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Kids Fencing Classes
Our beginner youth class is designed for students ages 5 to 13, with little or no experience in fencing. It includes six 1 hour sessions during which students engage in conditioning exercises, footwork, drills and beginning fencing instruction.

Adult Fencing Classes

This class is geared toward adult fencers new to the sport, ages 14 and up. Here you'll hone fencing technique, basic tactical skills, while developing physical power and agility.

Club Membership

Highly specialized classes for advanced competitive fencers. Fencers here train for local and national competitions participating in rigorous training, drilling, and free fencing. These classes are overseen by the Salle's maestros.

Prodigies: Junior Fencers in the Spotlight — Ally Micek

May 29, 2007

Ally Micek

Foil & Epee, Age: 10

Alexandria is the club cutup at Salle Mauro. Though there’s not much she’d rather do than go to fencing, on select lazy days, she’s been known to play dead on the strip. She’s even hidden Coach Mauro Hamza’s mask in attempts to delay hard lessons.

She started fencing by watching brother Gregory and wanting to join in. “Now, my brother coaches me on strip in Dutch, hoping my opponent will not understand.”

STATS & FACTS
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Club: Salle Mauro Fencing Academy
Coach: Mauro Hamza

HIGHLIGHTS:
5th in Y-10 Foil and 2nd in Y-10 Epee, Super Youth Circuit event, Houston, Texas, March ‘07

Of Interest: Alexandria’s first sport was gymnastics, until she was 9 years old. She competed state-wide. She loves collecting snow globes.

Favorite bout: The Super Youth Circuit 2007 Houston final. I lost first place by one touch in overtime.

Least favorite bout: Summer Nationals 2006. I had been fencing for one month and lost all my bouts.

Sabre Seminar with Coach Vladimir Nazlymov

May 27, 2007

Coach Vladimir Nazlymov, the head fencing coach for Ohio State University, conducted a fencing camp at Salle Mauro located in the West University area of Houston. The camp was held on May 28^th -30^th.

Coach Nazlymov is a 3 time Olympic medalist, a 10 time world champion and also served as the U.S.A. national saber coach. It was such a great learning opportunity that coaches from around Texas came to the camp to acquire training techniques. The fencing seminar was geared specifically for saber and focused on preparing our Houston fencers for Summer Nationals which will be held this July in South Beach Miami.

Coach Nazlymov trained the students on conditioning, proper footwork and blade-work. However, he specifically designed this camp around psychological preparation for the national event. His presentation style was geared mostly for teens and older fencers although the younger fencers, as young as nine, enjoyed the physical training aspect. The camp was such a success that Salle Mauro will be hosting another seminar in the near future.