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The DC #FencingMob15 was a great success.  On Sunday, September 6, more than 30 fencers from fencing clubs around the Washington, DC metro area gathered on the National Mall to celebrate and promote the sport of fencing as we kick off the 2015-2016 Olympic season.  The event raised awareness of the sport globally and encouraged […]

There were many firsts at this tournament on Sunday, August 30.  It was the first DCFC Champagne Challenge of the season, the first time this competition had a therapy bunny, and the first time Amanda Sirico won the Champagne Challenge. It’s worth noting that Sirico is the number one ranked Junior Women’s Epee fencer in […]

Champagne, anyone? The first Champagne Challenge (senior mixed epee} of the year is upon us. August 30, 10 am at DCFC. It could be an A1 and it will be even better with you! Register on askfred.net.  

DC Fencers Club is one of only 14 fencing clubs in the United States to earn a “Fencing Club of the Year” award from National Fencing Club Rankings. To qualify, a club had to rank #1 in Top 8 medal points for the set of National Domestic Point Competitions for an age-gender-weapon category. DCFC is the […]

A Sirico Sweep! Congratulations to Amanda, Brooke, and Meghan on their double gold and silver podium spots at the Keystone Games in Pennsylvania in early August. We also salute Valerie Asher, Yunice Pyo, Diane Trice and Alison Igoe on your top eight spots in various events. We applaud all our fencers who trekked to York, […]

USA Fencing threw down the gauntlet on the #WhyIFence challenge, and we clearly took it up! Thanks to our fencers and Coach Janusz for sharing their motivations and love of the sport.  Through this social media campaign, fencers at fencing clubs around the country are sharing their passion for the sport as we prepare for the […]

It was 25 years ago on July 21, 1990 that Janusz came to the states. Good thing for us he never left! Thans to Valerie Asher for instigating this soiree, to Theo Pary for the phenomenal cakes, and to friends old and new for joining us to celebrate Janusz’s silver anniversary. Generations of fencers posed […]

Look who went to the World University Games and brought back a medal! Here is DC Fencers Club Head Coach Janusz Smolenski with his student, Amanda Sirico, who served as team anchor in the bronze medal-winning U.S. Women’s Epee Team at the World University Games in Gwangju, Korea on July 7, 2015. Salute!

July 12, 2015 DCFC wishes all the best to Peter Souders and his USA teammates Daryl Homer, Jeff Spears, and Eli Dershwitz who will compete Monday in the Men’s Sabre event at the 2015 World Fencing Championships, July 13-19 at the Olympic Stadium sports complex in Moscow, the largest indoor arena in Europe. Souders and […]

For Immediate Release July 8, 2015 Contact:   DC Fencers Club sent more than 40 fencers and two coaches to the US Fencing Summer National Championships and July Challenge, held June 27 – July 6 in San Jose, California. They joined more than 4,000 fencers of all ages who gathered from around the country […]