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DC Fencers Club is closed from Friday, April 2 through Monday, April 5 for the Easter holiday weekend. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 6. We wish you a Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and a wonderful spring season.

Congratulations to Caleb Su, who took gold in Y14 Men’s Epee at the Fairfax Challenge RYC last weekend. Kudos also to Ignacy Wozniak on taking 7th place in Cadet Men’s Epee at the same event. Well done!

We held an informal training tournament on Saturday to help Faith Park and Hadley Husisian prepare for the upcoming Junior World Championships in Cairo. Thanks to Valerie Asher for organizing, to her cousin for the beautiful embroidered awards, and to David, Fen, and Justin for reffing. Congratulations to Hadley, Rebecca Chimahusky, Faith, and Sarah Isert […]

Team USA published a write-up of Phaelen French as she competed at her first Pentathalon World Cup in Hungary this week. Phaelen has been training at DC Fencers Club and mentioned in another write-up “DC Fencers Club provides an elite fencing training environment.”  We appreciate the thoughts and wish you all the best! Read the […]

Congratulations to Kat Holmes on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics with her top 32 spot at the Kazan Senior Epee World Cup in Russia.  Kat secured both her individual and team event tickets to Tokyo with the result, joining Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley, and Anna van Brummen as Team USA’s Women’s Epee squad.  Brava! We […]

Due to inclement weather, DCFC will cancel in-person classes and lessons today (Thursday, Feb. 18). We will offer a 6:00 p.m. online Zoom footwork class tonight for advanced and competitive fencers. Coach Janusz will send that link separately. The club will be open on Friday, Feb. 19. Thank you and stay safe.

DC Fencers Club will be closed on Monday, February 15, in observance of the Presidents Day federal holiday.

Monday, Feb. 1 – due to inclement weather, DC Fencers Club will hold ONLINE CLASSES ONLY today at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. All in-person lessons and classes are cancelled today.  Coach Janusz will send a link for the online classes shortly. 

We have much to look forward to this year, and we’re pleased to announce our summer fencing camps. Starting July 5 week, DC Fencers Club offers eight weeks of training for fencers ages 7-16. Activities include games, footwork, fencing technique and tactics, and of course, new friendships. These camps are an important step to maintain […]

Congratulations to DCFC member Valerie Asher, who has been selected as one of 12 members of the inaugural Leadership Academy. These members from represent different facets of the USA Fencing community, including volunteers, current and former able-bodied and parafencing National Team members, coaches, referees, veteran fencers, parents and more. Nearly 70 individuals applied for acceptance […]