Fairfield Fencing Academy has closed
A $40 trial lesson, one hour, gear provided, ages 5 to adult, at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan.
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Fairfield Fencing Academy, at 720 Old Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, CT, is permanently closed. We are not the academy and cannot speak for it. This page says what can be checked and where fencers from that end of the county train now: Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan, about 31 minutes from Fairfield, which this desk books lessons for.
What we know
The academy was at 720 Old Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, and it is permanently closed. That is the whole of what we can state. We do not know why, and this page is not the place to speculate. A closing club leaves families with a coach they liked and nowhere to fence, and that is a loss, not a story.
31 min
about, Fairfield to New Canaan
Where Fairfield fencers go now
The nearest club with a full program is Tim Morehouse Fencing Club at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd, New Canaan, about 31 minutes from Fairfield by the Merritt Parkway. It teaches foil, epee and saber to children from age five, teens and adults, runs classes, private lessons and camps, and has a competitive team whose fencers hold USA Fencing membership. It was founded by Tim Morehouse, 2008 Olympic silver medalist in saber.
Thirty-one minutes is further than Old Stratfield Road was, and we are not going to round it down. Fencing lessons for Fairfield families covers the drive and the shapes that work: a weekend class, a camp week in the school breaks, or a private lesson paired with something else on the New Canaan side.
If you fenced at the academy
Your gear comes with you
A mask, jacket, glove and weapon you already own are yours to keep using. The trial lesson provides gear for anyone who has none.
02Your experience counts
Tell the desk the weapon and roughly how long you fenced, and the club knows before the first hour.
03Your USA Fencing membership is yours
A membership belongs to the fencer, not to a club, and competitors at the New Canaan club hold the same membership.
04The trial lesson is the same $40
One hour, gear provided if you need it, whether you are new or returning.
What this page will and will not do
It will say what can be checked: the address, and that the academy is permanently closed. It will not speculate about why, and it will not say anything about the people who ran it or coached there. If you ran the academy or coached at it and something on this page is wrong, text the desk and we will fix it.
It will also tell you plainly where the nearest full program is, because that is what a family searching for the academy needs to know next, and because this desk books lessons there. That is the connection, and the only one.
The practical first step
Text the desk with who the lesson is for, their age, which weapon they fenced and roughly how long. The desk books a $40 one-hour trial lesson at the New Canaan club and texts back the day, the time, the entrance and parking at New Canaan Country School, and what to bring. A returning fencer brings their own gear; a beginner is lent it. If the drive rules out a weekday evening, say so and the desk looks at the weekend and the camp dates.
Questions people actually ask
Is Fairfield Fencing Academy really closed for good?
Yes. The academy at 720 Old Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, is permanently closed. We are not connected to it and cannot say more than that. The nearest club with a full program is Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan, about 31 minutes away.
Are you connected to Fairfield Fencing Academy?
No. This desk books lessons at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan and has no connection to the academy, its owners or its coaches. Questions about its memberships, refunds or records have to go to whoever ran it; we cannot answer them.
My child fenced at the academy. Where do we go now?
To the New Canaan club, about 31 minutes from Fairfield at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd. Text the desk with the child's age, weapon and how long they fenced, and the club knows before the first hour. Gear they own comes with them. The trial lesson is forty dollars for one hour.
Is there anything closer to Fairfield than New Canaan?
Not that we can find with a full program. Stamford Fencing Club, in the other direction, is not running classes either. For a Fairfield family the drive to New Canaan is the realistic answer, and a camp week in the school breaks is often the easiest way to start.
Does a USA Fencing membership from the academy still count?
Yes. A USA Fencing membership belongs to the fencer, not to the club, so it is yours. Competitors at the New Canaan club hold the same membership and fence under the club's name. The desk can tell you how the club handles the paperwork when you text.
