CANCELLATION POLICY

• 24-hour advance notice is required for all cancellations and you must schedule a substitute time within the current session with the coach. Otherwise, you will be charged for the missed lesson.

• Less than 24 hours’ notice is allowed for medical reasons only and you must schedule a substitute time within the current session with the coach. Otherwise, you will be charged for the missed lesson.

• If you miss two private lessons in a row you may lose the spot in the coach’s schedule, the club is not obligated to provide makeup and you will be charged for the missed lesson.

• It is your responsibility to request a make-up and you have to pay for the missed class/private lesson. Your option to schedule a makeup will expire after the current session.  There are no make-ups for free classes.

• If you miss your makeup for any reason, there will be no make-up for that appointment.

• All prepaid classes must be used within the current session (if a class is missed in the last 2 weeks of a session, you may schedule make-ups within the next session.)  There will be no refunds for prepaid services, except in special circumstances.

MEMBERSHIP POLICY

• Membership starts from the date you sign the Membership Form and payment is received.

• To be considered a member, you must pay on an annual, half-year, or monthly basis.

• Membership fees are non-refundable.

• Additional Family Member Rate is applicable to younger family members only when the oldest family member pays First Member Rate.

• Strip coaching may be provided for a fee. If at least 6 fencers and a strip coach attend, the mandatory fee will be $60 for drivable events, $100 for events where the coach must drive and stay overnight, and $150 for Nationals/NACs. If fewer than 6 fencers attend, strip coaching can be requested and fees must be determined and agreed upon prior to the event.

• If two Cloak and Dagger members are competing against each other in the same competition, they cannot be strip coached by any coach or friend from any club.

• Cloak and Dagger members must represent Cloak and Dagger as their primary club on their USA Fencing registration, at any USFA-sanctioned competitions, and on askfred.net entries.

SAFETY POLICY

• The fencing floor is restricted to fencers only. Non-participants must stay in the observation area.

• Fencing weapon must be carried with points down or in a fencing bag.

• Any illness, injury, or medical problems must be reported to the instructor before or during practice.

• Warm-up and stretches are required before a lesson or practice. Arrive 15 minutes early for it.

• Rough play or dangerous actions are prohibited whether intentional or not.

• Walking or standing close to the fencers when blades are raised or in motion is prohibited.

• Mask, glove, fencing jacket, knickers, plastron, breastplate for females, and athletic shoes must be worn when fencing.

• Any person not abiding by Cloak and Dagger rules may be subject to expulsion.