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Olympia Fencing Center International Epee Camp
Jul 31, 2017 - Aug 4, 2017
Gosman Center at Brandeis University: Waltham, MA
International guests, coaches: Daniel Hondor, Olympia's director, Bill Shipman, head coach of the fencing program at Brandeis, Cornel Milan, Romanian National and Olympic WE Team Coach, Elsayed Emara, Head Coach at the Peoria Fencing Academy, IL.
Olympia Fencing Center and Brandeis University will co-host our first sleepover camp, featuring a stellar team of coaches:
• Daniel Hondor, Olympia's Founder and Director.
• Bill Shipman, Head Coach of the fencing program at Brandeis U.
• Cornel Razvan Milan, coach of the Romanian National and Olympic Women's Epee Team.
• Elsayed Emara, Head Coach at the Peoria Fencing Academy, IL.
The camp is epee exclusive, geared towards advanced fencers ages 15 and over.
Brandeis University, is located in Waltham, MA, about 10 miles west of Boston, about twenty-five minutes from Logan Airport, near the junction of I-95 and I-90.
Residential accommodation is provided at Brandeis University dormitories.
Arrival in the campus on Monday, August 31st, 8:00 AM, check out on Friday, August 4th, 5:00PM.
Fees include room and board, 3 meals per day (excluding the last day of the camp), and amenities on campus.
Food consists of an an assortment of hot and cold foods, pizza, salad, sandwiches.
Breakfast is hot, cereal or pastries, etc., cafeteria style.
Breakfast: 7:30am-9:00am
Lunch: 11:30am-2:00pm
Dinner: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Rooms have beds, desks, closets. Group bathrooms.
What you need to bring: beside your full fencing gear, phone, fan, money for laundry.
The dorms are a five-ten minute walk from the gym (locker rooms provided).
Nurses are available on the campus, 9:00AM-5:00PM.
Camp structure:
- Camp day starts at 9:00 AM.
- Three daily sessions: footwork, group blade work exercises, lessons in fencing theory, team events and electric bouting. Each fencer will receive individual lessons and personalized advice based on one's performance.
- Private lesson with Coach Daniel Hondor is included, the scheduling will happen on the first day of camp.