Metro Tacoma Fencing Club

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We have an update club newsletter with a recap of the 2023-2024 fencing season and excitement for the Olympics!

In this newsletter:
End of fencing season 2023-2024 update
MTFC end of season 2023-2024 achievements
Schedule changes
The new fencing season
Upcoming events
President’s thoughts
Conclusion

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Metro Tacoma fencers traveled to Columbus, OH to compete in the biggest fencing tournament in the US — The National Championships and July Challenge, also known as Summer Nationals. Over 6,200 fencers from all over the world came to compete! Our fencers competed in foil and epee; in Y14, Cadet, and Junior; and in Div I, IA, II, and III.

Kudos to Arush (Div II MF), Benjamin (Div IA MF), Cristian (Junior MF), Ephraim (Div II ME), Gabriel (Div I MF), Harrison (Cadet MF & Div II MF), Jackson (Div IA MF), Coach Toby (Vet 50 ME), and Yeongbin (Div II ME) for their top 64 and above finishes! A special congratulations to Gabriel on his silver in Cadet MF, Harrison on 9th place in Div III MF, and Yeongbin on 15th place in Div III ME!!

And a BIG THANK YOU to our coaches, Coach Chung, Coach Kim, and Coach Toby, and to all our parents for supporting our awesome fencers!

Metro Tacoma fencers traveled to Columbus, OH to compete in the biggest fencing tournament in the US — The National Championships and July Challenge, also known as Summer Nationals. Over 6,200 fencers from all over the world came to compete! Our fencers competed in foil and epee; in Y14, Cadet, and Junior; and in Div I, IA, II, and III.

Kudos to Arush (Div II MF), Benjamin (Div IA MF), Cristian (Junior MF), Ephraim (Div II ME), Gabriel (Div I MF), Harrison (Cadet MF & Div II MF), Jackson (Div IA MF), Coach Toby (Vet 50 ME), and Yeongbin (Div II ME) for their top 64 and above finishes! A special congratulations to Gabriel on his silver in Cadet MF, Harrison on 9th place in Div III MF, and Yeongbin on 15th place in Div III ME!! Also yay to Jaelynn and Keon who competed in their first Summer Nationals!

And a BIG THANK YOU to our coaches, Coach Chung, Coach Kim, and Coach Toby, and to all our parents for supporting our awesome fencers!

Metro Tacoma Fencing Club is at the Summer National Championship in Columbus, Ohio! A HUGE congratulations to Gabriel for winning the SILVER medal in Cadet Men’s Foil!! After fencing SEVEN incredible DEs he finally fell 14-15 against his former Asian Sensations teammate Riccardo (Silicon Valley Fencing Center). Big thank you to Coach Chung and Coach Kim, and also to everyone in Region I who came to support Gabriel!!

A HUGE thank you to all the families that came to our club spring cleaning! Walls were scrubbed, benches were washed, lockers and cubbies were moved, EVERYTHING was re-organized. And a special congrats to Joe who won the $100 Leon Paul gift card raffle!

Our club hosted a sanctioned E and under epee event Monday 1/29/2024. Sixteen fencers competed. Lots of fun! Terrific fencing! Photos by Coach Toby Lee. Results are at https://fencingtimelive.com/events/results/CE4711DD40EC45C2BFEABEC6DD973180

We are so proud of Cristian who committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study and compete in their fencing program!

Our friends at Rain City Fencing Center hosted a wonderful and fun E and under mixed epee event last night. We were fortunate to have two MTFC fencers in the finals. Teo earned his D2023! Contratulations! Photos of our fencers and friends by Coach Toby Lee.

Some pictures of the Home for the Holidays Open hosted by our friends at Rain City Fencing Center taken by Coach Toby before he competed in epee.

Great news! The embroidery order is done! If you submitted a jacket in this order it will be ready for pick up at the club starting tomorrow evening.

Our fencers competed this weekend at the Salle Auriol Seattle Regional Junior Cadet Circuit event with our friends. Here are some pictures from Coach Toby at the junior men's foil event.

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Don’t forget to drop your jacket off at MTFC if you would like to take advantage of this years embroidery order. Jackets will be leaving the club on Wednesday night!

Meet “Doyle” the fundraising foil. He wants to remind you to donate to this years MTFC giving Tuesday event. Follow the link below and give today!

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MTFC! Need a jacket for your fencer? You will often see students wearing MTFC logo jackets to practice and tournaments. Please check your email or visit the club for details on getting yours. Orders can be dropped off at the club until December 4th.

It’s that time of year fencers and families! Please consider donating to MTFC to help support the advertising efforts of our club. Follow the link below to donate and give to the sport you love!

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Our friends at Rain City Fencing Center is hosting a Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) event this weekend. Some pictures from Saturday afternoon. Photos by Coach Toby.

Epee finals for the Leon Auriol Open with our Friends at Salle Auriol Seattle. Super fun and athletic bout. Picures by Coach Toby.

Some foil pictures from the Leon Auriol Open hosted by our friends at Salle Auriol Seattle. Photos by Coach Toby

Sunday training for the October North American Cup (NAC) next weekend in Florida! Pictures by Coach Toby Lee.

Our friends at Northwest Fencing Center has an initiative designed to support women and girls in fencing called the Athena Project. Their very first Athena Project fencing camp for women and girls is December 16th and 17th! If this applies to you, check it out!

NWFC News The Athena Project is a Northwest Fencing Center initiative designed to support women and girls in fencing. Our very first Athena Project fencing camp for women and girls is December 16th and 17th!  Women and girl fencers from the Intermediate class (Y12) through accomplished 70+ veterans are invi...

Our MTFC youth fencers competed this past weekend at the Portland RYC and totally rocked it! Alexander, Caleb (Seoheul), Joseph and Lula competed in foil; Elisha (Yeryung), Garrett, Gloria, and Subin fenced epee. Congratulations to all our young fencers who competed and medaled…and a special congrats to Caleb who double medaled in Y12 (7th place) and Y14 (6th) men’s foil! Thank you Coach Chris for supporting and coaching all our fencers!!

This weekend MTFC fencers went down to Portland for the RJCC hosted by our friends at Northwest Fencing Center! In Junior Men’s Foil, Cristian, Gabriel and Yeongbin took gold, silver, and bronze, respectively, with Harrison earning a bonus 8th place medal! In Cadet Men’s Foil, Christopher got 8th place while Li and Jameson both made top 16! Great fencing everyone!!

At this weekend’s RJCC at Northwest Fencing Center, our fencers Ephraim, Lucas and Teo competed in the Cadet and Junior Men’s Epee events. Thank you to Coach Kim for her enthusiasm and support!

This weekend MTFC fencers went down to Portland for the RJCC hosted by our friends at Northwest Fencing Center! In Junior Men’s Foil, Cristian, Gabriel and Yeongbin took gold, silver, and bronze, respectively, with Harrison earning a bonus 8th place medal! In Cadet Men’s Foil, Christopher got 8th place while Li and Jameson both made top 16! Great fencing everyone!!