San Diego’s “Deadliest” Summer Camp- Children learn the art of the Knight, Ninja and Spartan

June 3, 2011 - PRLog -- San Diego’s “Deadliest” Summer Camp

San Diego, CA, August 15, 2011- Who would win in a fight to the death - a knight or a ninja? A Spartan or a Samurai? Deadliest Camper is a San Diego day camp that instructs children (ages 7+) in the fighting arts of history’s deadliest of warriors. Based on Spike TVs Deadliest Warrior hit TV show, campers explore different fighting styles and ultimately battle each other in safe hand-to-hand combat.

Deadliest Camper instructors include: Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior’s, Barry Jacobsen (Green Beret and Spartan historian) and Lou Klein (Ninjitsu expert). Also instructing will be Chivalry Today’s Scott Farrell (Knight historian, published author on the topic). The camp enlists these world-class historians and fighting experts to provide insight into what makes historical combatants tick, analyzing every facet of their unique skills of destruction, culminating in a head-to-head final fight between two legends of the battlefield that will produce the Deadliest Camper.

Practical training during Deadliest Camper is safe and child-friendly.  For Knight training, instead of whacking at each other’s heads, young squires slice and dice heads of cabbage with a Knight’s long sword; Ninja trainees hurl throwing stars at unlucky watermelons; while Jr. Spartan’s jab and bash targets with spears and shields.  When it is time for mano a mano battle, students strap on padded suits that absorb the force of any blow. They use steel fencing masks to protect the face and eyes. Campers learn to wield faux rubber/foam weapons that emulate the reach and weight of a real sword or shield without any danger of injury.

Along with practical training, Deadliest Campers explore history learning why certain fighters are equipped with various armor and weapons. Campers learn the knight’s code of chivalry; they digest the Spartan’s culture, which values the warrior’s spirit above all else; and they will uncover the mysteries of Japan’s greatest ninja assassins. Once each warrior is covered, students choose which warrior they most identify with, team up, and fight in all out team warfare.



Deadliest Camper’s debut is August 15-19th at the Team Touché Fencing Center in Sorrento Valley. This unique fight club has its roots in Olympic-style fencing. Team Touché Fencing has produced several nationally ranked Olympic-style fencers. Team Touché Fencing Center has been offering fencing summer camps for five years, welcoming over 500 families per summer to its innovative, child-friendly day camps. Now, Team Touché Fencing turns its sights to creating the most exciting summer camp experience ever: Deadliest Camper 2011.

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Olympic-style Fencing instruction for children and adults. Child-friendly with foam and plastic swords for children. Competitive fencing or all ages with steel swords.