Royal Greenwich Fencing Club
Royal Greenwich Fencing Club is a very friendly and welcoming South East London community based fencing club, serving Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley, Bexley and beyond. We are a three weapon club and so teach and fence sabre, epee and foil. One of the Clubs aims is to promote traditional foil and epee fencing using the classic French grip, which requires developing a certain skill. Specifically we put an emphasis on having fun fencing and offer a local venue with a relaxed atmosphere where people of all ages from seven to sixty five or more can fence, or for the first time try their hand at fencing. For all enquiries and details on the Club please either use our contact form here or email info@royalgreenwichfencingclub.org.uk
You can watch the FENCING action from the PARIS OLYMPICS on discovery+ or via the FIE YouTube channel here.
Royal Greenwich Fencing Club’s participation in the Honor Magic 6 Pro fencing advert, featuring French female international sabreurs Cecilia Berder, world ranked No. 9 after competing for France in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Coline Suzzanne fencing on one of the Clubs new fencing pistes. More pictures and videos can be seen here.
Members of the Junior section practicing some basic moves.
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FENCING, a fun exercise for every age.
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GOOD AEROBIC EXERCISE, boosts your oxygen.
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IMPROVES CIRCULATION, boosts immunity.
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GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, relieves stress.
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GOOD FOR YOUR HEART, helps lower blood pressure.
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and book your place today!
ADULT BEGINNER TASTER SESSIONS
Thursday 14th & 21st November Only.
A Two lesson fencing taster for beginners or returnees aged from 16 to 65 plus.
ADULT BEGINNER FENCING COURSE
Starting in Term 4 on Thursday 14th November, a 10 Week Adult Beginners fencing course with All equipment provided.
6 places available, 2 left, you can book your place on it today.
Experienced adult fencers and returnees are welcome.
JUNIOR BEGINNERS FENCING COURSE
Email to be put on the waiting list for future courses.
A course for junior beginners aged 7 to 15, the course consists of 10 weekly sessions on Mondays with All the equipment provided.
Experienced junior fencers and returnees are welcome.
Please email for availability.
Please be aware that attendance at the Club is by prior arrangement only.
At Royal Greenwich we fence for the enjoyment of it, so if you are a beginner, a novice or an experienced fencer we don’t care as long as you enjoy fencing.
Students can learn and fence at their own pace, and we welcome existing fencers and competitive level fencers. Anyone wishing to hone their skills against new opponents, for training and for fun, is welcome.
We are an independent and privately run community based fencing club which aims to promote fencing by making it more accessible, so as to generate more interest in this Olympic sport. Doing this from a grass roots level upwards. As a community club we are a non profit organisation and plough all of our fees back into the club. The club is affiliated to the British Fencing Association our NGB and our coaches are all BFA qualified.
To begin with, fees include the use by our members of both the basic fencing equipment required to train with, and the electric equipment to fight with, in the expectation that members will purchase their own equipment within a year. We also offer a 25% discount for adult concessions and a 25% discount for junior second siblings.
Beginners who join the club can now benefit from the BFA’s Free 90 day Introduction Membership Category and the insurance cover that comes with it.
Woolwich Photographic Society Fencing Shoot
The photographs displayed at the head of this page were taken by Aperture, who came along to the club one evening to try and take some interesting shots of the clubs members fencing, and this gallery contains some of these. To see pictures of other subjects from Aperture you can just follow this link .
Insurance and Qualifications:
Royal Greenwich Fencing Club is affiliated to the British Fencing Association which is the sport’s national governing body. The Club’s BFA membership number is 30925.
In being affiliated the Club is recognised by the BFA and covered under their insurance policy for our members protection. Details of the BFA’s Club insurance policy can be found here .
It is recommended that Individual club members also join the BFA, to benefit from the BFA’s fencer cover. Details of individual members cover can be found via this link .
The qualifications required to become a registered fencing coach can be found here .
Once a coach has met all the required criteria, and the corresponding documentation has been submitted to the BFA for verification, the coach will be added to the BFA’s Coach Register, updated every month, and accessible via this link . Here a Registered Coaches qualifications can be verified by searching for them by surname.
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Royal Greenwich Fencing Club meets at Shrewsbury House Community Centre on Shooters Hill, Greenwich, South-East London. Details on how to get there can be found here.
Please be aware that attendance at the Club is by prior arrangement only.