March 30th Tournament Cancelled
The Youth and Vet tournament we were planning to host this weekend is cancelled. Many people will be out of town or other events happening. We will reschedule to Youth and Open Foil event to Saturday, April 13, 2019. And tentatively a Vet event on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Some other events to consider: Cape […]
The New Baby X-ers Age 40+ Fencing Group
We have a new class for a specific group of great fencers and students! Some of them are new, some have years of experience. They asked, so we granted their wish! The All-American Fencing Academy now has a separate class for our Age 40+ group! The Baby X-ers Age 40+ group meets on Tuesdays from […]
Saturday Morning Open Fencing and Lessons
Coach will be at the fencing club on Saturday March 2nd, from 9:30AM-11:00AM for any fencers wanting to get open fencing time in, or get lessons prior to the tournament in Wilmington next weekend. Lessons will be first come first serve.
Don’t Forget! Tourney This Weekend, Also Friday Lessons
Don’t forget! This Saturday, February 23, 2019, is our next intramural tournament! Here is the schedule. Parents, please note the youth events start earlier. 9AMUnsanctioned Mixed Y10 (Born 2007-2010) FoilUnsanctioned Mixed Y12 (Born 2005-2008) Foil 12:30PMUnsanctioned Men’s FoilUnsanctioned Women’s Foil Also, Friday, February 22, 2019, is Fourth Friday, so Coach Gerhard will be at the […]
Open Fencing Saturday
We will have open fencing this Saturday, February 16, 2019 from 9-11AM. Ben, Andy and Coach Gerhard will be installing a new fencing reel. There will be open fencing, and I’ll try to give some lessons. See you there!
The Importance of Experience
About a year ago, Sabrina, Victor, and Gabe all fenced at the Richmond North American Cup, and they had moderate success. Within a year, all three now have their E rating. Part of improving and learning isn’t just classes, lessons, and in house tournaments. Sometimes you have to put yourself out there and sometimes you […]
Gabe Earns His E Rating
Congratulations to Gabriel Guevarra. He earned his E rating at the Wilmington Old Man Winter event. The event was a C1 event, and his 8th place win was high enough to earn him a rating. Results can be found here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=42579
Tournaments Next 2 Weekends
What you need to know: Youth tournament at All-American Fencing Academy this weekend (January 19) for students born between 2005-2010) Sanctioned Teen/Adult tournament at Wilmington for Foil and Epee next weekend (January 26) (Must be born 2005 or earlier) Print out or save the tournament schedule available here: https://goo.gl/WGK9Tm —————————Details: Youth All-American Fencing Academy TournamentAll […]
FYI: Beginner Classes Start Jan. 9
The All-American Fencing Academy is still on Holiday Break during New Year’s week. Beginner classes will start on January 9. We look forward to seeing you!
Reminder: Classes Resume January 8
We are still out on break this week. We will return next week starting on January 8. I may open up this weekend for extra practice, I’ll send out notifications if I do. I hope everyone had a good break and look forward to seeing you again soon!