Veronica Weser retained the VA Division Championship for the second year in a row, a few hours after she stepped of a transatlantic flight from Europe! Even jet lagged and sleep deprived, she is still the Division Champion! Congrats Veronica, you make us proud!
Huge Congrats to Douglas Daniels for winning the 2016-2017 VA Division Saber Championships! Way to go Doug, you make us proud!
This weekend CFA had fencers qualify in every weapon for Summer National Championships Div2/3!
Women’s Epee:
-Grayson Katzenbach
-Kaelyn Leake
Women’s Foil:
-Grayson Katzenbach
Men’s Saber:
-Steven Pressendo
Congratulations to everyone who qualified this weekend! We’ll see you in Dallas!
Wow, our fencers had a whole pile of awesome results from this past weekends annual VA Hangover Classic!
Veronica Weser: Gold, D1 epee
Steven Pressendo: Silver, D3 Saber & Bronze, D1 Saber
Tristan Johnson: Bronze (3rd) D1W Epee
Grayson Katzenbach: Bronze (3rd), D1W Epee and D1 Foil
Douglas Daniels: Bronze D1 Saber
Matthew Steppan: Bronze D1 Saber
Congrats to all out fencer! You make us proud!
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering the first of our historical classes, starting with the German Longsword. We will be teaching the footwork, bladework, grappling and evolution of this amazing weapon. We will be using several historical manuals from the Italian and German schools of longsword dueling and spanning from about 14-1800.
This class also provides both cardiovascular and anaerobic exercise. By the end of the course the student will be able to fence safely and will be ready for more intermediate level lessons. We will also be covering the HEMA rules and regulations with and eye towards forming a competitive longsword group using the HEMA system.
Preregistration is required for this class, which will begin on March 8th. The class is appropriate for teens and adults only. This class will run for 8 weeks, and the needed gear is included for the duration of the class. We will offer the class on two different days to more easily accommodate busy schedules. The class will be held on Tuesday, from 6:30-8PM and will repeat on Sunday from 3:30-5pm. Registration and waiver forms can be found at the links below. If you have any questions at all please contact a member of the CFA staff for details!
We are happy to announce that our next round of beginners classes will start Monday February 1st from 6-7pm and will run for 8 weeks. Our beginners classes are for those who are new to the sport as well as those who have not fenced in a long time and want a refresher. The classes are taught by the CFA coaching staff. Basics of fencing footwork, bladework, tactics and strategy are taught. Over the course of the beginner’s class, we will get the student used to the motions of fencing, and start to strengthen the legs and upper body with targeted exercise. This also provides both cardiovascular and anaerobic exercise. By the end of the course the student will be able to fence safely and will be ready for more intermediate level lessons. After this class the fencer moves to the intermediate level of classes.
If you would like to reserve your space in the class, download and fill out the forms below and mail them in or drop them off with your class fee. Registration and waiver forms can be found at the links below. If you have any questions at all please contact a member of the CFA staff for details!
Our summer camps are always popular and are one of the best ways to dive into the sport or hone your skills if you are already an active fencer. The camps run from 10-4:30 Mon-Fri with early drop off and late pick up available at an additional charge. The dates for the camps are as follows:
June:
22-26 Beginners Camp
29-July 3 Intermediate
July:
6-10 Beginners Camp
13-17 Intermediate Camp
Youth Camp (ages 6-12)
July 27-31
Please see our camps page on the website for more information or drop us an email or phone call if you have any questions!
Our fencers represented VA and CFA wonderfully this weekend at the Dallas North American Cup. Veronica Weser got the ball rolling with a dominant performance in the Womens Epee. She finished 2nd in the event after a day of wonderful bouts, loosing to Canadian Champion Julia Barry 15-10.
Douglas and Steppan both had wonderful results in the Mens Saber event as well, bring home Bronze medals. Douglas had an epic comeback in his first bout, coming from behind with 11 unanswered touches to defeat his opponent. From there he dominated his bouts until loosing to the eventual Gold Medalist.
Mattew Steppan was also a comeback kid that day. After a disappointing finish in pools he proved the old joke that the pools are just warm-ups by clawing his way from 43rd seed to defeat the 22nd and 11th seeded fencers before going out in the medal round to the 3rd seed.
Congrats to all our fencers and to our first 3 national medalists of the season. You make us proud!
James
CFA Fencers have wonderful results at the JO quals!
Our fencers just plain rocked at the Junior Olympic Qualifiers and VA Cadet and Junior Championships for 2014! Grayson Katzenbach had an awesome weekend, as did Tristan Johnson among others!
Before we get into the results, I wanted to give a special shout-out to Nathaniel Sides who refereed and showed a level of professionalism and composure well beyond his years when a parent/spectator put on the worst display of poor sportsmanship I have ever seen at a VA event.
Read on for exact finishes, ratings earned and our qualifiers for the 2014 Junior Olympics!
Grayson Katzenbach: Gold: Junior Womens Foil, Gold: Junior Womens Epee and Bronze: Junior Womens Saber, qualifying for all three in JO’s and becoming this seasons Junior Champion for VA in Womens Foil and Womens Epee
Tristan Johnson: Gold: Junior Mens Epee and the 2014 VA Junior Mens Epee Champion! He also qualified Junior and Cadet for epee at the JO’s and going from a U to a C14!
Doug Daniels: Bronze Junior Mens Saber, qualifying for 2014 Junior Mens Saber
Nathaniel Lilly: Bronze, Junior Mens Saber
Max Freedman: Bronze, Junior Mens Epee
Congrats to all our fencers and referees, you make us proud!
CFA fencers give the competition something to be frightened about at this Halloween Open!
We had a couple of great results from the HO this year, hosted by our friends at the William and Mary Fencing Team at their lovely campus in Williamsburg VA
For Open Saber Doug Daniels took gold in a dominant performance in the Mens Open, defeating all comers including a former Chinese National Team member! In so doing he avenged the loss of teammate Nathaniel Lilly who took Bronze and earned his D14!
We had several strong results in the Open Epee, including Matt Steppan’s very strong finish in 3rd place, earning his C14! Chandler Hamilton dominated pools and was top seed before going out to Tim Vincent 12-10 who went on to finish 2nd. Chandler also earned himself a new rating, finishing the event with an E14!
Grayson Katzenbach was our loan entrant in Open Foil, finishing just shy of the medal round, loosing by one touch to a B rated former division champion.
Congrats to all out CFA fencers, you make us proud!
