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USA Fencing has some big announcements for the 2017-2018 season. Full day schedules posted for the whole season of national events to help you plan your travels. Updates on qualification paths for championship events Age out reminders for Junior and Cadet category competitions New format and weighting formula for Division I national events Veteran team […]

Washington Jewish Week covered Sam Cohen not once, but twice, on his journey to the Maccabiah Games in Israel. The first article is a profile of Sam in his path to representing Japan at the largest international Jewish athletic competition. The second article puts Sam’s silver individual and team gold win front and center in […]

Starting in early 2018, all Regional USA Fencing events will be required to use the new USA Fencing Tournament Registration Platform for tournament registration and management. USA Fencing’s new system officially launched in March 2017, ahead of registrations opening for the2017 Summer National Championships. Read more at usfencing.org. See also this Q&A created by Fencing.net. […]

Utah is known as the beehive state for its industrious citizens, and DCFC fencers followed suit when they descended on Salt Lake to compete in the 2017 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge on July 1-10. This year’s Summer Nationals was set to break the record as the largest fencing tournament in history. The […]

Our July 24-28 fencing camp is SOLD OUT, but there are many more camps to choose from this summer. Register at dcfencing.com and join us! July 17-21 | July 31-August 4 | August 7-11 | August 14-18 | August 21-25 This summer, DC Fencers Club hosts several weeklong day camps for youth ages 7 to […]

July 9, 2017 Contact: DC Fencers Club, FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE First Japanese-Jewish competitor and first medal for Japan at this international event Washington, D.C. – History was made today when Sam Cohen (Fukudate Samu) won silver in the Junior (Under 20) Men’s Sabre event at the 20th quadrennial Maccabiah Games, held July 4-11 in […]

The DC Fencers Club community wishes the very best to Coach Ilya V. Lobanenkov, as he takes on the full-time position of head coach at Loudoun International Fencing Club (LIFC) in Ashburn, Virginia, in the 2017-18 season. Ilya has served as a DCFC coach for 10 years. He started as a part-time coach in 2007 […]

CLOSURE ALERT DCFC will be closed from Saturday, July 1 through Sunday, July 9 as many of our fencers and coaches will be at the USA Fencing Summer National Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah. Cheer on your clubmates with live results here. We will reopen on Monday, July 10 for summer fencing camps during […]

DCFC hosted the Tune-Up Open  on June 24-25, a three-weapon extravaganza, and the last tournament before next week’s trip to Summer Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thanks to meet manager Katelyn Keegan for a well-run tournament, to our referee cadre, to Kyle Harding for the medals shot, and to all our competitors, friends, and […]

DC Fencers Club congratulates Yunice Pyo and Justin Haddad, who have earned spots on the USA Fencing High School All-American Team, which includes more than 300 fencers from across the nation. The High School All-American program is designed to recognize high school athletes’ accomplishments on the strip during the 2016-17 season. Applicants were required to […]