West Coast Fencing Academy · Austin
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Training, team days, tournaments and medals at West Coast Fencing Academy in Austin.
Training in the salle
Lessons, drills and bouts at the club.
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En garde in a T-shirt and sneakers. For the first class you need no kit of your own. -
A one-on-one lesson on the strip. -
Close work with the coach. -
Blade work against the coach’s padded sleeve. -
A lesson across the salle. -
Getting into the jacket before class. -
A training bout in full kit. -
Evening training.
Team and medals
Celebrations and medals.
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A club celebration in the salle. -
The team in kit beside the club banner. -
Wearing their medals. -
A medal, and a thumbs-up from the coach.
Tournaments and medals
Podiums, medals and Coach Pasha at tournaments with the team.
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With Coach Pasha at a tournament in Houston. -
By the podium with Coach Pasha in Houston. -
Teammates on the podium together. -
A medal and a photo with the coach. -
Two teammates and Coach Pasha, medals on. -
Medals on, beside the club banner. -
Two medals and a peace sign. -
Peace signs by the podium. -
Two thumbs up, one medal. -
Still in fencing whites, medals on. -
A talk with Coach Pasha at the venue. -
The tournament hall from the stands.
Head coach Pavel Bykov
An Olympian: fourth in men’s team sabre at the London 2012 Olympics, with team gold at the World and European Championships.
Coach Pasha runs every newcomer’s first class himself.
Come try a class. It’s free.
Meet Coach Pasha and try sabre fencing on Pond Springs Road. Your first class is free, and we lend you the equipment free for your first month.
No payment details needed to book. Parents are welcome to watch the first class. If the coach is on the strip, leave a voicemail; he calls back within 24 hours.