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2024-2025 Season Highlights

17 National Medals • 2 World Championship Medals • 9 World Cup Medals • 5 World Team Members • 9 World Cup Participation • 37 Regional Medals

Listen to Jasmina Denner Review Highlights of the 2024-2025 Season Below

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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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Before the medals, before the podiums, before the world stages — there’s this. Laughter on the strip, footwork drills that feel like a game, friends who make every practice something to look forward to. The fencers who fall in love with training are the ones who go the distance. At SFC, we build the joy first. The results follow.

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Before the medals, before the podiums, before the world stages — there’s this. Laughter on the strip, footwork drills that feel like a game, friends who make every practice something to look forward to. The fencers who fall in love with training are the ones who go the distance. At SFC, we build the joy first. The results follow.

⚔️ SNOWED OUT SHOWDOWN & ICEBREAKER CHALLENGE ⚔️
Our Y14 Men’s Sabre squad showed up and showed out! 🔥
🥇 Ethan Kong — 7th place
💪 Zayd Balbale — 26th place
💪 Ian Andrade — 35th place
Three fencers, one mission. Proud of every touch, every bout, every step forward. Onto the next one!

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⚔️ SNOWED OUT SHOWDOWN & ICEBREAKER CHALLENGE ⚔️
Our Y14 Men’s Sabre squad showed up and showed out! 🔥
🥇 Ethan Kong — 7th place
💪 Zayd Balbale — 26th place
💪 Ian Andrade — 35th place
Three fencers, one mission. Proud of every touch, every bout, every step forward. Onto the next one!

From Scarsdale to NYU! 🗽
Proud to announce that our very own Daniel Lin will be continuing his academic and fencing journey at New York University!
From countless hours on the strip to earning his place at one of the nation’s top universities — Daniel’s dedication, discipline, and drive have paid off.
Congratulations, Daniel! The entire SFC family is cheering you on. The best is yet to come. ⚔️

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From Scarsdale to NYU! 🗽
Proud to announce that our very own Daniel Lin will be continuing his academic and fencing journey at New York University!
From countless hours on the strip to earning his place at one of the nation’s top universities — Daniel’s dedication, discipline, and drive have paid off.
Congratulations, Daniel! The entire SFC family is cheering you on. The best is yet to come. ⚔️

Five fencers. One world stage. A week we won’t forget.

Will Morrill brought home silver in the Junior Men’s Sabre.
Then he and Emilio Gonzalez stood on the top of the podium
as World Team Champions for Team USA.

Yuju Jeon and Emilio Gonzalez finished 5th in their individual
events — inches from a world medal, carrying SFC with them
every step of the way.

Pompie Yannopoulos and Inkosi Brou fought for every touch
alongside them.

To compete at a World Championship is rare. To do it with
teammates who push you, a coach who believes in you, and
a club that stands behind you — that’s what made Rio special.

Honored. Grateful. Ready for what comes next

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Five fencers. One world stage. A week we won’t forget.

Will Morrill brought home silver in the Junior Men’s Sabre.
Then he and Emilio Gonzalez stood on the top of the podium
as World Team Champions for Team USA.

Yuju Jeon and Emilio Gonzalez finished 5th in their individual
events — inches from a world medal, carrying SFC with them
every step of the way.

Pompie Yannopoulos and Inkosi Brou fought for every touch
alongside them.

To compete at a World Championship is rare. To do it with
teammates who push you, a coach who believes in you, and
a club that stands behind you — that’s what made Rio special.

Honored. Grateful. Ready for what comes next

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What People Are Saying About SFC

Scarsdale Fencing Center5.0

Based on 26 reviews

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Jaewon Jeong

My daughter had a great time at winter camp.

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.

H B

Scarsdale Fencing Club is new and elegant, but this club is special because of the people; the coaches and the community. With compassion, coaches Achiko and Maxim guide fencers to be at their highest level. The coaches emphasize discipline and diligence, and inspire fencers to love the sport. The community - both fencers and parents - is wonderful. Our boys have formed a strong bond with other fencers, who are incredibly supportive and caring. The parents are very helpful, and our family is absolutely thrilled to be part of this club.

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

seok ki kwon

We just had winter camp and my daughter loved it.

Andrew L

My daughter started earlier this year, and she is having a lot of fun! Her coach Achiko is one of the best Saber coaches, and the other SFC coaches are also outstanding.

All the coaches are experienced and great with kids who may be shy or anxious about starting a new sport.

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.

Asha Millet

Exceptional youth program, specializing in saber fencing. Coaches Achiko and Maksim have years of teaching and fencing experience. They have produced world-class level fencers while making this complex and mentally challenging sport both fun and interesting for kids. The studio is very nice and clean.

Christian Buchmann

Really beautiful Fencing Hall with state-of-the-art equipment. Allot of natural light. World-class coaching by both Maestros. Very nice people and great fencers.