A salle, or salle d'armes, is a fencing school run by a professional fencing instructor.  The term is French, as French is the international language of the sport.  Salles are commonly named after the professional who owns and operates them.

A salle differs from a club.  The primary purpose of a salle is instruction in the sport of fencing and the preparation of athletic competitors - the primary purpose of a club is to provide a place for fencers to fence together and an organization which they can represent in competition.  The focus in the salle is on structured group lessons and on individual lessons.  When fencers fence with each other, the objective is for them to practice new material learned in their lessons or to meet specific training goals.  The focus in the club is on fencing bouts with other fencers, for recreation or for competition preparation.  These functions are not exclusive, clubs offer classes and individual instruction and salles have open fencing.  However, the focus at Salle Green is on instruction and competitor preparation.

 Salle Green is equipped to train both classical and modern competitive fencers.  Our fencing floor has four raised wood pistes laid on rubber mats - three 32 foot strips for lessons and practice, and one 20 foot classical fencing strip.  The 32 foot strips are an old standard used by the Amateur Fencers League of America in the 1960s, and provide adequate space for practice bouts.  In addition they can be configured as 20 foot strips for classical fencing.

One strip is configured with an overhead electrical system for electric foil, epee, or sabre - an Eigertek Eclipse 3 weapon scoring box and a bungee cord reel system.  A second strip can be configured when needed for electric epee with a Leon Paul scoring machine and 2 Faverro reels. 

One wall has mirrors to assist in assessing movement and technique. 

In addition we have two of the most up to date Target Speed electronic speed and accuracy training pads, a master's arm for practicing blade work, a spadassin (a training dummy), and four lunging pads.