Fencing Coach Course – Instructor Beginner Level
Weapon: Epee, Foil, Sabre
Season: 2024- 2025 Season
Register by November 15, 2024
Coaching Course Registration Form 2024 (pdf)
Coaching Course Registration Form 2024 (Word)
Introduction
Fencing, whether pursued as a competitive sport or a recreational activity, quickly ignites a lasting passion in those who try it. The Manitoba Fencing Association (MFA) is excited to offer a comprehensive training course designed to equip coaches with the skills to effectively teach beginners. This course will focus on helping new fencers develop a solid foundation, ensuring they experience the joy and excitement of fencing from their very first lesson.
Instructional Period
The course is spread out over the year, with 8 hours a weekend of training, with two weekends and several sessions during the period from November to June 2025. At the end of the course the participants will have the opportunity to be certified as Instructor Beginner Level.
November 16, 9:00am to 1:00 pm (Meeting room)
November 21, 6:00pm to 8:30 pm Flex
December 7, 9:00am to 3:00 pm Flex
December 12 and 19, 6:00pm to 8:30 pm Flex
January 2, 6:00pm to 8:30 pm Flex
January 16 and 23 6:00pm to 8:30 pm Flex
February 8, 9:00am to 3:00 pm Flex
February 14 and 28 6:00pm to 8:30 pm Flex
| Content | Length |
| Theory | 6 hours |
| Practical | 16 hours |
| Practicum (supervised lesson by a certified coach) | 10 hours (Conducted in your club) |
| Exam and Prep | 2 hours |
| Total | 36 hours |
Conditions
- One year of fencing exposure
- An interest in using Fencing in your curriculum
Fencing Equipment Required
- Jacket
- Mask
- Athletic clothes
- Foil, Epee, or Sabre
Course Syllabus
Areas Covered:
- Know-2-Do: be capable to do actions
- Know-2-Teach: be capable to teach actions
- Practical understanding: relation between theory & practical
- Fundamentals: holding a weapon; guard; lunge; retreat; step forward; combinations; positions; balance; co-ordination of arm and legs; distance; rhythm …etc.
- Technical material: (All arm band of yellow/orange level)
- Specific criterium evaluation for Instructor beginner
Theory Courses:
- Classification of fencing actions
- Organization and safety issues
- Terminology, Refereeing and Competition Organization
- Arm Band program (LTAD)
- Planning a Practice
- Performance Analysis
Theory & Practical Courses:
- Methods of Teaching Fencing in a Group
- Skill Development Stages
- Refereeing
- Teaching Methodology
- Private Lessons and Methodology
- Performance Analysis
Practical
Necessary for the armband program (yellow and orange) LTAD. For more information about Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD), please refer to the Canadian Fencing Federation page, “What is LTAD“.
