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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.

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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

beginner-program

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

intermediate-program

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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Train with an Olympian. 🥇

We’re excited to welcome 2024 U.S. Olympian and U.S. National Team member Maia Chamberlain for a special all-girls fencing camp at Scarsdale Fencing Center.

This unique training opportunity will allow young fencers to learn directly from one of the top women’s sabre athletes in the United States, sharpen their skills, and train alongside other motivated female athletes.

📅 Sunday, April 12
Youth Camp: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Elite Camp: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

📍 Scarsdale Fencing Center
303 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale, NY

Spots are limited. Don’t miss the chance to train with an Olympian.

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Train with an Olympian. 🥇 We’re excited to welcome 2024 U.S. Olympian and U.S. National Team member Maia Chamberlain for a special all-girls fencing camp at Scarsdale Fencing Center. This unique training opportunity will allow young fencers to learn directly from one of the top women’s sabre athletes in the United States, sharpen their skills, and train alongside other motivated female athletes. 📅 Sunday, April 12 Youth Camp: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Elite Camp: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM 📍 Scarsdale Fencing Center 303 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale, NY Spots are limited. Don’t miss the chance to train with an Olympian.

🇺🇸 Golden performance in Bogotá.

SFC athlete Korina Leou delivered an outstanding performance at the Pan-American Championships in Bogotá, Colombia, capturing the Individual Gold Medal in Junior Women’s Sabre.

Competing against the top fencers from across the Americas, Korina showed remarkable composure, precision, and determination on her way to the top of the podium.

We are incredibly proud of this achievement and excited for what’s ahead.

🥇 Individual Gold – Junior Women’s Sabre

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🇺🇸 Golden performance in Bogotá. SFC athlete Korina Leou delivered an outstanding performance at the Pan-American Championships in Bogotá, Colombia, capturing the Individual Gold Medal in Junior Women’s Sabre. Competing against the top fencers from across the Americas, Korina showed remarkable composure, precision, and determination on her way to the top of the podium. We are incredibly proud of this achievement and excited for what’s ahead. 🥇 Individual Gold – Junior Women’s Sabre

Podium finish and a strong final placement at the Saber Liberty Cup. ⚔️

Alan Mogunov earns 3rd place, while Leo Densen finishes 5th in Youth 12 Men’s Saber at the Manhattan Fencing Center.

Focused fencing, disciplined execution, and performances to be proud of. Congratulations to both fencers

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Podium finish and a strong final placement at the Saber Liberty Cup. ⚔️ Alan Mogunov earns 3rd place, while Leo Densen finishes 5th in Youth 12 Men’s Saber at the Manhattan Fencing Center. Focused fencing, disciplined execution, and performances to be proud of. Congratulations to both fencers

Gold on Long Island. 🥇
Brandon Cheng takes the top spot at the DIV 2 Long Island Challenge ROC & RPC with a composed and dominant performance. Proud of the focus, discipline, and championship mindset

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Gold on Long Island. 🥇 Brandon Cheng takes the top spot at the DIV 2 Long Island Challenge ROC & RPC with a composed and dominant performance. Proud of the focus, discipline, and championship mindset

What People Are Saying About SFC

Scarsdale Fencing Center5.0
Based on 26 reviews
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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.
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.
Cindy Liu
Scarsdale Fencing Center may be new but Coaches Maxim and Achiko (friends and teammates since their early teens) have a wealth of experience training their students with many becoming highly accomplished fencers earning national and international recognition. My daughter has been Achiko’s student for over 6 years starting from the age of 8. What I noticed from the very beginning was Achiko’s fine attention to technique, always adjusting his students’ form and footwork. This lays crucial groundwork for success at older ages where strategy is key and where experienced opponents easily take advantage of sloppy form and footwork. Achiko and Maxim at Scarsdale Fencing Center don’t just teach fencing moves but have a cohesive methodology encompassing technique, footwork and strategies. Achiko is a dedicated coach providing emotional and mental support, always checking in with my daughter after her bad and good days. I highly recommend Scarsdale Fencing Center and Coaches Maxim and Achiko!
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
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.
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!
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.
Patrick So
This review is long overdue.....my daughter has trained with Coach Achiko for 9 years and Coach Maksim since SFC began. You will not find finer coaches (or people) anywhere in the world. They are also very selective in any new coaches they bring in (as they have very high standards), and all have been amazing as well. The vibe and atmosphere at the club is highly sought after and extremely rare, as nearly every time I drive the girls carpool home from practice, they all rave and gush about how fun it is and how it's one of the best parts of their weeks. The girls genuinely love going to their weekly practices at SFC. The community -- families and kids -- are all kind, helpful, and welcoming. The kids help the other kids. The parents help the other parents. Everyone "pays it forward". SFC combines world class coaching, personalized attention, team-oriented family feel, great facilities, stability, and a nurturing growth/competitive environment for kids to learn and progress. I'd recommend SFC 100% without a doubt to anyone looking to try out fencing. Bravo!
Jaewon Jeong
My daughter had a great time at winter camp.
Danil Makarov
World-class coaching and facilities. Everyone is super nice and makes the kids feel welcome.