Looking for a teambuilding for your company, club or group of friends?

With us you cross swords with your colleagues. Not a watered-down taster, but the real basics of fencing: in two to three hours you learn enough to fence a proper match. We come to you or you come to our hall in Kortrijk.

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Photos from past teambuildings

Participants in fencing jackets and masks facing each other in pairs in a company hall

Overview of a teambuilding in a company hall, with pistes, scoring machines and a line of waiting participants

Participants fencing in pairs across a sports hall, with a trainer looking on from the middle

Two participants lunging at each other in a hall with a chequered tiled floor, the scoring machine in the foreground

A trainer standing with arms spread in the middle of the floor while participants fence in pairs behind him

A row of participants in fencing jackets and masks lined up with their épée in hand

Group photo of the participants in fencing jackets in front of the Schermers Groeningeveld club banner

What does a teambuilding look like?

1

Warm-up

We start with a warm-up. Fencing asks a lot of your legs, so first we make sure everyone is loose and knows how to move on the piste.
2

The basics

Then come the exercises. How do you hold an épée, how do you lunge, how do you hit your opponent without being hit yourself? It is the same foundation we teach our own beginners, not a simplified version made up for the occasion.
3

On the piste

And then the real thing: matches against your colleagues or friends, on a real piste and with a scoring machine. This is where you discover how tactical fencing is, and who on your team is quickest to be tempted into an attack. If time allows, we finish with a small tournament.

Where does it take place?

At our hall

We welcome you at sports centre Drie Hofsteden in Kortrijk, where we train ourselves. Everything is ready and waiting: pistes, scoring equipment and gear for the whole group.

At your location

We are just as happy to come to you, indoors or outdoors. We bring everything: épées, masks, jackets, pistes and scoring equipment.

All we need is a clear, reasonably level strip of floor and an ordinary power socket. We bring the extension cords. We adapt the piste to your space. Outdoors works too, though we agree a plan B for the weather together. Not sure whether your space is big enough? Send us the dimensions and we will tell you straight away.

Practical

Duration: two to three hours.
Groups of up to about 25 people. Larger groups are possible with some adjustments. Just ask.
All equipment is included. All you bring is sportswear and shoes with a clean sole.
No experience needed. Nobody in the group has ever held an épée, and that is exactly the point.
Price on request: it depends on the size of the group and on where the teambuilding takes place.