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Urbandale, IA – Several RDF fencers visited Courage League Sports – a really cool adaptive sports facility – for Family Fun Night. Tonight’s theme was Olympic sports. We brought a bunch of gear from the club, everyone suited up, we handed out weapons, and let the whacking commence! After a few minutes, the kids were hitting, disengaging, and parry-riposting like pros! We also made friends with Caylin, who used to fence in high school and jumped at the opportunity to wield her saber again when she heard about Olympic Family Fun Night. Special thanks to Coach RJ for working with Courage League to arrange our participation in this great event.

 

 

First of all, we would like to thank everyone who came to our two open house events this weekend. We had so much fun introducing so many people to the sport we love! We hope everyone had fun and that we’ll see some of you back this week.

Youth Beginner Epee (for kids ages 7-12) starts at 5:00 tomorrow (Monday), and Adult Beginner Epee (ages 13 & up) will start at 6:15. There are still spots in both epee classes, so walk-ins are welcome to sign up on site. Please arrive a few minutes early if you have not yet completed a registration form and waiver.

Online registration for Youth Beginner Epee

Online registration for Adult Beginner Epee

Beginner saber fencers will start on Tuesday. We still have room for more fencers, so walk-ins are welcome to sign up on site. Please arrive a few minutes early if you have not yet completed a registration form and waiver.

Online registration for Beginner Saber (all ages)

If you have any questions, contact us.

KCCI Channel 8’s Todd Magel did a great report on the club Thursday night. Watch Red Door Fencing on the news!

On Saturday, RDF was featured on WHO Channel 13 and KDSM Fox 17. Watch the story!

We also got a mention on Channel 5 on Sunday night. Here’s the clip!

We are pleased to announce our first Open House dates!

Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 from 10 am-4-pm

Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 from 3-5 pm

Stop by and see what fencing at RDF is all about! We will have free snacks, interactive demonstrations, and you might even get a chance to poke somebody!

Sign-up for beginners is now open! Check the Practice Schedule for times and class descriptions. Feel free to contact us with any questions. We highly recommend stopping by during our Open House events to help decide which group you would like to try.

If you have fenced before and would like to join one of our regular practice groups, call, email, or stop by to sign up.

Just so everyone knows, the door is actually painted red now. Sarah, Mike, Jim, and RJ also competed at the Sioux City Challenge last weekend. Check back soon for an announcement about our first official open house event!

We continued working on the club this week, adding a few little things here and there. One of our light fixtures that died is back in working order. We hung up a mirror and some hooks in the bathroom, we finally painted the door red, and we began painting a red stripe around the room, just to be decorative.

 

We had epee practice at the club on Wednesday night and Saturday morning. On Saturday night, Sarah finally finished the curtains and we came and hung them up. That’s probably about it for major transformations for a while, but there are a lot of little things that still need to be done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have chairs! And a desk! And a table! During the past week, we’ve been adding lots of little things to the club. Epeeists Sarah and Jim and coach Kevin also traveled to Northwestern University in Evanston, IL to fence the Remenyik Open.

On Wednesday night, we had the first practice at our club. It was just the small group of us that had been meeting in the basement of Windsor Presbyterian Church for the past year and a half as we are not yet open to the public. We love the new place!