Lesson Program & Times
Lesson times
Monday
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Youth up to age 11
Teachers Jan Dirk Burger and Sabine van Knijff
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Youth age 12 and up
Teachers Jan Dirk Burger and Liset Reinecke
8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Adults
Teachers Jan Dirk Burger and Liset Reinecke
Lesson times
Tuesday
20.00 - 22.00
Adults epee
Teacher Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy
Lesson times
Wednesday
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Youth ages 6 to 9
Teachers Sabine van Knijff and Liset Reinecke
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Youth aged 9 to 15
Teacher Marijn de Jong
8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Adults
Teacher Marijn de Jong
Lesson times
Thursday
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Youth up to 14 years old
Teachers Elise Butin Bik
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Adults
Teachers Elise Butin Bik
A good start.
Trial lesson
Two free trial lessons
Fencing School De Jordaan is an active association in the heart of Jordaan. We offer training and coaching for about 70 members. From young to old, from recreational to competitive fencers. The Fencing School has several teachers of the highest level, each with their own way of teaching.
Jordaan, Amsterdam
Location
Where can you find us?
SCHERMSCHOOL DE JORDAAN
Building De Palm
Palmstraat 34
1015 HS Amsterdam
No training sessions; holidays and school vacations
When training sessions are interrupted, school vacations and national holidays are used as guidelines.
That is, during school vacations there will be no regular training sessions. The overview below indicates which days these are. In terms of school vacations, Amsterdam falls under Northern Region.
School vacations | 2024 /2025 | 2025 /2026 |
Fall Break | October 26 to November 3, 2024 | October 18 to October 26, 2025 |
Christmas Vacation | December 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025 | December 20, 2025 to January 4, 2026 |
Spring Break | February 15 to February 23, 2025 | February 21 to March 1, 2026 |
May vacation | April 26 to May 4, 2025(+ one week) | April 25 to May 3, 2026 |
Summer Vacation | July 12 to August 24, 2025 | July 4 to August 16, 2026 |
Holiday | 2025 | 2026 |
New Year's Day | Wednesday, January 1 | Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
Good Friday | friday, april 18 | Friday, April 3, 2026 |
Easter | Sunday, April 20 and Monday, April 21 | Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, 2026 |
King's Day | Saturday, April 26 | Monday, April 27, 2026 |
Liberation Day | Monday, May 5 | Tuesday, May 5, 2026 |
Ascension Day | Thursday, May 29 | Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
Pentecost | Sunday, June 8 and Monday, June 9 | Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25, 2026 |
Christmas | Thursday, December 25 and Friday, December 26 | Friday, December 25 and Saturday, December 26, 2026 |
NOTE During break periods, adult care is usually taken to ensure that training is possible. Training sessions will generally be concentrated on one evening during the summer break. There will be timely communication on how these trainings will be filled. Trainings between holidays are dropped because, from experience, these are hardly ever attended.
Breakdown of training sessions
In certain situations, practices will be cancelled by default. Members will be notified of all measures via the app and the bulletin board on this website.
Training in exceptional heat
- Temperatures between 25 to 29°C : HOT WEATHER SCEDULE, i.e. training time is reduced to ¾ of normal training time.
- temperatures of 30°C and above: NO SCREENS
Training in exceptionally cold temperatures
- temperatures between 0 and -9° C, with sleet or heavy snowfall: NO TRAINING
- temperatures below -10°C : NO TRAINING
Training in case of over exceptional weather
This according to local conditions
- storm; at KNMI code red: NO TRAINING
- precipitation: at KNMI code red: NO TRAINING
Calamities
No fencing if the fencing hall is poor or inaccessible due to an emergency, or is closed due to legislation, for example:
- no passage (street is blocked off)
- fire or water damage to the hall
- epidemics
- sudden failure of teachers