Coastside Fencing Club

Omg! Why would this place have an event here anyways. Parking sucks, the neighbor (s)/neighborhood sucks, and the place is too small. You will get ticketed even if you think the parking spot is okay. It is not okay and the neighbors will tattle tell.

We went to Coastside Academy for a work team-​building event. Anthony did a fantastic job of making fencing accessible to a bunch of inexperienced, unathletic nerds. The drills were fun and comfortable for everyone, and were were blown away that we were actually doing practice matches by the end of one class. A great place!

I’m a broke student ALWAYS looking for something unique to do with my budget. After seeing an amazon deal for fencing lessons, I could not pass it up and my boyfriend showed so much enthusiasm for the adventure as well. To make a long story short, we absolutely LOVED it! I’m a runner and yogi and I still manged to break out in a sweat! The sport of fencing challenged my reflexes which are seldom tested and my legs felt a nice burn =)
On top of that our maestro, Anthony, was excellent at instructing and witty with his words.
I posted a picture of tonight’s event which includes two kids — don’t be fooled, these fencers may be small, but they are awesome and adorable!
We are DEFINITELY coming back and with a little more skill! En Garde!

This place is spectacular. We started with a groupon, and had two 20 minute sessions, but they have beginning adult classes Friday nights from 6 to 730, and we’ll certainly be going!
As far as Coastside is concerned, the maestro is used to training kids and a very good teacher. He explains things completely and keeps lessons moving quickly so there’s time to get to actual fencing at the end. They provide all the equipment, of course, but wear clothes you don’t mind getting gross and sweaty.
I totally recommend this place to anyone interested in fencing, or even in just trying something different.

went down to the club with a friend to find out about «fencing», saw an interesting video of it on youtube and wanted to check it out in real. the club is clean, the staff is friendly and helpful, easy transportation and acceptable membership fee. the first few class was kinda weird, since fencing require a special way of moving, exercise and balance. after the second week we started to feel the rhythm then after our third personal lesson, we have started really enjoy the practices. the equipment is kinda expensive but the club gives you everything you need so you dont need to buy anything until you’re sure about that you want to start your fencing ‘career”.
i definitely recommend them for kids or adults, great sport, great exercise, nice people and environment.
thanks for reading

anthony is pretty awesome. i was here for a short beginner’s lesson. he taught all the basics just enough for us to do some real fencing at the end. the crowd is quite diverse. there are a few little kids + their parents and people around my age.
they provide equipment and everything. as you would expect, it’s not the newest. there are lockers in the back for rent and two bathrooms where you can change. overall it’s a pretty fun and friendly place to learn how to fence. and fencing is surprisingly fun.

Anthony was an awesome teacher. I went with my fiancé for a date night using a groupon deal. Had great fun learning the basics of fencing first-​hand and sparring at the end of our session. It was a surprisingly decent workout too! Never thought about taking a class in fencing but now I might…

I bought a groupon to check this place out and had such a great time. In our 1.5 hour class we learned the basics, practiced, and fenced in full gear at the end. I was impressed that could all happen in one class. I highly recommend trying fencing here if you’ve never done it. Before our class a kids class was just finishing up and we learned two of the kids were USA champions, amazing!

I am totally happy with this place. The kids come out of class beaming.