A Brief Explanation of the CFA Programs

The California Fencing Academy offers multi-leveled comprehensive programs in three main categories which are the recreational, developmental and team programs.

There are four very important structural:

1. We have separate programs for specific age groups.
2. CFA has many levels in each of its three programs: recreational, developmental, and CFA teams.
3. CFA allows each student to progress through all the levels whether they want to compete or not.
4. CFA fencing master’s and certified professional coaches teach ALL levels of each program.

Recreational Program

•  BEGINNING Classes: Meet once weekly. Lasts 3 weeks. If you do not fit our schedule private lesson are available. 
•  NOVICE-INTERMEDIATE Program: Meet once or twice weekly (1hour practice). Ongoing membership program (month to month).  At this stage we do make age adjustments to these programs on an individual basis. We do offer youth classes and teen-adult classes. Electrical equipment is required. CFA offers a rental equipment for a fee paid monthly. You can also buy your own equipment. 
•  INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED/NON-TRAVEL TEAM program: Meet once or twice weekly (1.5-hour class). Ongoing membership program (month to month).   This level also gets the opportunity to fence with our Local and National team fencers.

Competitive /Developmental Programs: 

• Developmental in most sport programs means developing you to be an elite level athlete or to your highest potential competitively and that is the same in CFA.  This program is for intermediate-advanced levels that have accomplished the tasks and met the goals of the recreational intermediate-advanced classes. However, CFA allows some recreational students to level up into this group as long as they have the necessary skills, self-discipline, work ethic, and desire to be in the program. There are different levels or “stages” within this program. All of these fencers are taking one private lesson weekly. If they show all the traits to be national, they start taking two private lessons
•  Local Team/Regional Team: This team is designed for fencers who are traveling to local and regional events. Three practices weekly of 1.5 hour each (total of 4.5hours of practice per week.
•  National:  These fencers have been accepted to the national team after evaluation and a coach parent conference with full commitment to the program. The next level within this program is international level. These fencers are traveling to reginal, super-regional and national events.   All available practice times can be attended by those fencers (up to 7 hours per week).

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