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Join us at DCFC for our Friday Night Mixed Epee D & Under. Registration closes at 6:30PM and entry is $40. Register on askfred.net and see you there!

Join us for the 14th annual Amazon Open at DC Fencers Club. Medals awarded down to 8th place, with special prizes, awarded to the top 4 finishers. This has been one of the strongest women’s epee tournaments in the mid-Atlantic and typically draws fencers from all over the country. We are also pleased to offer […]

Have no fear, Captain Steere is here! Join us at DC Fencers Club for this mixed open epee tournament. Registration closes at 10:00 a.m. and the entry fee is $30. Register on askfred.net.

On May 21, DC Fencers Club hosts Battle the Bullies, a tournament featuring Epee Y10, Y12, and Y14 events. The event is a fundraiser for STOMP Out Bullying, which focuses on reducing and preventing all forms of bullying.  The organization teaches effective responses to bullying and educates children and teens how to respond in school […]

DCFC member Sam Cohen was very recently invited to compete in the Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international athletic competition which takes place July 4-11 in Israel. Sam will be the first competitor representing Japan in the games’ history. DCFC Coach David Ruskin will accompany Sam as his coach.  Just last month, Sam took bronze in […]

Congratulations to Sophia Jakel? on winning gold in the Y10 Women’s Epee event at the Fairfax Super Youth Circuit event at National Harbor on April 29. Here’s the golden girl celebrating with DCFC Head Coach Janusz Smolenski. Every champion gets their start in a beginner fencing class.  DC Fencers Club offers rolling, monthly beginner fencing […]

April brought showers of gold, silver, and bronze for DCFC fencers competing at the April Division I/Wheelchair Championships and North American Cup in Baltimore, Maryland, April 21-24, 2017. Lisa Dobloug took gold in Vet 70 Women’s Epee, a repeat of her April 2016 NAC performance. Valerie Asher won gold in Vet 50 Women’s Epee, and […]

Summer Nationals registration is open – don’t get hit by triple fees, register for Summer Nationals before May 10 to get regular registration rates. This year, the USA Fencing Summer National Championships take place July 1-10 in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can check out the new USA Fencing registration portal while you’re at it. […]

DC Fencers Club will be closed for the Easter holiday from Friday, April 14 through Monday, April 17. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 18. Enjoy your weekend!

Thanks to all our fencers on competing this weekend in the D and Under Friday Night Epee Tournament and the Champagne Challenge #5 on Sunday. A special salute to LaSelle Booker, on earning silver in the D and under event.  Full results here. Another salute to Rebecca Chimahusky and Joe Deucher on earning bronze and […]