Nationals Training Camp — not just for fencers going to Nationals

Coach Jorge will be offering a training camp for competitive fencers June 10–14 and 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. 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 will be running the camp himself, we will not be putting registration on GoMotion. Work with him to reserve a place and pay him directly.

If a fencer is not able to commit to a full week and wants to attend on a day-by-day basis, just be sure to let Coach Jorge know by 5:00 the day before 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

We will be printing up handouts, but in the meantime if you want to print out a few yourself, there’s a PDF attached.

Congratulations to fencers at School’s Out for Summer Tournament

Congratulations to Jack Stafurik for third place in the Open Mixed Epee and to Whitten Sechrest for second place in the Y14 Mixed Epee in the School's Out for Summer Tournament at Duke City last weekend.

Register for Saturday’s tournament

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.

Register for tournament in Tuscon Memorial Day weekend

German Fencing Academy Youth Event
Tucson, AZ
Saturday, May 25–Sunday, May 26 (Memorial Day weekend)
Y8–Cadet, see registration for details
» Register at AskFRED

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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