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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Silver and gold, silver and gold, ev’ryone wishes for silver and gold! This holiday season, DCFCers didn’t just wish for it, they went out and got it at the Fairfax Challenge ROC, held December 10-11 at the University of Maryland, College Park. A special salute to the following fencers who advanced to top eight and […]
Congratulations to all our fencers who got in the game at the Richard Oles Memorial Charm City Classic at the Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills, Maryland on November 5-6, 2016. A special salute to the following fencers who took top spots! Rebecca Chimahusky, gold, D1A Women’s Epee Marie Lawson, silver, D1A Women’s Epee Laura […]
3/18/14 DCFC sent a daring dozen fencers all the way to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the March North American Cup last weekend. This North American Cup features several youth events for Youth 10, 12, 14 competitors in epee, sabre, and foil, as well as Y10 and Y12 team events. DCFC salutes Samuel Cohen (Kensington, […]
