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Fencing is a coed sport, with teams having men's and women's squads, although some schools field only a women's team. Schools of every division compete together regularly. Most major conferences do not sponsor fencing, with the notable exceptions of the Ivy League, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules.
The Fencers Club was founded in 1883 by Charles de Kay and other New Yorkers. [2] [3] [4] One had to be in the Social Register to be a member. [5]Its first fencing master was Captain Hippolyte Nicolas, a French officer who had fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, who was partial to the Italian school of fencing.
The Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) was founded on April 22, 1891, in New York City by a group of fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union.As early as 1940, the AFLA was recognized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) and the United States Olympic Committee as the national governing body for fencing in the United States.
The U.S. Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) is an association of United States fencing coaches, and was established in 1941. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a national academy of the Academie d'Armes Internationale (AAI), the world organization of fencing masters , which has as members more than 20 nations. [ 4 ]
The United States Fencing Hall of Fame (or "U.S. Fencing Association Hall of Fame") is a hall of fame for fencers. It is located in the Museum of American Fencing in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was founded as the National Fencing Coaches Association Hall of Fame on February 15, 1963, and was previously located at Helms Sports Hall of Fame ...
A fencing match at the University of Kent. Collegiate fencing in the United States can be traced back to as early as 1941. [1] [2] Some of the earliest programs in the US came from the Ivy League schools, with the first Ivy League fencing championships taking place in 1956. [3]
The New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association includes Montgomery High School, The Pingry School, Voorhees High School, and more. Georgia in particular has seen growing interest in high school fencing. The Georgia High School Fencing League was founded in 2004 and in the 2013–14 season numbers 17 schools and over 350 fencers.