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
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
First national competition of the year ended on Monday, in Charlotte, NC. The event was held at the Charlotte Convention Center and brought together some of the best fencers in the US and abroad. Division I, Junior, Senior Team and Wheelchair events have gathered a big crowd of fencers to compete for the titles, over four days of fencing. Here are our students best... Read More
Olympia's cadets bring home Gold and Bronze from Espoo, Finland! For the second time this month, Olympia Fencing Center brings a record number of fencers from the same club, to a cadet world competition! Olympia's Emily Vermeule and Greta Candreva, alongside Jonas Hansen, Hunter Candreva and Hagen Zheng were among the 280 best cadets in the world, fencing in Espoo, this weekend! Greta... Read More
Super Youth Circuit at the Boston Fencing Club September 1-4, 2017 Olympia epeeists and foilists make top 16 as much as 37 times, with 13 fencers in top 8, over 11 different events during three consecutive days of fencing! With three Silver, four Bronze medals and two ratings changes, here are the best, top 16, results: • Y-10 Men’s Epee: Jordan Macarty wins the Silver... 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
The biggest and most important thing when it comes to start competitive fencing it's to start early! Discovering yourself as a fencer, learning how to deal with the pressure, to control your nerves, to make split second decisions, are crucial for a young fencer's future. This is why we're happy to run the bigger musketeer competitions in the New England Division, to help our... Read More
