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2025-2026 Season Highlights

53 COMPETITIONS • 73 TOTAL MEDALS • 22 GOLD MEDALS • 13 NATIONAL MEDALS • 16 INTERNATIONAL MEDALS • 22 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS • 9 COUNTRIES REPPED

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Fencing Is For Everyone

Fencing is an activity for people of all ages, stages, and abilities. This fun and social sport develops physical and mental fitness, providing a challenging workout that can be tailored to any level.

SFC is an inclusive space that welcomes people of every age, race, gender, and background to come together and excel in sport, build lasting friendships, and strive for athletic and personal excellence.

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SFC Philosophy

Sport is an essential part of education, and at the heart of every thriving society, promoting friendship, peace, cooperation, and understanding among people from all walks of life.

The pursuit of excellence in sport builds personal character as well as interpersonal bonds. SFC’s vision is to amplify fencing in the community and beyond by providing an inclusive environment where all fencers are welcome to strive for their best and enjoy the camaraderie of a community of fellow fencers.

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Featured Programs

At SFC we offer several fencing programs that include a combination of private lessons, group classes, strip lessons, camps, open bouting and tournaments for different levels of skills and ages.

Youth & Beginner

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Youth and beginner programs are designed to introduce you to the sport of fencing with basic fundamentals covering footwork, handwork, distance control as well as simple tactics and techniques.

Intermediate

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Fencers in the intermediate level must have general understanding of saber fencing and have mastered basic skill of blade work and footwork in the youth/beginner classes.

Elite

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Our Elite Training Program is for competitive fencers who want to bring their fencing to the highest possible level and are required to compete on national and international level.

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❄️ WINTER CAMP ’26 — TRAIN WITH OLYMPIANS 🤺

Two clubs. One great camp.

Join Scarsdale Fencing Center and New York Renaissance Fencing Institute for five days of fencing, learning, and growth. Sharpen your technique, challenge yourself on the strip, and train alongside Olympians and fellow fencers ready to put in the work.

📍 December 26–27 | Scarsdale Fencing Center
303 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale, NY

📍 December 28–30 | New York Renaissance Fencing Institute
15 W 36th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY

Youth and Elite group sessions, private lessons by appointment, and open bouting based on demand.

⚠️ Limited to 35 fencers per session.
🔗 Register through the link in our bio and secure your spot!

Train. Compete. Grow. 🔥

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❄️ WINTER CAMP ’26 — TRAIN WITH OLYMPIANS 🤺 Two clubs. One great camp. Join Scarsdale Fencing Center and New York Renaissance Fencing Institute for five days of fencing, learning, and growth. Sharpen your technique, challenge yourself on the strip, and train alongside Olympians and fellow fencers ready to put in the work. 📍 December 26–27 | Scarsdale Fencing Center 303 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale, NY 📍 December 28–30 | New York Renaissance Fencing Institute 15 W 36th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY Youth and Elite group sessions, private lessons by appointment, and open bouting based on demand. ⚠️ Limited to 35 fencers per session. 🔗 Register through the link in our bio and secure your spot! Train. Compete. Grow. 🔥

Full strips, focused minds, and teammates who push each other to improve. 🤺

Every bout is a chance to learn. Let’s make the next one count.

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Full strips, focused minds, and teammates who push each other to improve. 🤺 Every bout is a chance to learn. Let’s make the next one count.

Svechnikov Cup ‘26 – European Circuit, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

A strong weekend of fencing for SFC in Sofia! 🤺

🔹 Korina Leou – 7th place, Cadet Women’s Saber. A standout performance against a deep international field. Congratulations, Korina!
🔹 Valentina Chiarelli – 35th place, Cadet Women’s Saber. Great experience competing on the European stage.
🔹 Inwoo Park – 14th place, Cadet Men’s Saber. A solid result, and more experience to build on.

Proud of every athlete who represented SFC at this level. On to the next one! 💪

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Svechnikov Cup ‘26 – European Circuit, Bulgaria 🇧🇬 A strong weekend of fencing for SFC in Sofia! 🤺 🔹 Korina Leou – 7th place, Cadet Women’s Saber. A standout performance against a deep international field. Congratulations, Korina! 🔹 Valentina Chiarelli – 35th place, Cadet Women’s Saber. Great experience competing on the European stage. 🔹 Inwoo Park – 14th place, Cadet Men’s Saber. A solid result, and more experience to build on. Proud of every athlete who represented SFC at this level. On to the next one! 💪

What People Are Saying About SFC

Scarsdale Fencing Center5.0
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Michelle Morrill
Scarsdale fencing center is a bright modern fencing club with top notch instructors. My two boys have been coached by Achiko Lortkipanidze for 6 years and they have grown from beginner fencers to top ranked in the country and being recruited for Div 1 colleges. More importantly than their success is how Coach Achicko supports them even when they fail and ensures they keep their love of the sport.
Terje Hambazaza
Scarsdale Fencing Center is a wonderful place for both beginners as well as advanced fencers to learn and further develop their love for fencing in a nurturing and welcoming community. The club itself is new, well-equipped, and state-of-the-art, everything a parent would hope from a modern fencing center. Our daughter’s experience at SFC has been great – the coaches are incredibly friendly and talented and seem to truly care about teaching each student based on their individual level of development. Moreover, they inspire and offer encouraging words when needed. Their supportive, enthusiastic, methodical, and constructive approach to their students’ progress and improvement is admirable. We highly recommend the Scarsdale Fencing Center!
regina gurvich
My daughter has been a student of Coach Achiko Lortkipanidze for a number of years and we are very excited to follow him to his new club. SFC is beautiful airy sunny new facility with everything a new or an experienced fencers can wish for - wonderful coaches with the track record of national & international competitions results, solid track record students recruited by top colleges, and a nurturing atmosphere our kids need.
David Janashvili
World class coaches, a great group of kids,modern and clean facilities, and the results! SFC students consistently place high in regional, national and international competitions, and the school has an excellent track record of college placement. We love it! (can you tell?)
Christina Li
Scarsdale Fencing Center is a top notch fencing academy dedicated to saber. Location is accessible from NYC by train and there’s parking aswll if you’re driving. Coach Achiko and Coach Maksim truly care about their students and development. My daughter has been with Coach Achiko for a few years now and we travel between NYC and Scarsdale just to see him! He cares deeply about his students and is extremely communicative with parents. He goes out of his way to make busy schedules work so that students get his time. We have full trust in the teaching and coaching at Scarsdale Fencing Center and LOVE the coaches!
Enrico Gonzalez
I knew Coach Achiko and the great things that he and his staff have accomplished in such a short period of time prior to My Daughter joining in January 2023. When we decided to make the switch to SFC in the middle of the current season after attending their Winter Training Camp, they welcomed us and made my daughter’s transition completely easy. This was the best decision that we made for our daughter in her young fencing journey.
Eugenie Francois
Good fencing club!
Teresa Chin Brady
World class instruction by the most knowledgeable, kind, patient, empathetic and encouraging coaches. SFC manages to prepare students for the toughest of competitions while maintaining a feeling of family and friendship among members in the club.
seok ki kwon
We just had winter camp and my daughter loved it.
Alexander Kmeta
Wonderful facility with attentive and dedicated instructors and staff. My son always leaves enthusiastic and with a smile on his face. Instructors Maksim and Achiko are amazing and dedicated instructors