Fencing lessons for Fairfield families
A $40 trial lesson, one hour, gear provided, ages 5 to adult, at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan.
Text us and the desk answers by text. If you call, you hear a short greeting and get a text back.
Class times change by season. Text the desk for this week's times.
Fairfield Fencing Academy, at 720 Old Stratfield Rd, is permanently closed. Fairfield families now fence at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan, about 31 minutes away, at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd. Children from age five, teenagers and adults start with a $40 one-hour trial lesson with the gear provided. This desk books it; the club teaches it. How that works.
Fencing in Fairfield itself
The academy on Old Stratfield Road was the club for this end of the county, and it is gone. Here is what we know and where that fencing went. Fairfield is the furthest town on this site from New Canaan, and we say so plainly rather than rounding the drive down. What is on the other end of it is a full program, classes, private lessons, camps and a competitive team, founded by Tim Morehouse, 2008 Olympic silver medalist in saber.
For a Fairfield family the realistic shapes are a weekend class, a camp week in the school breaks, or a private lesson paired with something else on the New Canaan side. A weekday evening class is possible but it is the parkway in the commute, and the first trip is the one to time.
31 min
about, Fairfield to the club
The drive from Fairfield
From Fairfield the run is the Merritt Parkway west through Westport and Norwalk to the New Canaan side, then local roads north to Frogtown Road. From Southport or the beach end, Route 1 to the parkway adds a few minutes at the start; from the Black Rock Turnpike end you are on the parkway almost at once. Allow about 31 minutes, and the desk will tell you honestly which slots fit it.
The desk texts the entrance and parking details with every booking.
What a first visit looks like
The $40 trial lesson
One hour, mask, jacket, glove and weapon provided. Bring sneakers, long athletic pants and water.
02Classes by age
Kids from five, teens and adults, each in their own group.
03Private lessons
One coach, one fencer, one weapon, booked through the desk.
04Camps and the competitive team
School-break camps, and a team whose fencers hold USA Fencing membership.
Class times change by season. Text the desk for this week's times.
Before you text
Have four things ready: who the lesson is for and their age, whether they fenced at the academy or anywhere else and in which weapon, that you are coming from Fairfield, and which days could work. The desk books the trial lesson with the club and texts back the day and time, the entrance and parking at New Canaan Country School, and the short list of what to bring. If a weekday evening will not fit the drive, say so; the desk looks at the weekend and the camp dates instead.
What is at the other end of the drive
A full program, not a smaller version of the academy: all three weapons, groups for every age from five up, private lessons, camps in the school breaks, and a competitive team whose fencers hold USA Fencing membership, in a club founded by Tim Morehouse, 2008 Olympic silver medalist in saber. A fencer who was serious at the academy has somewhere to be serious; a child who had barely started has the same $40 trial lesson as a complete beginner.
Fairfield questions people actually ask
Is Fairfield Fencing Academy closed?
Yes, permanently. The academy at 720 Old Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, is closed. The nearest club with a full program is Tim Morehouse Fencing Club at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd, about 31 minutes from Fairfield, which teaches foil, epee and saber to children from five, teens and adults. This desk books the trial lesson there.
My child fenced at the academy. Do they start over?
No. Tell the desk the weapon and roughly how long they fenced, so the club knows before the first hour. Gear they already own comes with them, and a USA Fencing membership is theirs rather than the academy's.
Thirty-one minutes is a long way for a weekly class.
It is, and we are not going to round it down. The shapes that fit are a weekend slot, a camp week in the school breaks, or a private lesson paired with something else on the New Canaan side. Text the desk with the days that could work and it tells you which slots fit the drive.
What does the trial lesson include?
One hour on the strip with the mask, jacket, glove and weapon provided, for forty dollars. Bring sneakers with a clean sole, long athletic pants and water. Nothing has to be bought before the trial.
Are there camps?
Yes, full days of fencing for children and teens in the school breaks. For a Fairfield family a camp week is often the easiest first step, because it is one drive a day for a week rather than a weekly commitment. Text the desk for the next break's dates.
