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To be eligible for a “Best Fencing Clubs” ranking in 2016-2017, a fencing club must have had at least one of its fencers finish in the Top 16 of a USA Fencing (USFA) National Domestic Point Tournament in either a Youth, Cadet, Junior or Senior age division. In the Veteran age group, a club fencer needs to have finished on the Podium for a club to be eligible for a “Best Fencing Clubs” ranking. The Top 16 (or Podium) fencers in each competition automatically contribute to their club’s final ranking. Readers are encouraged to review the detailed rankings for each age-gender-weapon category which are found under the menu heading, ‘Rankings’.
The rankings are based on a simple weighted 100-point system adopted by the USFA with points being awarded to the Top 16 fencers in each competition. The final rankings are derived by aggregating the Top 16 placement points for the fencers by their club representation. National Domestic Tournament Results data from the USFA is the data source used to determine the rankings. Further information about the ranking process used to identify the “Best Fencing Clubs” can be found here.
Readers are also encouraged to review our National Fencing Club Championships for 2016-2017 for USA Fencing National Tournament season. The Championships rank all clubs by the total number of medals won by Top 8 fencers at National Tournaments held throughout the year.
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“Best Fencing Clubs” – 2016-2017
Clubs that made our “Best Fencing Clubs” rankings for 2016-2017 are listed in the accompanying table. At year end 7/31/2017, there were 667 USA Fencing Member Clubs. With the inclusion of 13 clubs from Canada this year, 223 clubs, (down one from the last year), made NFCR’s “Best Fencing Clubs” rankings. One-hundred and eleven (111) clubs were ranked in epee, 102 in foil and 81 in saber.
About 73% of the clubs ranked in only one weapon, 23% ranked in two and ten or 4% ranked in all three weapons. Clubs which ranked in all three weapons include Columbus Fencing & Fitness-OH, Denver Fencing Center-CO, Durkan Fencing Academy-NJ, Los Angeles International Fencing Center-CA, Medeo Fencing Club-NJ, New York Athletic Club-NY, Peter Westbrook Foundation-NY, Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club -RI, Rochester Fencing Club-NY and Royal Arts Fencing Academy-OH.
About 50% of the “Best Fencing Clubs” are located in six U.S. states; California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Texas, and Virginia. About two-thirds are found in twelve states, adding Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Ohio, and Illinois to the list. In addition to the number of clubs detailed on the map, the provinces of Canada are home to 13 “Best Fencing Clubs”, Quebec (5), Ontario (4), British Columbia (2) and Alberta (2).
During the past year, a number of readers requested that we provide greater granularity on our “Best Fencing Clubs.” Knowing that a club made our “Best Fencing Clubs’ was useful, but a large number of readers wanted to know how the clubs were ranked overall. You can download a FREE spreadsheet with detailed rankings of the 223 clubs that made our “Best Fencing Clubs” in foil, saber, and epee in 2016-2017. Click here for your FREE Spreadsheet.
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Readers can filter or search the list of “Best Fencing Clubs” in the following table. You may click on a column heading to sort the data based on that criteria. Readers are advised to firstly, sort the state by alphabetical order and secondly the weapon of interest.
"Best Fencing Clubs" - 2016-2017
| State/Province | Fencing Club | Saber | Foil | Epee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State/Province | Fencing Club | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| New York | 5T Fencers Club, NY | Foil | ||
| California | Academy of Fencing Masters, CA | Foil | Epee | |
| New Jersey | Advance Fencing and Fitness Academy, NJ | Saber | ||
| Texas | Alamo Fencing Academy, TX | Epee | ||
| New Hampshire | Allez Fencing, NH | Foil | ||
| Texas | Alliance Fencing Academy, TX | Epee | ||
| California | Anaheim Hill Fencers, CA | Foil | ||
| Arizona | Arizona Fencing Center, AZ | Foil | ||
| Arizona | Arizona State University Fencing Club, AZ | Saber | ||
| Georgia | Arsenal Fencing Club, GA | Saber | ||
| Wisconsin | Ataba Fencing Club, WI | Epee | ||
| Georgia | Athletic Club Northeast, GA | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Atlantic Fencing Academy, NJ | Saber | Epee | |
| California | Avant Garde Fencers Club, CA | Saber | ||
| Maryland | Baltimore Fencing Center, MD | Foil | Epee | |
| Nevada | Battle Born Fencing Club, NV | Epee | ||
| Massachusetts | Bay State Fencers, MA | Epee | ||
| Tennessee | Baylor School, TN | Foil | ||
| Texas | Bayou City Fencing Academy, TX | Foil | ||
| New York | Beaches Sabre Club, NY | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | Bergen Fencing Club, NJ | Saber | ||
| California | Beverly Hills Fencers' Club, CA | Epee | ||
| Alabama | Birmingham Fencing Club, AL | Foil | ||
| Kentucky | Bluegrass Fencers' Club, KY | Foil | ||
| Idaho | Boise Fencing Club, ID | Epee | ||
| Massachusetts | Boston Fencing Club, MA | Saber | Epee | |
| Quebec | Bre-les Dynamiques De Brebeuf, QC | Saber | Epee | |
| New York | Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club, NY | Foil | ||
| New York | Brooklyn Fencing Center, NY | Foil | ||
| Pennyslvania | Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West, PA | Foil | ||
| California | Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword, CA | Saber | Epee | |
| California | California Fencing Academy, CA | Foil | ||
| Connecticut | Candlewood Fencing Center, CT | Epee | ||
| North Carolia | Cape Fear Fencing Association, NC | Epee | ||
| California | Capital City Fencer's Club, CA | Foil | ||
| Maryland | Capital Fencing Academy, MD | Saber | ||
| California | Cardinal Fencing Club, CA | Saber | ||
| North Carolia | Charlotte Fencing Academy, NC | Epee | ||
| Tennessee | Cheney Fencing, TN | Saber | ||
| District of Columbia | Chevy Chase Fencing Club, DC | Foil | Epee | |
| Colorado | Cheyenne Fencing Society, CO | Epee | ||
| Quebec | Club d'escrime STH de Quebec, QC | Epee | ||
| California | Coastside Fencing Club, CA | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | Cobra Fencing Club, NJ | Saber | ||
| Quebec | Coeur de Lion, QC | Foil | ||
| Ohio | Columbus Fencing & Fitness, OH | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| California | Conejo Fencing Club, CA | Foil | ||
| Connecticut | Connecticut Fencers Club, CT | Saber | Foil | |
| Texas | Cutting Edge Fencing Club, TX | Saber | ||
| Maryland | DC Fencers Club, MD | Epee | ||
| Pennyslvania | Delaware Valley Fencers Club, PA | Saber | ||
| Colorado | Denver Fencing Center, CO | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| New Mexico | Duke City Fencing, NM | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Durkan Fencing Academy, NJ | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Massachusetts | Dynamo Fencing Center, MA | Saber | Epee | |
| British Columbia | Dynamo Fencing Club, BC | Foil | Epee | |
| Georgia | Eagle Fencing Club of Atlanta, GA | Foil | Epee | |
| California | East Bay Fencers Gym, CA | Epee | ||
| Alberta | Edmonton Fencing Club, AB | Foil | ||
| Indiana | Escrime Du Lac, IN | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Escrimeur Fencers Club, NJ | Saber | ||
| Virginia | Fairfax Fencers, VA | Foil | ||
| Connecticut | Fairfield Fencing Academy, CT | Epee | ||
| North Dakota | Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club, ND | Epee | ||
| Connecticut | Farmington Valley Fencing Academy, CT | Saber | Foil | |
| Arizona | Fencers Club of Arizona, AZ | Saber | ||
| New York | Fencers Club, NY | Foil | Epee | |
| Massachusetts | Fencing Academy Of Boston, MA | Saber | ||
| Colorado | Fencing Academy of Denver, CO | Saber | ||
| Nevada | Fencing Academy of Nevada, NV | Epee | ||
| Pennyslvania | Fencing Academy of Philadelphia, PA | Foil | Epee | |
| New York | Fencing Academy of Westchester, NY | Foil | Epee | |
| Ohio | Fencing Alliance of Ohio, OH | Saber | ||
| Illinois | Fencing Center Of Chicago, IL | Foil | Epee | |
| Texas | Fencing Institute of Texas, TX | Foil | ||
| Virginia | Fencing Sports Academy, VA | Foil | Epee | |
| Florida | Fioretto Fencing Academy, FL | Foil | ||
| California | Fortune Fencing, CA | Epee | ||
| California | Fresno Fencing Academy, CA | Foil | Epee | |
| Colorado | Front Range Fencing, CO | Epee | ||
| Texas | Gold Blade Fencing Center, TX | Epee | ||
| Massachusetts | Gold Fencing Club, MA | Foil | ||
| California | Golden Gate Fencing Center, CA | Epee | ||
| California | Golden Sabre Academy, CA | Saber | ||
| California | Golubitsky Fencing Center, CA | Foil | ||
| Michigan | Grand Rapids Fencing Academy, MI | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy, NJ | Foil | ||
| California | Halberstadt Fencers' Club, CA | Saber | Epee | |
| California | Hangtown Saber Club, CA | Saber | ||
| Nevada | High Desert Fencing Alliance, NV | Saber | ||
| Oregon | High Desert Fencing Club, OR | Epee | ||
| Ohio | Hooked on Fencing, OH | Epee | ||
| Ontario | Hua Hua Fencing Club, ON | Foil | ||
| Ohio | Hudson Centers for the Martial Arts, OH | Epee | ||
| Illinois | Illinois Fencers Club, IL | Epee | ||
| Georgia | iMasters Academy, GA | Epee | ||
| Indiana | Indianapolis Fencing Club, IN | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Infinity Fencing Alliance, NJ | Saber | ||
| Massachusetts | International Fencers Alliance of Boston, MA | Foil | ||
| Massachusetts | International Fencing Club, MA | Saber | ||
| Iowa | Iowa City Fencing Center, IA | Epee | ||
| Texas | Kairos Fencing Academy, TX | Saber | ||
| California | Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation, CA | Saber | ||
| California | Laguna Fencing Center, CA | Saber | ||
| California | Las Positas Fencing Center, CA | Epee | ||
| California | Le Club Touche Fencing Academy, CA | Foil | ||
| Pennyslvania | Ligoner Fencing Club, PA | Epee | ||
| New Jersey | Lilov Fencing Academy, NJ | Saber | Foil | |
| Nebraska | Lincoln Fencing Club, NE | Saber | Foil | |
| California | Lionheart Fencing Academy/coeur Du Lion Fencing Club, CA | Foil | ||
| Texas | Lone Star Fencing Center, TX | Saber | ||
| California | Los Angeles International Fencing Center, CA | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Virginia | Loudoun International Fencing Club, VA | Epee | ||
| Kentucky | Louisville Fencing Center, KY | Saber | ||
| New York | Manhattan Fencing Center, NY | Saber | Foil | |
| Massachusetts | Marx Fencing Academy, MA | Foil | Epee | |
| California | Massialas Foundation (M Team), CA | Foil | ||
| Florida | Masters Fencing Club, FL | Foil | Epee | |
| New Jersey | Medeo Fencing Club, NJ | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Washington | Metro Tacoma Fencing Club, WA | Foil | Epee | |
| Florida | Miami Lakes Fencing Club, FL | Epee | ||
| North Carolia | Mid-south Fencers' Club, NC | Saber | Foil | |
| Illinois | Midwest Fencing Academy, IL | Saber | ||
| Minnesota | Minnesota Sword Club, MN | Saber | Epee | |
| New York | Mission Fencing Center, NY | Saber | Foil | |
| Massachusetts | Moe Fencing Club, MA | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Morris Fencing Club, NJ | Saber | Epee | |
| Florida | Naples Fencing Academy, FL | Foil | ||
| Georgia | Nellya Fencers, GA | Saber | ||
| Massachusetts | NEMA Fencing Center, MA | Foil | ||
| New York | New York Athletic Club, NY | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| New York | New York Fencing Academy, NY | Epee | ||
| California | North Bay Fencing Academy, CA | Foil | ||
| North Carolia | North Carolina Fencing Development Program, NC | Epee | ||
| California | North Coast Fencing Academy, CA | Epee | ||
| New York | North Shore Fencers Club, NY | Epee | ||
| Texas | North Texas Fencing Alliance, TX | Epee | ||
| Colorado | Northern Colorado Fencers, CO | Foil | Epee | |
| Oregon | Northwest Fencing Center, OR | Foil | Epee | |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Sport Fencing, OK | Saber | ||
| Virginia | Olde Town Fencing Club, VA | Foil | ||
| Massachusetts | Olympia Fencing Center, MA | Foil | Epee | |
| Quebec | Olympia Montreal, QC | Foil | Epee | |
| Texas | Olympian Fencing Club, TX | Epee | ||
| Georgia | Olympic Fencers Club, GA | Epee | ||
| Oregon | Oregon Fencing Alliance, OR | Saber | ||
| Oregon | Orion Fencing, OR | Saber | Epee | |
| Oregon | PDX Fencing, OR | Saber | ||
| California | Peninsula Fencing Academy, CA | Saber | ||
| Virginia | Penta Olympic Fencing Club, VA | Epee | ||
| Illinois | Peoria Fencing Academy, IL | Epee | ||
| New York | Peter Westbrook Foundation, NY | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Arizona | Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club, AZ | Epee | ||
| Pennyslvania | Pittsburgh Fencers' Club, PA | Foil | ||
| Maine | Portland Fencing Center, ME | Epee | ||
| California | Precision Athletics Fencing Club, CA | Foil | ||
| California | Premier Fencing Academy, CA | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | Premier Fencing Club, NJ | Foil | ||
| New Jersey | Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA, NJ | Epee | ||
| New York | Putnam County Fencing Center, NY | Foil | Epee | |
| Washington | Rain City Fencing Center, WA | Foil | Epee | |
| Illinois | RedStar Fencing Club Chicago, IL | Saber | Foil | |
| Michigan | Renaissance Fencing Club, MI | Saber | Foil | |
| North Carolia | Research Triangle Fencing, NC | Saber | ||
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club, RI | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Virginia | Richmond Fencing Club, VA | Foil | ||
| New York | Rochester Fencing Club, NY | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| New York | Rockland Fencers, NY | Epee | ||
| Virginia | Rockville Fencing Academy, VA | Foil | ||
| Colorado | Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy, CO | Epee | ||
| Ohio | Royal Arts Fencing Academy, OH | Saber | Foil | Epee |
| Florida | Sabre Outreach Network, FL | Saber | ||
| California | Sacramento Saber Fencing, CA | Saber | ||
| Washington | Salle Auriol Seattle, WA | Foil | Epee | |
| California | Salle Couturier, CA | Foil | Epee | |
| California | Salle D'Asaro Fencing Club, CA | Saber | ||
| Utah | Salle D'Escrime Utah Valley, UT | Saber | Foil | |
| Texas | Salle Mauro Fencing Academy, TX | Foil | ||
| California | San Diego Fencing Center, CA | Saber | Epee | |
| California | San Francisco Fencers Club, CA | Foil | ||
| Utah | Schoolhouse Fencing, UT | Epee | ||
| New Hampshire | Seacoast Fencing Club, NH | Foil | ||
| Quebec | Seigneurs de la Rive-Nord, QC | Saber | ||
| Alberta | Sergei's Sabre Club, AB | Saber | ||
| New York | Sheridan Fencing Academy, NY | Saber | ||
| California | Silicon Valley Fencing Center, CA | Foil | ||
| Oregon | Southern Oregon Fencing Club, OR | Epee | ||
| California | Spartak, CA | Saber | ||
| Washington | Spokane Fencers Unlimited, WA | Epee | ||
| Connecticut | Stamford Fencing Center, CT | Saber | Epee | |
| Florida | Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club, FL | Foil | Epee | |
| Nevada | Summerlin Fencing Club, NV | Epee | ||
| Ontario | Sword Players, ON | Epee | ||
| California | Swords Fencing Studio, CA | Epee | ||
| Massachusetts | Tanner City Fencing Club, MA | Foil | ||
| California | Team Touche Fencing Center, CA | Foil | Epee | |
| Texas | Texas Fencing Academy, TX | Epee | ||
| Missouri | The Fencers Academy St.Louis, MO | Foil | ||
| Virginia | The Fencers' Club, VA | Epee | ||
| California | The Fencing Center of San Jose, CA | Foil | Epee | |
| New York | Thrust Fencing Academy, NY | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | TigerZ Fencing Academy, NJ | Epee | ||
| New York | Tim Morehouse Fencing Club, NY | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | Top Fencing Club, NJ | Foil | Epee | |
| Ontario | Toronto Fencing Club, ON | Foil | Epee | |
| British Columbia | Tri-City Fencing Academy, BC | Foil | ||
| Ohio | Two Ravens Fencing School, OH | Epee | ||
| Michigan | Underground Fencing Organization, MI | Epee | ||
| California | United Fencing Academy, CA | Foil | ||
| California | US Navy, CA | Saber | ||
| Utah | Utah Swords Academy Fencing Club, UT | Saber | ||
| New Jersey | V Fencing Club, NJ | Foil | ||
| Ontario | Vango Toronto, ON | Foil | Epee | |
| Virginia | Virginia Academy Of Fencing, VA | Saber | Foil | |
| Massachusetts | Vivo Fencing Club, MA | Epee | ||
| Washington | Washington Fencing Academy, WA | Epee | ||
| Illinois | Windy City Fencing Chicago, IL | Epee | ||
| Florida | Winter Garden Fencing Academy, FL | Foil | Epee | |
| Texas | Woodlands Fencing Academy, TX | Epee | ||
| Massachusetts | Worcester Fencing Club, MA | Epee | ||
| California | Z Fencing Los Angeles, CA | Saber | ||
| Pennyslvania | Zeljkovic Fencing Academy, PA | Foil | ||
| Massachusetts | Zeta Fencing, MA | Saber |
During the past year, a number of readers requested that we provide greater granularity on our “Best Fencing Clubs.” As was previously mentioned, the “Best Fencing Clubs” rankings are based on the performance of a club’s fencers in the Top 16 finishes in USA Fencing National Point Tournaments in either a Youth, Cadet, Junior or Senior age division. In the Veteran age group, a club fencer needs to have finished on the Podium for a club to be eligible for a “Best Fencing Clubs” ranking.
Of the 223 clubs that qualified for a “Best Fencing Clubs” designation, 81 or 36% qualified in only one category, 38 or 17% qualified in two categories and another 27 or 12% qualified in three categories. A single weapon club has the potential to qualify in ten categories, namely youth, cadet, junior, senior and veteran in both genders, i.e., 5 x 2 = 10. A three weapon club has the potential to qualify in 30 categories.
In order to provide greater insights into the depth and breadth of the performance of our “Best Fencing Clubs,” we have disaggregated the number of Top 16 finishes (Podium finishes for veterans) and ranked clubs by the number of categories in which they qualified. The Fencers Club and Los Angeles International Fencing Center both qualified for a “Best Fencing Club” designation in 17 categories. You can download a FREE spreadsheet with detailed rankings of the 223 clubs that made our “Best Fencing Clubs” in foil, saber, and epee in 2016-2017. Click here for your FREE Spreadsheet.
If your club made NFCR’ “Best Fencing Clubs” rankings, now is the time to maximize and promote this distinct achievement in US fencing to enhance your club’s reputation and visibility! Take full advantage of your accomplishment with our customized marketing and communication tools created exclusively for NFCR’s 2016-2017 honorees. Further details can be found here. Now is the time to let everyone know about your club’s outstanding performance!
Coaches and fencers from Stamford Fencing Center, CT celebrate the club’s “Best Fencing Clubs” designation in 2015-2016.
“Best Fencing Clubs” – 2015-2016
There were about 615 USA Fencing Member clubs in 2015-2016. For 2015-2016, 224 fencing clubs made National Fencing Club Rankings’ (NFCR’) “Best Fencing Clubs” rankings. About 73% of the clubs ranked in only one weapon, 22% ranked in two and 5% ranked in three weapons. One hundred and eight (108) clubs ranked in foil, 106 in epee and 85 in saber. About 50% of the “Best Fencing Clubs” were located in six states; California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Texas and Florida and about two-thirds were found in eleven states, adding Connecticut, Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina and Oregon to the list.
While your club may not be listed in our rankings we nevertheless believe it has an important role to play in the further development and expansion of our sport; a sport that has remained largely hidden from too many Americans for too long! Our mission is to lift the profile of the Sport of Fencing in the U.S. and we hope that our rankings will help us in our mission.
Best Fencing Clubs Promote their National Rankings
