Starting Monday, Nationals Training Camp — not just for fencers going to Nationals

Coach Jorge will be offering a training camp for competitive fencers next week, June 17–21. These camps are to prepare fencers for Summer Nationals, but all fencers are welcome.

The training camps are $180/week or $40/day and will run 9:30–4:30 (training 9:30–noon, then a break until 3:00 for bouting). The whole day will not be spent fencing, but fencers should plan to be there the whole time and bring lunch and snacks.

Coach Jorge is running the camp himself, we will not be putting registration on GoMotion. He has a registration form at the club or contact him at chiquetjl@hotmail.com or on Facebook.

Summer Camp registration open — help us spread the word

NMFF is offering day camps for ages 8–13 with or without previous experience. Students learn the fundamentals of fencing, including footwork, offensive and defensive actions, and proper equipment use.

Experience has shown us that most attendees come to us by word of mouth. We’re getting a late start so please share this information with anybody who may be interested:
» Register for June 24–28
» Register for July 15–19
» Register for July 29–August 2

There are flyers on the low wall as you enter — please take a few and distribute!

Register for July 20 tournament at NMFF

We're running an Open Mixed Epee in the morning, and E & Under Mixed Epee and Y14 Mixed Epee in the afternoon

Santa Fe May Massacre
Saturday, May 18
Open Mixed Epee at 9:30; E & Under and Y14 Mixed Epee at 1:00
» Register at AskFRED
» Register at GoMotion:
 Open Mixed Epee
 E & Under Mixed Epee
 Y14 Mixed Epee

There are two parts to registering for an NMFF tournament, the AskFRED registration gives us our count and participant information, prepaying at GoMotion helps speed up the check-in; we will also accept registration fees at the event, but prepaying is a big help.

Equipment recommendations from German Fencing Gear

Jens and Leticia of German Fencing Gear made the trip from Arizona for the November tournament — and donated a blade, glove, and repair kit as prizes.

Hopefully, you got to talk to them and see their offerings. It can be tough to figure out what gear is needed and what to prioritize, so we asked them to put together a guide with some recommendations — shown in that graphic above, download a PDF here.

You can also browse their site and choose your gear there. If you have any questions about sizing or anything else, or want other recommendations, send Jens an email.

Share your competition photos

Samantha is posting photos of our fencers at tournaments on the NMFF Instagram and Facebook pages.

If you'd like to share photos for posting, you can use this link to PhotoCircle to send them to her.

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