Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt Clinic and Vet Tournament Weekend Reminders!
Over the weekend, Olivia McKinney and Isabella Lee took part in a fencing clinic with Olympians Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt. They also had an opportunity for a question and answer, meet and greet, and seeing their Olympic medals! Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/L3M8SorvKDGdQWVV6 Reminders for Parents Competing This Weekend We have a number of parents braving a Veteran’s […]
The Southern Results and Crash Course Classes For Parents
The Southern Results It was a tough weekend, but we had a learning and exciting experience at The Southern Regional USA Fencing event in Myrtle Beach, SC. Isabella Lee, Olivia McKinney, and Coach Gerhard brough home some medals! Here are the results: Alexander Cantero-Gignac: DIV1A Men’s Foil, 29th Placed https://fencingtimelive.com/events/results/4AF2ABFDA689447EA3AF8CA260346F36 Zion Facey: Junior Men’s Foil, […]
Parents and Previous Fencers! We Need Vet Fencers (Born 1986 Or Earlier) For An Event!
Parents, yep, you! Not your fencer. We are hosting a Saturday and Sunday Vet tournament on October 25 and 26, 2025. In fencing, the Veteran age group is anyone born 1986 or earlier. And we’re trying to get some of our parents to brave a home competition! We definitely need more: Vet Men’s Foil (Saturday, […]
Weekend Results, Luck to Myrtle Beach Competitors, and JO Qualifiers Date Change!
Congrats to our competitors over the weekend! Lucas and Ashton tied for third place in the Elementary School event! Olivia took first and Gideon tied for third place in the Middle School event! Julian took 5th and Gideon took 7th in the homeschool event! Lastly the Homeschool Team of Mesha, Enobong, and Mia took third, […]
Tournaments, Youth Events, Homeschool, and Open Fencing This Fourth Friday
Hey everyone, quick some updates on tournaments, including the Youth Pisacafe Circuit and Homeschool events. Next weekend is a tournament at Apex Fencing Academy On Saturday, September 27th is Senior Women’s Foil, Vet Combined Mixed Epee, and Senior Men’s Foil. On Sunday, September 28th is Vet Combined Mixed Foil (Coach Gerhard is registered), Senior Women’s […]
Forgot To Mention, Zion Earns His E Rating!
We failed to see and we failed to mention that Zion earns his E rating in foil! We have enough rated fencers at our club to make a rated sanctioned event (although they usually end up rated due to other visiting fencers). Congrats to Zion!
Weekend Results From Greensboro and App State!
We’ve got some results from the weekend! Congrats to our fencers who competed at Greensboro Fencing Academy over the weekend! Special congrats to Isabella who fenced in her first Senior Mixed Foil open! That’s quite a challenge for our middle school fencer! Braydon and Zion tied for 3rd, AAFA Alum Sabrina Krupenko took 9th, Lily […]
Tournament Update: Epee Edition
After our fundraising tournament, some of our epee fencers really caught the competition bug. Here are a few epee competitions around the corner you might be interested in, but first some reminders: You must have an current Access USA Fencing Membership. If you don’t have it yet, you may not even get a chance to […]
Great Tournament and Great Fundraiser!
First, great job by everyone today, from our first time competitors to our veterans! All fencers did things I loved seeing and there will be new things we will work on. Also congrats to our new referees, Isabella and Mesha who cut their teeth at their first tournament! You can find results in two locations: […]
Fundraiser and Tournament Tomorrow!
TOMORROW! Pre-Season/Fundraising Tournament Tomorrow, make sure you know what time your event is. All event registrations and donations will go to our competition and electric equipment for the season! Each event is $20, welcome to donate in addition if you like. Former student/family or friend of the All-American Fencing Academy? You’d like to donate but […]