With the new season upon us, we’re ready for some major changes in our schedule! You’ll notice a lot of changes to our new schedule, with a major overhaul of how our classes are broken down as well as a few big timeslot adjustments. It’s taken us a great deal of time...
Were so happy and proud of the results of our 2nd year at Summer Nationals and the July Challenge! The atmosphere was amazing, and many members of our club (including both beginners and intermediate levels) came to Nationals both to fence and to cheer on our...
At Academy of Fencing Masters we believe that fencing and academics go hand in hand. Participating in competitive sports provides excellent discipline and pushes students both young and old to succeed in all other areas of life. From academic achievement to improved...
As you know, we strongly believe that children should compete in the sport of their choice. However, fencing is quite a unique sport in a sense that there are rarely events for “novice” fencers, and definitely not in the Bay Area. The reason is simple—fencing is very...
I am so proud to report that our hardworking fencers earned 18 medals at this past weekend’s Northern California Region 4 RYC—beating AFM’s previous record of 17 medals in December 2014. It’s especially exciting to note that we swept the podium for TWO events: Y10ME...
Wow, what a fantastic weekend. This past weekend our junior female epee fencers really took us for a ride. Three Bay Cup events. Three Gold medals. It doesn't get much better than that! It started with Anya Harkness winning gold in Senior Women’s Epee, which earned...
Yesterday, USFA announced a significant change to the qualification rules for the new July Challenge for juniors and cadets, which will allow more fencers to qualify and compete. We have had several rule changes this year with respect to qualifying for Fencing Summer...
What a great way to finish a year! We can all head into the holiday season with smiles and pride. We are ecstatic to report our results from this past weekend’s Northern California RYC at Treasure Island in San Francisco. Our fencers took home 17 (!) medals - in 7 out...
If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping, you can knock a couple items off your holiday gift list simply by heading to our website and ordering AFM Gifts Certificates that can be used to sign up for classes. You can order by email or mail delivery, so you could...
What a fantastic weekend for our AFM fencers! The Bay Cup Women’s Epee tournament at TFC consisted of three events: Cadet Women’s Epee, Junior Women’s Epee, and Senior Women’s Epee. Nancy Zhang and Jade Welder represented AFM in the Cadet event. Nancy won Gold and...
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