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Just in time for the Olympics, DCFC's latest video interviews Team USA Fencers about their best advice. Thanks to Team USA members for your time, and to 2x Olympian Tim Morehouse for organizing Fencing Masters, which is an amazing promotional event for our sport! Please share and enjoy! GO TEAM  USA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4Aopczw9o&list=UUIapN8xkQVqoPNQm8LTjL3g&index=1&feature=plcp

July 17, 2012   When fencer Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympics in 1896, he included his beloved sport as one of the events, and fencing has been featured in every Olympics since.  Coubertin also created a new event, the Modern Pentathlon, to test the skills required by a 19th century soldier behind enemy […]

Congratulations to DC Fencers Club members who were named to the USA Fencing and Absolute Fencing Gear All-Academic Team during the Summer Nationals in Anaheim, CA last week.  For the third year, USA Fencing and Absolute Fencing Gear have partnered to recognized more than 170 young fencers who have excelled in high school, including scholarships […]

DC Fencers Club FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2012 Contact:   WEEKS BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, DC FENCERS CLUB MEMBERS WIN GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE AT 2012 USA FENCING SUMMER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS   DCFC members bring home nine medals from nation’s largest fencing tournament   Silver Spring, MD – DC Fencers Club (DCFC) congratulates its […]

Best wishes to all those who are going to the USA Fencing Summer National Championships in Anaheim, California! Please email us your highlight SN photos or post them on our Facebook page for all to enjoy! Please know that DC Fencers Club will be closed for Summer Nationals from Saturday, June 30 through Sunday, July […]

  Tune Up Tournament, June 23-24, 2012 – Results   Congratulations to DCFC Members on their results in the last tournament before Summer Nationals.  Congratulations to our eight DCFC members below who medaled and placed in the top eight!   Senior Mixed Epee   Andras Peterdi, Fencing Sports Academy, Gold Corwin Duncan, DC Fencers Club, […]

  More medals for DCFC members.  To our members, please let us know via email, Twitter, or Facebook of any other great results. Congratulations to DC Fencers Club member Nick Ferrara, who took first place in the E and Under foil tournament at the Charlottesville Fencing Alliance Summer Sizzler on Saturday, June 9, 2012 and […]

Amazon IX – Results   The ninth annual Amazon Open, held Sunday, June 10, 2012 at DC Fencers Club, was the biggest event yet, with 65 competitors in epee and sabre.  Among the fencers competing in both events were London-bound Team USA Pentathlete Suzanne Stettinius (epee) and two-time Veteran World Champion in Sabre Delia Turner.  […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2012 Contact:   DC FENCERS CLUB HOSTS MORE THAN 70 YOUTH FENCERS AT ‘FENCES WITH WOLVES’ FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT   Silver Spring, MD – More than 70 youth fencers from fencing clubs near and far gathered at DC Fencers Club to compete in the Fences with Wolves Youth Tournament on […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2012 Contact: ‘FENCES WITH WOLVES’ YOUTH FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT AT DC FENCERS CLUB DCFC youth member organizes fencing tournament to benefit Yellowstone wolves   Youth fencers from clubs near and far are invited to battle for the title of Alpha Wolf at “Fences With Wolves,” a youth tournament held Sunday, […]