In close partnership with the FIE as part of its Clubs Movement Initiative (CMI), Fencers Club – the oldest fencing organisation in the Western Hemisphere – has made great strides to further the FIE’s mission of broadening the base and elevating the level of fencing worldwide.

As the representative club for the Pan-American region, Fencers Club has hosted three CMI sessions since 2014: two month-long coaching advancement sessions and, most recently, a Pan-American athletic training camp in March 2016. All told, the CMI programmes at Fencers Club have trained 40 athletes and coaches from 15 Pan-American countries across all weapons and levels.

Participants train for between six and eight hours each days with our world-class coaching staff including Buckie Leach (US Women’s Foil Olympic Team Coach), Kornel Udvarhelyi (US Women’s Epee Olympic Team Coach) and Akhnaten Spencer-El (US Olympian and Coach). They also engage in yoga sessions developed specifically for fencers by Kamilla Vaksman (née Gafurzianova), Russian Olympic Team Foil Silver Medallist from London 2012, and intense physical conditioning and agility sessions developed for fencers and led by Verb Fitness.