They're open again!…read more New owner who actually used to work in the shop and then opened his own shop in Marin. Brand new rental bows are available. As much as I loved having less traffic at the archery field, I'm more excited for more people to have access to the sport. They're stocked with some bows and gear. Very happy I have a local spot to buy targets.

Eddie is amazing and you can tell he is passionate with what he does and of his shop. 15min lesson…read morewas free and was very straightforward. It's everything you need to know about your first time archery along with equipment rental and the rest is just using that knowledge to focus while enjoying the experience. I recommend that you have a car/transpo or carry bag to fit the bows as the range is 5mins away from the actual store. Anyways, Eddie doesn't read these comments because he's afraid to see something hurtful and so, I ask for everybody's kindness but also to Eddie, you are a truly a great teacher! One of my most memorable birthdays was spent in your shop and I'm so happy to have taken the leap of faith to drive from Pleasanton to your area.

Took the family here to try something new. We took a short lesson and the instructor was friendly…read moreand very helpful. He stood around to give us tips and pointers as well. Seems like a nice community in that another patron stayed after to talk with us as well and give us tips. Overall great experience!

I tried archery here for the first time and had such a fun experience!…read more Booked a surprise archery lesson with Gabi. She was super patient and great at explaining the importance of the safety features and proper posture of archery. The staff overall were super welcoming and took the time to walk us through the basics, which made it really beginner-friendly. They explained safety, helped adjust the equipment, and gave helpful tips on how to improve our aim. The range itself was clean, organized, and well set up, which made the whole experience feel comfortable even for someone who's never done archery before. It was more about grouping the arrows versus trying to hit the bullseye. Definitely a great activity if you're looking for something different to do with friends or family. I'd recommend it whether you're a complete beginner or just want to try something new. Looking forward to coming back and improving my aim!

This place is so fun! I participate in Unicycle Club but hope take a few classes. Here's a…read morepicture of me with a 5 foot unicycle. They have lots of beginner unicycles you can try too.

This place is full of cliques and mean girls, a lot of them on staff. Men get preferential…read moretreatment while a lot of female students get iced out. I love the space and coaches here but for years it's been a space rife with bullying and favoritism. The leadership over the past two years has been inept and there are many lapses in how they treat students. Also credits disappear with no explanation since they started using the new system. The admin is pretty much useless. Customer service is terrible. They cancel classes and don't contact you and act like it's your fault when you show up and there's no class. All of this is even more annoying because they keep raising the prices with no improvements to staff or facilities. And they constantly beg for donations. If you want to do circus, I recommend The Hive. It's clean and organized with competent staff. (There's always someone at the front desk unlike at Circus Center where it's often just an iPad with no directions.) Also, the place is filthy and the mats are covered with hair and stains. There are cobwebs everywhere and weird stains on the walls. It's gross.

This was my first archery group class and I really enjoyed the experience The instructor was…read moregreat, explained everything clearly, and made the class feel welcoming for beginners. The group was also such a friendly crew which made the experience even better. Overall a really fun time and I'm glad I decided to give it a try!

10/10 Definitely recommend! My husband and I did a beginners class recently and it was A LOT of…read morefun. The Instructor was very knowledgeable and helpful. We had a good group with us and we were encouraging and cheering each other on. We will be coming back to do the next class. It is the building on the corner of Marina Blvd & Verna Court. There's parking right in front.

I hired PlanetXone for my son's 7th birthday party and it was awesome. He really wanted a nerf…read moreparty so we went with the nerf battle zone option and it worked out great. Highlights from my POV: -Greg was awesome to work with and the staff that he sends on site day of the party were also great, easy to work with and really good with the kids. He also knew all the parks in our area and was able to answer questions that I likely would have had to ask the city. Made it seem less and easy to decide where to host the party. -They handle everything and basically run the party; this was the first time I got to sit back and let someone else run the party. When you have 15 6/7 year old boys that's a big win. -All equipment, set up and take down was handled by them as well. Safety, nerf guns, bullets, etc. they also do a great job of making sure the kids know the rules, boundaries and expectations during their time. No recommendations or constructive feedback from me! Thanks again, Greg and team.

Planetxzone truly made my son's ninth birthday party. A great time. They were professional and very…read morehelpful. Their staff played with the kids and they made extra efforts to get everything set up on time. As a matter of fact, things were early.

The San Francisco Fencing Academy is run by the most knowledgeable and personable coaches out…read morethere. Brandon is a fabulous teacher and has taken me from "klutz" to "parafencer" over the course of seven months. He has improved my hand-eye coordination immensely. Stacey is a fountain of knowledge about the nutrition needs of athletes and all things yoga. She has been an invaluable resource on my weight loss journey and taught me to love the body that I'm in. I've watched them both coach both kids and adults and am amazed at how welcoming they are. They helped me see that fencing really is for every age, body type, and level of experience. I can't recommend their club highly enough. Whether you're an adult wanting to try out a sport for the first time or looking for a place for your child to do something productive, this is the club to hit up!

If we could give 6 stars we would! Stacey and Brandon are so great wirh kids and adults and are…read moresuch champions of Fencing. They are knowledgeable, encouraging and very patient with all levels. They also two great humans, kind and generous, HUGE hearts. Their volunteer work wirh parameters is so inspiring!! We are so glad to have found them that we make the trek across the City to this location just for them. Our fencer will be even further away in the Fall with new school but is determined to take multiple transports to continue learning from Brandon and to be nurtured by Stacey.

SF Parkour is a community of people who love to practice parkour. Parkour is probably best defined…read morethrough youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=parkour&search_type=&aq=f and wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour, but for those with an aversion to hyperlinks, let's just call it the art/sport of jumping over, climbing up, generally looking cool moving around obstacles. This particular community, like the sport itself, is expanding rapidly these days, with snowballing media attention including a high-profile scene in a Bond movie ("Casino Royale"), a video game ("Mirror's Edge"), a shoe (K Swiss Ariake), and a sprinkling of a few NYT articles. After a few years of saying "that shit is dope," and not thinking much of it, I finally stumbled upon SF Parkour and decided to have a go at parkour myself. It so happened that SF Parkour was hosting a beginner's lesson on Berkeley campus this weekend. Perfect. I couldn't convince anyone to go with me -- pussies, you know who you all are -- so I headed onto BART by myself Saturday morning. And it was probably the best experience I've had in a long time. I was a little skeptical at first. Parkour makes for great youtube videos; the youtube population being what it is, I had to look through about 2/3 of the group before I saw someone I could be sure was older than 16. (To be fair, i should stress that it was a beginner's session.) There's definitely something a little weird, at first, about being taught something by a 16-year-old high-school kids. And you have to be prepared to get schooled by 14-year-old Asian newbies who are 100% energy, 0% body weight and can fly about twice as high as you. But get over your ego -- it's worth it. I'm loving the sport so far. But I think even better was the beginner session the SF Parkour "Area Reps" put together. Everything was perfect. Good schpeal about the importance of safety and training. Taught me a lot of cool warmups and outdoor training exercises I liked so much I went and did them in Dolores Park today. Totally unrelatedly, running into friends while crawling on all fours up a hill along side frolicking dogs is a totally good way to get over any insecurities you might have about looking stupid. After the conditioning, they set up 4 stations for key basic movements. They presented some good overarching keys to parkour, broke down each individual movement into a series of progressing drills, and gave helpful individual pointers when they noticed things going wrong with our form. Oh yeah, and it's free. Beat that.

I went to one of the SFPK beginner's classes too and it was really well organized. A great group of…read morededicated practioners who volunteer their time to teach basic skills and help people at all levels work up to achieving whatever they want to learn. There is a great Friday Night Beginner's class that just started (Fridays at 7:00pm) on the 10th Avenue side of the Richmond Branch Library (b/w Geary and Anza). It's taught by Andrey who is one of the most amazing traceurs that I have seen. There is nothing that he can't do . . . but he always teaches beginners in incremental progression so that you have a good foundation to work from and you don't get hurt trying things that you aren't ready to do. He also does an occassional Saturday morning conditioning session at Mountain Lake Park at 10:00am, but you should probably RSVP to that if you are going so that he knows to wait for you. You can find most of these training sessions hidden in the sfpk forum, but the Friday night class is disguised under a title that hasn't been updated yet, so it is under the forum as something like: "Beginner's Trainign Session: Tuesday 8:30am" (but it is not on Tuesday and it is not at 8:30am . . .haha). We did a cool trail restoration project with the Forest Service recently too and helped restore the trails down to Marshall's Beach in the Presidio right behind Battery Godfrey. Good times and fun group of people! Definitely look into classes with SFPK as well as BA Parkour as well. BA Parkour does conditioning on Monday evenings at 6:30pm at Kezar and holds jams on the weekends. You can find them at: baparkour. com. Both great groups! And for the most part, all of the classes and events are free, so it's a great way to work out, have fun, meet great people and save money on fitness, all at the same time!

Master Evans is a great role model. My daughter looks up to her so much. She's become an icon in…read moreour household. The skills and values that kids learn here will get them ahead in life.

Seems I'm right there with everyone else who has reviewed this place. I did not send my kids here…read morewhen they were kids. Just because I had no idea it existed. If you have a kid, don't hesitate for a nanosecond, just bring them. If you're older, like 61 and feeling able bodied, dont hesitate for a nanosecond! This space and place is welcoming and inviting and really sort of defies definition. So. Check it out. See for yourself.