Choose Your
Path.
Six ways to train at Valour, from a weekly group class to one-on-one coaching. Pick a card to jump to it.
Class Times & LocationTrain alongside peers in a structured, high-energy environment built for real progress. Choose the plan that fits your schedule.
- ▸Beginner through advanced, grouped by skill
- ▸Footwork, bladework, tactics and conditioning
- ▸Class packs of 4, 8 or 12, or drop in
- ▸Equipment rental available for your first sessions
One-on-one coaching with Coach Luis. Undivided attention, a fully custom training plan, and the fastest path to improvement.
- ▸One-on-one with Coach Luis
- ▸30- or 60-minute sessions
- ▸Assessment, technical focus, then corrective drills
- ▸Beginners through competitive athletes
"The Challenge" — elite training reserved for serious competitors ready to push far past their limits. Not for the faint of heart.
- ▸Full-intensity sparring at match pace
- ▸One-on-one with Coach Luis
- ▸Tactical feedback under competition pressure
- ▸Advanced and rising athletes
Ages 8–13. Build footwork, coordination, discipline, and confidence. Equipment rental included — no gear needed to get started.
- ▸Ages 8 – 13
- ▸Wednesdays & Saturdays
- ▸Maximum 10 students per class
- ▸No gear needed to start — equipment included on rental
Focused camps with Coach Luis — a concentrated block of training for young fencers and competitive athletes, with tickets sold per camp.
- ▸Youth camps and high-performance camps
- ▸Led by Coach Luis Patterson
- ▸Single-day and multi-day formats
- ▸Dates and tickets on the Events page
Bringing Olympic fencing into schools with a curriculum designed for all experience levels. Contact us to bring Valour to your school.
- ▸We come to you, across Metro Vancouver
- ▸All skill levels, no experience required
- ▸Single workshop through to semester-long
- ▸All equipment provided by Valour
You don't have to decide from a webpage. Come to a free trial class, borrow the gear, and see whether it's for you — no experience needed.
Training every week? Class packs of 4, 8 or 12 cost less per class than a drop-in. See memberships
How We Train
Every session begins with footwork and movement — balance, distance, speed and control. Athletes are built from the ground up, regardless of experience level.
Bladework, timing, decision-making under pressure and defensive technique, drilled until they hold up when a bout gets close.
From local club tournaments to national-level events, athletes are prepared to compete with confidence — structured sparring with real coaching feedback.
Class times, the term calendar and scheduled closures are all on the schedule page.
Group Classes
Group classes are the core of the club. You train alongside fencers of similar skill in a structured, high-energy environment built for real progress, on a fixed weekly schedule — the same group, the same time, building on the week before.
Every session works footwork, bladework, tactical awareness and conditioning under expert coaching. How often you train is up to you: buy a pack of 4, 8 or 12 classes, or drop in when it suits you.
Members book ahead through Class Booking · Payment, waiver and cancellation terms are on the policies page.
Private Lessons
One-on-one sessions with Coach Luis.
A private lesson is not free sparring. Each session is structured to isolate one or two specific skills and improve them with the coach's undivided attention, in a 30- or 60-minute block scheduled around you. It suits every level — building foundations, breaking a habit, or sharpening for a competition.
Session Structure
Each lesson runs the same sequence, scaled to your level.
- Warm-up & movement assessment
- 1–2 technical focus areas
- Corrective drills with real-time feedback
- Situational repetitions
- Takeaway lessons for solo practice
VIP Sessions
This is not a technique session. This is a pressure test. Train at full intensity and find out exactly where you stand.
A VIP session is one-on-one with Coach Luis at match pace: full-intensity sparring with real tactical feedback, built to simulate the pressure of high-level competition. It is meant for advanced and rising athletes — everyone else is better served by a private lesson first.
“Book your VIP Session and experience elite fencing up close and personal. Not for the faint of heart.”
— Coach Luis Patterson
Kids Classes
Valour's kids program introduces young athletes ages 8–13 to fencing in a fun, safe and supportive environment. We build footwork, coordination, discipline, focus and confidence through movement and games rather than drills alone.
Classes run Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:00 PM and Saturdays 3:00 – 4:00 PM, and are capped at ten students so every child gets the coach's attention. No gear is needed to start — equipment is included on rental — and no one needs to have held a blade before.
Advance, retreat, lunge — the foundation of every fencer.
Hand-eye coordination and body control through fun drills.
Structure, focus and respect — inside and outside the gym.
Facing challenges and overcoming them builds real self-belief.
An introduction to parries, attacks and basic tactics.
Win and lose with integrity. Fencing builds character.
Camps
Camps are short, concentrated blocks of training with Coach Luis — a day or a few days built around one goal, outside the rhythm of weekly classes.
Youth camps build the fundamentals for developing fencers: footwork, blade skills and bout awareness. High-performance camps are for competitors who want hours of technical work, conditioning and structured bouts in a short window. Each camp is ticketed on its own, and some are hosted with partner clubs.
School Programs
Valour offers custom fencing programs designed for schools at all experience levels. We come to you with equipment, curriculum and an experienced coach.
Programs are built around your school's schedule, group sizes and age ranges, from a single workshop through to a semester-long block, and no student needs prior experience or gear of their own. We handle equipment, safety protocols and curriculum — you open the gym.