When you join the Palm Beach Sword School you will need to pay an initial Registration Fee. This fee is important for insurance and covers membership to the Palm Beach Sword School.

Students can either register as a Sword Student, a Bagpiping Student, or a Combined Student.

Upon registering sword students receive a FREE fencing mask and their training shirt. Bagpipe students receive their practise chanter (training instrument for bagpipes). Combined students receive their fencing mask, practise chanter, and training shirt.

The registration fee also includes the first year membership fee of $25. All registered students are able to access reduced cost crafting classes and other student benefits.

The current Registration fee is $100.00 or $175 for Combined Students.

New students pay $150 every 4 weeks of basic training which lasts for 8 weeks and covers basic combat training and Scottish Broadsword. Students who opt to pay upfront pay $250 which covers the whole 8 week training period (this is a $50 saving over the  4 week plan).

Upon paying for their first 4 weeks students receive a FREE nylon training sword.

After completing basic training students are billed based on their level of commitment. The standard rate for those who want no commitment training is $150 per 4 weeks. Those who commit to 12 weeks pay $125 every 4 weeks. Those who commit to 6 months pay $110 every 4 weeks. Those who commit to 1 year pay $100 every 4 weeks.  Classes are billed in either 4 subscriptions. For those who wish to pay only for individual classes the cost is $45.

Students who are already enrolled in Sword classes are able to take bagpiping lessons for free after paying a $75 instrument fee which covers the cost of the practise instrument.

Students looking to ONLY take bagpiping lessons can pay the reduced monthly fee of $80 every 4 weeks. This gives them access to the bagpiping lessons and the reduced rate crafting lessons but not access to Sword lessons.

All bagpiping students will receive reduced pricing on their full set of bagpipes when the time comes for them to transition.

We work with a bagpipe maker in Edinburgh who specializes in synthetic bagpipes that look and sound excellent and are perfect for first pipes.

Students should expect the transition to happen at around 6 months of lessons although we stress that it is a personal journey and some students transition from the practise instrument to full pipes much earlier while others stay on the practise instrument much longer.