Know your A, B, C, D’s! Fencing ratings are a sign of achievement, and each earned letter represents a step forward in a fencer’s skill level. Once you started your competitive fencing career, it's going to take a while to start earning ratings, but fencers who train consistently and compete often will get there. Ratings make you work harder and help to clearly... Read More
The most unprecedented Olympic Games in history are over The 2020 Games are the fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, following the Tokyo 1964 (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter), and Nagano 1998 (Winter) games. Tokyo is the first city in Asia to hold the Summer Games twice. Delayed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Games were characterized by a somber... Read More
No cable, no problem! Take a look at this article on how you can too watch the games without breaking the bank: NBC, Peacock, Hulu, or online, NBCOlympics.com, and US Today live stream. After a yearlong delay, the Olympic Games kicked off on July 23rd, with the Opening Ceremony, add will run through August 8. Extraordinary safety measures to keep the athletes safe... Read More
Richmond, VA More than 1,500 athletes competed in Richmond, VA this past weekend, in the penultimate tournament before the Tokyo Olympic Games next month. Four qualifiers for the 2021 U.S. Épée Olympic Fencing Team have competed in the Division I events in Richmond: Kelley and Courtney Hurley, 2012 Olympic team bronze medalists and 2018 Senior World Team Champions Kat Holmes, 2018 Senior... Read More
Olympia Fencing Center continues to offer online Zoom classes during phase two or the MA reopening plan. As we resumed some of our in-person sessions in small groups, with a limited number of students, there is detailed information on the Club Re-opening Plan tab, including the safety precautions and guidelines to return to fencing. For Zoom classes, we're happy to welcome Olympia... Read More
Over fifty Olympia fencers have participated in the 31st annual Pomme De Terre competition, held this weekend at Brandeis University. We're extremely proud to continue our tradition and bring home Nine medals, this time: four GOLD, one SILVER and four BRONZE, over ten events, in Foil and Epee! 15 Fencers have made it to top 8, 25 fencers to top 16, and... Read More
Olympia students mark another successful year, at the 2019 Capitol Clash, in National Harbor, MD. A plethora of medals find their way home, to Cambridge, thanks to hard work, focus and ability to follow their coaches directions. One of the most unforgetful moments of the competition is was Tony Whelan's great comeback from a deficit of nine points, only to win the Y14... Read More
38 of Olympia’s fencers have attended the 2017 Summer Nationals and July Challenge, in Salt Lake City, UT! The 10-day event called for an estimated 4,222 fencers from 47 states and 428 clubs. With 8,877 entries approved for the event, the tournament is billed as the largest fencing tournament in history. Olympia’s fencers took part in 29 fencing events, both epee and foil weapons,... Read More
