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Fall fencing classes start in a few days! Please note that Saturday classes begin on Saturday, September 7. Register online at www.dcfencing.com/classes. If you have questions about which class is right for your child, please email us at . See you in September!

Congratulations to the following DC Fencers Club fencers for being named to the 2018-19 USA Fencing All-Academic Team. Griffith Boswell Justin Haddad Asha Henry Xavier Hilbert Yunice Pyo Athletes with a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher were eligible for consideration for All-Academic Team. All five DCFC athletes received First Team honors – awarded […]

Enjoy your summer and plan for the new fencing season by signing up for a beginner, intermediate, or invitational class at DC Fencers Club.  We offer classes, camps, and private lessons in epee and sabre at our dedicated fencing facility in Silver Spring, Maryland. For 29 years, Head Coach Janusz Smolenski has trained both beginner […]

Bravo to our first week of summer fencing campers! Thanks to Coach David and Coach Galen for showing them the ropes! DCFC offers seven more weeks of camps this summer, learn more at dcfencing.com/camps. #fencing #learning #summercamp #youthsports #epee #sabre

Congratulations to all our fencers from Youth 10 to Vet 80 who gave their best at the 2019 USA Fencing Fencing National Championships and July Challenge.  The 10-day, mammoth event – with more than 5,000 entrants – was held from June 28 through July 7 in Columbus, Ohio. A grand salute to veteran fencers Valerie […]

CLOSURE ALERT! DCFC will be closed from Saturday June 29th through Sunday July 7th during the USA Fencing National Championships in Columbus, Ohio. We will reopen on Monday July 8th for our summer fencing camps. #gameon #goDCFC #showtime #fencing

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the last dance before Summer Nationals.  A special salute to Justin Smith and Xavier Hilbert who took silver and bronze in the Senior Mixed Epee event. Full results at askfred.net.

Congratulations to Justin Haddad, who won the 17th High School Epee Invitational at the New York Athletic Club on Saturday. Way to go! Pictured as well are Gareth Spiteri (Silver) Jonas Hansen (Bronze) Tristan Szapary (4th) Alan Temiryaev (6th) Nick Lawson (8th) Not pictured: Joshua Zhang (5th) and Hunter Candreva (7th) #goDCFC #fencing

Congratulations to Justin Smith, Xavier Hilbert, and Rebecca Chimahusky on sweeping the podium spots at the last Champagne Challenge of the season. Full results at this askfred.net link.  Well done, all!

Women supporting women, on and off the strip, was the theme of the sixteenth annual Amazon Open. This tournament featured events in epee and sabre, and attracted 65 fencers from near, and from clubs in Savannah, Miami, Cleveland, and more. We even hosted members of the Colombian fencing team, who competed at the Amazon as […]