Reviews for Summer Fencing Camps 4.3 (6)
(Summer Fencing Camps)
July 15, 2022
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Dana Yee
My daughter absolutely loved her week of fencing camp. I was so impressed with how much she learned in just a few days! Friendly and professional staff, clean and well-organized—great program!
(Summer Fencing Camps)
February 10, 2022
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Richard Sah
Verified Purchase
We signed up our twins (boy & girl) to attend the week-long summer camp. They never fenced before.. Throughout the week, they learned the basic hand and foot works, followed by real fencing bouts with their classmates. The classes were fun, engaging and well structured. We ended up signing our kids for a 2nd week of summer camp, before they transitioned to the regular fencing program here. We highly recommend their fencing camp program.
(Summer Fencing Camps)
August 16, 2021
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Lee Chan
Verified Purchase
It was definitely fun, get to work on my reflexes.
Silicon Valley Fencing Center
August 20, 2021
Thank you for the review. We're glad you enjoyed it!
(Summer Fencing Camps)
June 19, 2021
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Julie Levri
Verified Purchase
My child just finished camp at SVF. They seemed to be pretty organized, and they did a good job with the social distancing. However, I'm hearing from my child that the main instructor was generally cold with the kids (not much of a connection) and was somewhat impatient. I'm being told that he felt like he was being yelled at, because the instructor raised her voice when she felt the kids weren't paying attention. These are kids, whose minds wander and who often think about other things. That's normal and expected. Yelling to get the point across, while effective in getting the class to move along, makes for an unpleasant experience for the child. It's not an environment that I want my kid to be in. I hope other parents read this and understand that it's not a particularly kind, warm environment. You may want to consider this before enrolling. My child was also disappointed that there were no games to help the kids get to know each other; it was more like a class structured for adults than for kids.
Silicon Valley Fencing Center
June 20, 2021
Thank you very much for your review and feedback. We are sorry that your child didn't receive a more positive experience at our fencing camp.
Although there is always something we can do better, I would like an opportunity to explain a couple things.
The main reason the instructor has to raise her voice is because she is still wearing a face mask during the camp, and it often makes it difficult for the children to hear what she is saying, not because she is mean or impatient;
There are fun and developmental activities during the camp but unfortunately some of the games had to be canceled because of Covid-19 safety precautions that we still enforce, which was in our camp overview.
Again, we are sorry your child didn't get overall positive experience but we really hope he enjoyed the fencing part of it.
Thank you!
Although there is always something we can do better, I would like an opportunity to explain a couple things.
The main reason the instructor has to raise her voice is because she is still wearing a face mask during the camp, and it often makes it difficult for the children to hear what she is saying, not because she is mean or impatient;
There are fun and developmental activities during the camp but unfortunately some of the games had to be canceled because of Covid-19 safety precautions that we still enforce, which was in our camp overview.
Again, we are sorry your child didn't get overall positive experience but we really hope he enjoyed the fencing part of it.
Thank you!
(Summer Fencing Camps)
June 21, 2020
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Far Champ
Verified Purchase
My kids loved it! It is a real fencing club taught by elite teachers. They learned a lot and they were tired and happy at the end of each day
Silicon Valley Fencing Center
June 22, 2020
Thank you very much for your review! We are happy that the kids loved the camp!
