Congratulations to Bartosz Kuligowski for taking Gold and to William Elloway for taking Bronze in the Southern California RYC in Pasadena, CA in Men’s Y10 Epee! Both boys showed great fencing and a great friendship cheering for and helping each other. This is the...
Bartosz Kuligowski won his first SYC this weekend, scoring an impressive 10:3 win in a final bout in the Y10 Men’s Epee tournament in the North Texas SYC! Bartosz started fencing at AFM a year ago, just after we opened our doors, and within just one year he earned...
We are so excited to announce that we will host seven Bay Cup fencing tournaments for the 2014-2015 season. It’s really important to us to be involved in the Bay Cup organization because it provides such a welcome service to our fencers and all fencers in the area. We...
Exactly one year ago today the Academy of Fencing Masters opened its doors for the first time. On August 21, 2013, AFM came to be and a new life began. We started with only one fencing class and just a handful of members, most of whom are still with us today. In just...
The new fencing season has begun! In the last year we’ve seen tremendous growth in the size of our club and our youth fencers have wowed us with their ever-improving fencing prowess. Thanks to all of you and your hard work, we’ve had to make some welcome changes! Our...
The current fencing season ends in just one week and the 2014-2015 season starts on August 1st. Remember to update your USFA membership this week if you haven’t already! After August 1st, you can’t fence without it. All fencing clubs require USFA membership: it...
It’s not easy to put into words the excitement and pride we feel after a wonderful five days last week at the AFM Beginner Fencing Camp. This was the first of our summer camps for the year and we’re off to a great start. It’s truly amazing to watch these young fencers...
We've been working hard to provide you with a consolidated resource for all the things parents need to know when they’re new to fencing. Our new book, “Parents' Guide to Fencing: Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Child in the Sport of Fencing,” is available...
USFA has just announced that the 2015 Summer Nationals will be held in San Jose, CA … for the first time since 2008! This is great news for all competitive fencers because who doesn’t love to travel to California? It’s particularly exciting for us here at AFM and all...
Congratulations to Jordan Schmidt who in the recent Bay Cup Epee tournament won Bronze Medal and earned "D"! But the story goes much more interesting. Jordan got off the tournament on the wrong foot. In the pools he lost all his bouts. Not only he lost all of them,...
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