Activities and Facilities
The Fencers Club provides the following programs :
- Fencers Club Schools Partnership, which promotes physical fitness, academic success and emotional well being in elementary through high school students through fencing and mentoring, at more than 30 partner schools and community centers in the New York City area.
- Local, regional, national and international competitions
- Fencers Club Summer Academy Day Camp, a five-week program which combines mornings of educational activities with afternoons engaged in the exciting, fast-paced sport of modern fencing.
- Berkshires Summer Training Camp, a 10-day training camp program for advanced fencers held in the Berkshire Hills of Sheffield, Massachusetts.
- Symposium on College Fencing, which brings together head coaches from several top universities each September to discuss fencing at the college level.
- Individual lessons and group classes for recreational fencers and serious competitors of all ages with a goal towards training Olympic caliber competitors.
Fencers Club is located in the lively Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, easily accessible by all west-side subways as well as LIRR and NJT. The facility includes 19 full-length metal grounded training strips with electronic scoring equipment, as well as an in-house pro shop and armory.
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