Beginning on Wednesday, January 23, Margo Szabunia will teach epee classes and be available for private lessons at Liberty Fencing Club!

Margo is one of the pioneers of women's epee with very impressive results and a consistent USFA "A" rating in both foil and epee over a span of several decades.   She fenced under 3-time Olympian & Hall of Fame coach Dave Micahnik and Olympic Team coach and Hall of Famer Lajos Csiszar at the University of Pennsylvania.  After Penn, she continued to train with legendary epeeist and coach Iosif Vitebskiy.   She was an assistant coach at Temple University in the 1980s and attended Coaches College in Colorado Springs.  Margo also began coaching epee at Swarthmore College in 2012.  As a junior fencer, she trained at the New York Fencers Club and at a club in Poland ("Piast").  Margo has represented the United States in competing abroad (Mexico, Canada, England, France) --- most recently in 2008 as a member of the U.S. Veterans World Team in Limoges, France.

She is very personable and a lot of fun.  Margo is extremely excited to begin coaching at Liberty FC and work with fencers at a variety of experience levels.
 
 
We've added 11 new tournament dates from May through August.  There are several events in sabre, foil, and epee in the following categories:
-Open (for fencers born 1998 or EARLIER)
-Y12 & Y14 (for fencers born 1997-2002)
-Y10 & Y12 (for fencers born 1999-2004)
-Team (for fencers born 1998 or EARLIER)

All events will be at our new location in Warrington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  That location features state-of-the-art sprung floors and central air conditioning!

May 19: Sabre - OPEN; Y14/12; Y12/Y10; & Team
May 20: Foil & Epee - OPEN
June 3: Foil & Epee - OPEN
June 23: Sabre - OPEN; Y14/12; Y12/Y10; & Team
June 24: Foil & Epee - Y14/12 & Y12/Y10
July 8: Foil & Epee - OPEN
July 21: Sabre - OPEN; Y14/12; Y12/Y10; & Team
July 22: Foil & Epee - Y14/12 & Y12/Y10
August 12: Foil & Epee - OPEN
August 18: Sabre - OPEN; Y14/12; Y12/Y10; & Team
August 19: Foil & Epee - Y14/Y12 & Y12/Y10


SUMMER FENCING CAMPS:
Haverford/Swarthmore Camp @
Liberty Fencing Club
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July 16-20: Open to all new, intermediate, and advanced fencers
July 23-27: Open to all intermediate and advanced fencers; also open to new fencers who participated in the first week.  [CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.]

Please call 267-482-9597 to preregister for fencing camp, or click here to go to the AskFred page to preregister.

 
 
Long but awesome day so far for Swat Fencing!
*Team breakfast at hotel
*Practice at Air Force Academy in the Cadet Gym (West)
*Team Sweats Ceremony
*Lunch with views of Pike's Peak & NORAD (Cheyenne Mountain)
*Team tour of US Olympic Training Center
*Team "Locker Room" in the US Olympic Hall of Fame
*Pics in the USA Rings and at the Olympic Flame torch with Cheyenne Mtn & Pike's Peak in the background
*Gave fencing lesson by the indoor pool to Chris
*Fun team dinner at a cool Greek restaurant where they sing, dance, breathe fire, light food on fire at your table, and yell OPA while smashing plates
*Tomorrow we have the humbling privilege of fencing some of the best teams in the nation at the Western Invitational (Air Force, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Florida, CalTech, UC San Diego, and Stanford)*Watch the Western Invitational LIVE at: http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/allaccess/?media=290814
*And we are still here for 3 more days with more fun events planned!

 
 
Good Luck @SwatFencing at the Western Invitational at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs this weekend!

Liberty Fencing Club coach Marshal Davis will be leading Swarthmore College against some of the nation's best NCAA and USACFC teams:

-U.S. Air Foce Academy
-University of Florida
-Northwestern University
-Notre Dame University
-University of California San Diego
-Cal Tech
-Stanford University

Notre Dame just won the NCAA National Championship in 2011, and Florida won its 3rd consecutive USACFC National Championship, so Swarthmore (coming into its 5th year in existence after finishing 6th in the nation and winning its 3rd consecutive SAC conference championship) will have its work cut out for them!
 

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