Staten Island Fencing Center

Happy International Fencing Day! Enjoy these videos from the International Fencing Federation. En garde! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw YOUTUBE.COM FIE Fencing Channel

STATEN ISLAND FENCING CENTER Our plan for reopening of the club for the Fall of 2020 Greetings to our fencers and their families! I would like to announce that we have decided to reopen the SIFC starting on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th. We will continue as in the past to have open fencing and private classes on Friday evenings and our Mini Musketeer and Youth class Saturday mornings and private lessons Saturday afternoon. However, because of the Covid-19 crisis we will institute new policies for the protection of our children and their parents. We will ask that everyone please co-operate and assist in making sure each of us follow the following rules. • First, we have washed all the club’s uniforms, lame’s, masks and weapons. • All fencers must wipe down their weapon and mask before fencing. • Fencers must wipe down their weapon and mask after fencing. • All fencers must wash their hands before and after fencing. • Fencers must wear a face mask at all times. • Fencers will be required to wear face masks under their fencing masks when fencing. • Fencers must social distance and try to stay at least 6 feet apart when not fencing or in classes. • During open fencing on Fridays, all fencers must remain at least 6 feet apart when not fencing. We know our teen fencers enjoy socializing at the club and we encourage this but until further notice please socialize at least 6 feet apart. • Our parents who come to sit and watch will be seated 6 feet apart, we know that you also enjoy socializing, but we ask that keep your distance from each other inside the club. • During our classes Coach Danny will try to maintain a wider distance between the fencers. • We will keep the front and back doors open to have a better circulation of air inside the building. • We will keep wipes and hand sanitizers on hand for all to use, we encourage fencers and their parent to bring their own wipes and sanitizers as well for themselves and their equipment. • The SIFC will honor all class time that was paid for before the club closed for Covid-19. • We ask that our parents help us with our youngest fencers as we know that they don’t always like to follow rules and like to play and run around. We are aware that wearing masks all the time is not always comfortable and that cleaning equipment and washing hands is time consuming, but it is more important to keep each other safe so we all can enjoy our favorite sport. Get in touch if you have any questions. We hope that very soon that it will be shown that we can be alerted that we can resume our activities in a more normal fashion. David Setlow, SIFC President & Danny Assad, SIFC Coach

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Hello everyone, we at the Staten Island Fencing Center hope you are well. We miss you and can't wait to be back at the club with you. In the meantime, there are plenty of ways you can get some practice in while at home. Hope you'll take advantage of this time to work on some of these drills until we can resume classes and open fencing in person. You can find plenty of other tutorials online as well. Stay safe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kls9IiNQ47Y YOUTUBE.COM Fencing Footwork You Can Practice at Home - Beginer Workout (Revised Version)

Hope you're all doing well and staying safe. Even though we can't get together at the SIFC, watch how one man keeps up his fencing routine at home! #creativity #staysafe https://www.facebook.com/ZFWfencing/videos/2376690749296628/?v=2376690749296628 ZFW Fencing Club March 26 at 3:51 AM · Fencing with music! #zfwfencingclub #rasputin #bonnym

Due to the current ongoing situation and an effort to keep our members and our staff safe, the SIFC will be shutting down until further notice. We certainly hope this is a temporary shutdown and look forward to hosting classes and open fencing once again soon. We are considering options for those who have already prepaid for upcoming lessons. We will keep you posted on how we can make those up to you. Please check in here for any latest news. In the meantime, stay safe and we look forward to seeing you back at the club again when the time is right. Thank you.

We are open, yes the Staten Island Fencing Center is back in business! Come down Friday evenings for open fencing and once again cross swords with your friends. Come join us Saturday morning and afternoon for our Mini Musketeers and youth classes and private lessons. We ask for own protection to wear a mask at all times, wash your hands before and after you fence and wipe your equipment down. We will take your temperature and have doors open for better ventilation and ask you to maintain distance when not fencing. So come and tap your inner Zorro!

David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center October 24 at 6:49 PM · Our Mini Musketeers hard at work learning how to cross swords.

David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center November 19 at 2:39 PM · Saturday mornings where our Mini Musketeers and youth classes learn to cross swords.

YOUTUBE.COM Fun, Brainless & Cheesy Sword Fight David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center November 8 at 5:55 PM · A fun fencing scene from the movie "The Great Race", 1965 with Tony Curtis as The Great Leslie and Ross Martin as Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe fighting with both foils and sabers.

David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center November 8 at 5:55 PM · A fun fencing scene from the movie "The Great Race", 1965 with Tony Curtis as The Great Leslie and Ross Martin as Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe fighting with both foils and sabers.

Thank you to "The Real Staten Island" Youtube channel for featuring SIFC! YOUTUBE.COM The Real Staten Island | [New Dorp] | (Ep. 07) David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center January 27 at 4:28 PM · YouTube channel "The Real Staten Island" this week did a video on New Dorp that features The Staten Island Fencing Center. The video runs about 30 minutes and the fencing segment starts at about the 17 minute mark so check it out and show your friends. Special thanks to Sam Alkhatib who created this channel and was good enough to share his time and show off our club.

YOUTUBE.COM Cyrano de Bergerac 1950) 'Nose Speech' 'Fencing Ballade' David Setlow‎Staten Island Fencing Center January 5 at 3:59 PM · One of the all time great sword fighting scenes from "Cyrano De Bergerac" , a 1950 film starring Jose Ferrer based on the classic book and stage play. Well worth a viewing and this scene is a classic!!!

Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you all back on the strip as we resume classes and open fencing this week. En garde!