Battle Born Fencing Club

Huge congratulations are in order to our very own Edison Tai in his first year of Y14 with an 8th place medal and a new B24 in Y14 Mens Epee! Edison fought well all day and pulled out an amazing win in his top 16 bout against the #1 seed out of pools 15-14 and then eventually lost to the Gold medalist in top 8. He showed great resilience and his hard work is paying off! Congratulations again to Edison, his family, and his coaches!!

Coach Lee, Coach Sorah, and Coach Walt all pictured with our medalist.

Great job also to Jayden Kim with his top 32 finish earning national points.

We congratulate our Vet fencers Coach Walt Dragonetti and Sean Ameli for making the Vet 60 world team! They worked hard and clinched their spots with their silver and bronze medals! Way to go and good luck to them at the Veteran World Championships in Dubai!

2 more medals with Silver for Coach Walt Dragonetti and Bronze for Sean Ameli in Vet 60 Men's Epee! Huge congratulations to our fencers, their families, and Coach Lee! Way to fence!

Our 2nd medal of this Summer Nationals goes to Amy Montoya in Vet 60 Women's Epee with her 6th place finish! Way to fence hard and finish strong! Go Amy!

We have our first medal of this Summer Nationals in Junior Women's epee with Agatha "Zhouying" Qu and a Bronze medal! She fenced very well and earned her A24! She fought hard and is resting up for cadet tomorrow!

Honorable mention to Sumin Lee who lost a close bout to place 9th today and 21st in Div I Women's epee yesterday!

Jayna Kim also earned national points in Junior Women's Epee today after fighting hard!

Good job to everyone and we look forward to the rest of the tournament! Good luck!

All BBFC fencers at Summer Nationals! Our banner is at Y3! See you all there and good luck!

We had the honor of having the Princeton Head Coach, Zoltan Dudas, come to BBFC to run a camp here in Vegas and everyone enjoyed learning from his wealth of knowledge and experience. Everyone had a great time with his drills and bouting and we hope to see him again! Thank you, Coach Dudas!

Last day of the Collegiate RJCC and we have another medal and some great fencing! Congratulations are in order to Elan Tan with his 6th place medal and C24 in Junior Men's Epee! He fenced incredibly well and lost to the eventual silver medalist. The girls also fenced very well after struggling in pools, they both won their first DE against higher seeded opponents. Way to go! Congratulations again to Elan, his family, and his coaches and to Coach Sorah who is there coaching our fencers! Let's keep it going!

1st day of the Collegiate RJCC and we have some great efforts and 2 medals! In Cadet Men's epee, Battle Born had a strong showing with all 5 fencers finishing in the top 16 and 2 medals! Teddy Kim comes away with Silver and a new B24 after cramping in the final and Jake Lee takes home the 8th place medal! There were a lot of lessons learned and some great fencing with Elan unfortunately running into Teddy in the 16s. We are so proud of all our fencers, their families, and their coaches, especially Coach Sorah who is here this weekend supporting our fencers! Let's fight hard tomorrow!

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At the Golden State RYC we had 2 more medals with some of our youngest fencers! In Y8 Men's Epee, Sean Wang takes home the Bronze medal for the 1st time! In Y10 Men's epee, his older brother Ryan Wang also earns his first Bronze medal at a RYC! So great to see their hard work start to pay off! Great job! Congratulations to Sean, Ryan, their family, and their coaches!

2nd day and our very own Sumin Lee brings our 4th medal with Bronze in Div I Women's Epee with her best result yet in this age category! She fenced hard fencer after hard fencer before losing in the semis to the eventual Gold medalist. Congratulations to Sumin, her family, and her coaches! We are so proud of you Sumin!

Way to start the 1st day of the April NAC with our veteran fencers going strong! In Vet 60 Men's epee, huge congratulations are in order to Coach Walt Dragonetti for bringing home the GOLD, Evan Ranes with the Bronze, and Sean Ameli with 8th place making it 3 medals in 1 event for our BBFC family! What a great start and huge congrats to them, their families, their coaches and Coach Lee pictured here with them! Wishing the best of luck to our fencers for the rest of the NAC!

Congratulations are in order for Edison Tai with a 6th place medal in Y14ME and more national points at the Rain City SYC! Great job to Edison, his family, and his coaches! See you back at the club!!

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2nd day of the Precision RYC and we are Golden with 3 more medals on the day in 2 events! In Y14 Men's Epee, Edison Tai is Golden being undefeated the entire day! Steven Dai placed 8th and earns his E24! In Y12 Women's Epee, Adelynn Lee takes home the Bronze after losing to the eventual Gold medalist! Great job to all and our coaches, Coach Marian and Coach Sorah, our fencers, and their families!! Way to go!!

1st day of the Precision Invitational RYC and RJC and we come away with a medal in each epee event for a total of 3! In Junior Women's Epee, Nylah Yumiaco comes home with 8th after losing to the eventual silver medalist in a close bout! In Y10 Women's epee, Mina Dai takes home the 6th place medal after fighting hard. In Y12 Men's Epee, Duke Greenman takes the Bronze after losing a close bout and learning lots of new things on the way. So proud of all these students and we can't wait for the rest of the weekend!!! Good luck! Go BBFC family!

2nd day of the BBFC epee only RYC and we come away with 12 more medals for a total of 21 over the 2 day weekend! So many great bouts and new ratings with new milestones! Congratulations to all our fencers, their families, and their coaches!

Y14 Men's Epee
Gold! - Edison Tai and earns C24!
Silver - Inwoo Lee
Bronze - Jayden Kim

Junior Women's epee
Gold - Zara Pehlivani!
Silver - Sumin Lee
Bronze - Jayna Kim
5th - Gabrielle Lendis
6th - Nylah Yumiaco and E24!

Y8 Womens epee
Bronze - Aria Bonath! First tournament!

Y12 Women's Epee
Silver - Mina Dai
Bronze - Anya Cho

Y10 Men's Epee
Bronze - Arthur Gao! First medal!

Way to go to all our students and coaches! Let's keep it going!

1st day of the 4th Annual Las Vegas BBFC Epee only RYC and RJC and we come away with 9 medals!!! In Junior Men's Epee, San Choi takes home the bronze earning his B24, JD Gallo places 5th, and Teddy Kim finishes 6th earning his C24! In Y14 Women's Epee, Adelynn Lee takes home 5th place! In Y12 Men's epee, Sebastian Mulcahy is our Gold medalist with Steven Dai in 5th, Evan Kim in 6th, and Duke Greenman 7th with his first medal ever! And last but not least, Mina Dai finishes with the Bronze in Y10 Women's epee! We are so proud of all our students and our coaches with their comraderie and behind the scenes bloopers. Back to work and the last day of our RYC!

Congratulations to Jake Lee on his bronze medal in Cadet Men's Epee at the Challenge of the Bay RYC and RJCC! He fenced well and earned his C24! Great job! Congratulations to Jake, his family, and his coaches!!!

3rd day of the Fortune SYC and we have 2 more medals and more national points and new ratings!!! In Cadet Women's epee, Yeriel Lee fought hard and earns a Bronze medal and a new C24!! In Cadet Men's Epee, Olaf Mulcahy finishes in 5th place after losing by 1 touch to the eventual Gold medalist! Way to go! In Y12 Women's Epee, Adelynn Lee comes away with a top 32 finish and more national points!!! It was a good weekend overall with new ratings, medals, and good lessons! Back to the club! Congratulations again to our fencers, their families, and our coaches!!

2nd day, another medal, more national points and ratings! Great strides and fencing from Ian Kim in Junior Men's Epee with his 8th place medal and A24! He fought hard and gave his all taking out the #1 seed to make top 8 before losing to the eventual silver medalist. Congrats are also in order for Y14 fencer Jayden Kim as he earns his B24! In Y12 Men's Epee, we had close bouts and lessons learned but more national points earned with Steven Dai - top 16, Duke Greenman, Evan Kim, and Sebastian Mulcahy - top 32. In Y14 Women's Epee, Yeriel Lee finishes 11th, earning national points and her E24! Congratulations to all our fencers, their families, and their coaches, especially Coach Lee, Coach Sorah, and Coach Marian in Ontario at the Fortune SYC! On to the next day and back to the club!

1st day of the Fortune SYC and RJCC came away with 1 medal, lots of points, and some close top 16 bouts to fall short of some medals. In Y14 Men's Epee, Jayden Kim takes home the bronze, after losing a close 1 touch bout to the eventual Gold medalist, 14-15. He also renews his C to a C24! Congratulations also to Edison Tai top 16, Eric Goroza, Teddy Kim, Duke Greenman, and Sebastian Mulcahy for top 32 and more Y14 National Points!! In Junior Women's Epee, Gabrielle Lendis and Jayna Kim lost in the top 16 to get top 8. Lots of things to learn and hard fought bouts. In Y10 Women's epee, Mina Dai loses a close one in top 16 to make top 8 as well. Honorable mention to all competing today with small victories and lots of effort to Nylah Yumiaco, Chaehee Chang, Evan Kim, Xavier Miller, Steven Dai, and Davidson Lee. On to the rest of the weekend! Congratulations again to Jayden, his family, and his coaches! Let's keep it up!

Good luck to Valentin at the NCAA Championships this weekend! Go BBFC Go!

Our very own Jayna Kim with Coach Marian with her 5th place medal in Junior Women's Epee at the South Coast Pasadena RYC and RJCC. Congratulations to Jayna, her family, and her coaches!

On the final days of the South Coast RYC and RJCC we have 2 more medals, very close top 16 losses, and a few first time wins! In Junior Women's Epee, Jayna Kim comes away with the 5th place medal after losing a close one to the eventual silver medalist. In Y14 Women's Epee, Yeriel Lee comes home with the 7th place medal after losing to the eventual Gold Medalist! Congratulations to Jayna and Yeriel, their families, and their coaches! Honorable mentions to our young fencers in their first or second tournament and to Eleanor Saplan for winning her first DE in a tournament ever in Y12 Women's Epee!

Great job to everyone and let's keep working hard for the future!

Congratulations are in order for the 1st day of the South Coast RYC/RJCC with Nylah Yumiaco taking home the 8th place medal in Cadet Women’s Epee! She started off rough but pulled out some great pool wins and won her first DE easily. In her 2nd DE, she fenced against the #1 seed and was neck and neck the entire way until she ran out of time and lost by 2 touches! Way to fight and never give up! Great job to Nylah, her family, and her coaches, especially Coach Marian and Coach Sorah who were on site providing guidance and support! We look forward to the future! Go BBFC Go!

Congratulations to Nylah Yumiaco for placing 5th in Cadet Women's Epee at the Denver RYC/RCC this weekend! She fenced well and big congratulations are in order for Nylah, her family, and her coaches! We look forward to the next one!

Congratulations are in order for Evan Kim at the Rocky Mountain RYC in Denver where he takes home the medal in Y12 Men's Epee! Great job Evan! Keep it up! We look forward to your bright future!

Congratulations to our BBFC fencer Kimberlee Montoya on her GOLD medal 🥇in Div1A Women’s Epee at the 2024 Battle in Seattle ROC. We are so proud of you, Kimberlee!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Last day of the South Coast Mary Rafanelli RYC and RJC and we have one more medal! In Y12 Women's Epee, Adelynn Lee places 6th after losing to the eventual Gold medalist! She fenced well and learned many new lessons. Congratulations to Addy, her family, and her coaches!!! Keep working hard!

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Another weekend, another competition! Congratulations are in order to Ian Kim in Junior Men's Epee at the South Coast RYC where he takes home the Bronze! Way to go! At the Treasure Island RYC, Ethan Nguyen fought hard to place 6th in Y12 Men's Epee! Congratulations to Ian, Ethan, their families, and their coaches! These fencers are working hard and it shows! So proud of them! Let's keep it up!