Looking for a sport and a place to learn it where smart matters? The National Fencing Club Rankings (a commercial ranking service), has just ranked Salle Green, of Glen Allen, VA, in the top 49 fencing clubs in the country for having members selected for USA Fencing’s All-Academic Team of…
Congratulations to Fred Vegas for earning the Bronze Award of the President’s Challenge of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition. The Challenge has four levels Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum; earning the bronze requires the sustained effort to earn 40,000 points (one hour of fencing = 348 points). The…
On 25 June we hosted a United States Fencing Coaches Association Assistant Moniteur Clinic in the Salle. This one day clinic is part of the USFCA National Training Program and is designed to prepare entry level coaches to pass their first professional examination. Candidates must complete a written knowledge examination, followed by…
We are proud to announce that Salle Green has been recognized as a USA Fencing Club of Excellence for 2016. The notification letter from USA Fencing says it all. Thanks to every member and supporter for the hard work you have done to make this possible … this award is for…
Our 3 Weapon Team Championships were competed for the first time since 2010 at Open Fencing on 17 May. The format for each team was one bout each in foil, epee, and sabre with foil and sabre being for the best of 5 touches each and epee for a single…
USA Fencing has just announced significant rules changes for Sabre in all USA Fencing tournaments effective 1 August, and all FIE tournaments starting in October. These changes will be evaluated by the end of December 2016 for FIE decision as to whether they will be made permanent: (1) lockout time…
Congratulations to Brian Ainley for successful completion of the written and practical tests and award of Classical Academy of Arms Rank 4 in Foil.
We have 9 fencers fencing in the Salle Team Championships. Assignment to teams was scrambled to provide 1 fencer seeded first in a weapon, 1 fencer seeded second in a weapon, and 1 fencer seeded third in a weapon to each team. Assigned teams are based on the traditional names…
Salle Green is a member of the Global Fencing Network, a network of over 135 clubs in 31 countries that agree to welcome visitors for up to 2 weeks in their open fencing periods at no charge. You have to be visiting a club more than 150 miles away from your home club,…
Maitre d’Armes Walter Green has been appointed as a member of the United States Fencing Coaches Association’s (USFCA) Certification and Accreditation Board (CAB). The USFCA is the professional organization for fencing coaches in the United States, and conducts coach training and professional certification to international standards. The CAB sets the…