fencing and warm-up games
- Introduction to the history of fencing
- Basic fencing rules and technique
- Fencing bouts using electronic scoring equipment
- Time for cake and presents!
Historical Fencing at Alliance
Sword to Sword is, un-ironically, a sword fighting school. But more than that we’re a club. While Sword to Sword has a serious focus in educating our members on martial combat, we also focus on fun. We want Sword to Sword to be a welcoming environment for everyone.
Each month, we teach on a new topic, building on the universal foundations of swordsmanship, but also allow our students plenty of time to explore other topics with support from the instructors.
