To the left is the schedule for the upcoming NAC tournament that is coming to the Duke Energy Center Thursday, February 12th through Sunday February 15th.
The event is open to spectators and will be a great place to see some top tier fencing from all over the country!
Division I is the top level of fencing and a great opportunity for everyone to see what the pinacle of this sports' athleticism has to offer. Also, there are a number of Veteran events (over 40 years old), which is always an amazing display of experience and control. The competition will feature Parafencing, as well, fencing from wheelchair which is some of the most intense, fast, and precise handwork you will ever see in the sport. The parafencing alone is absolutely worth checking out, not many competitions have the parafencing events, so it is a rare treat to have it in our back yard!
If you are excited to learn more about competition fencing, if you are looking for upcoming tournaments, or if you are looking for results from previous tournaments, then it is time to get acquainted with AskFred.net.
AskFred is a database open to the fencing community to organize tournaments, keep results and data about fencer's careers, and give a unified place for clubs to advertise their upcoming events!
For information on upcoming tournaments follow this link to see all tournaments "near" Cincinnati (AskFred is a little broad in it's definition of near): AskFred.net.
Check out this link for a search of tournaments with a limit of a 100 mile drive.
Academy of Fencing Masters Blog is a great resource for information by fencers and parents of athletes, talking about all the stuff that we all wonder about. Wonder no longer, start learning today!
The following link will take you to askfred.net for the explanation of how the ratings given out during a tournament are determined. USFA Ratings.
Also, this article goes into all the nitty-gritty of earning your ratings:
I've been going back through old files, photos, and the like; riding on waves of nostalgia. I've pulled out some photos going back to 2014 when we were meeting at McKie recreation center while the Clifton rec was being renovated!