We’re adapting! We are shifting our classes to include more interaction and fencer participation.  Email a Coach for login information.  🟣*NEW* Mid-South LIVE  Interactive Classes STARTING TONIGHT Monday @ 6:00-7:30pm, Saber Focused Virtual Practice – All Welcome! Tuesday @ 7:00-8:00pm, Saber Partner Drills, You will need a buddy/family member with safe equipment or second saber. This is geared for families! Thursday @ 7:00-8:30pm, Saber Intensive Footwork and Drills.  All Welcome! What you need: Space you [Read More]

Usually this type of communication comes in the form of a “Weeklyish Newsletter” via email to our members. We are making our communication more transparent and available to our greater fencing community who will be impacted by the rapid social changes occurring due to Covid-19. Thank you in advance for taking care of and supporting each other. We are asking for the combined and focused strength of our community today.  First, we are asking our [Read More]

Dear Fencing Community: Cheers to creative ingenuity and forward thinking! We are in an unusual time and our staff appreciates everyone’s patience as we find ways to adapt in order to support those on the front line combating COVID-19 and to sustain our club.  We want to be clear our intentions are to put our healthcare providers and their families first. The USA Fencing national office emailed a notice to all club owners yesterday: that [Read More]

Usually this type of communication comes in the form of a “Weeklyish Newsletter” via email to our members. We are making our communication more transparent and available to our greater fencing community who will be impacted by the rapid social changes occurring and by our club’s schedule adjustments. Thank you in advance for taking care of and supporting each other. Dear Fencing Community: New information about the coronavirus COVID-19 is being shared and thank goodness [Read More]

It’s half-way through summer and we’ve been busy! We still have six more summer camps to go… Over the July 4th holiday Mid-South Fencers’ Club members and staff spent 10 grueling days competing against top clubs across our nation. How did our fencers fare with club across the country? Top 8 Individual Results BRONZE – Tammy JACKSON – Vet-60 Women’s Foil BRONZE – Carl BADGER – Vet-60 Men’s Sabre 5th – Jeff KALLIO – Vet-40 [Read More]

Join us this summer and learn from one of our outstanding professional coaches. See why kids want to return year after year! It is SUMMER PLANNING TIME 2019… WEEK BY WEEK: JUNE Our current Academy Class and Practice Schedule continues throughout the entire month of June.  Academy members, join your Academy Class for the Mid-South Academy Championships as each Academy Class competes to earn the most points for an end-of-season ice cream party. Competition day is Sunday, May 19, [Read More]

Twenty athletes from Mid-South Fencers’ Club will travel to Richmond, VA this weekend for the April NAC (North American Cup). Competitive event categories include: Division 1 & Wheelchair National Championships, Division 3, Veterans, including a special event for age 80 category. Mid-South Fencers’ will have participants in each competitive category of fencing. Good luck to: Tammy Jackson Markus Lang Robert Clinton Kevin Zhou Tom Bryan Mike Nicholson Stephen Pashby Xavier Preud’Homme Victor Minton Sky Miller [Read More]

Leanne Chan’s fencing season took a different plan than expected since a year ago in her training. In February, Chan’s last journey was to Dubai, UAE. Chan found herself amidst the 2018 Asia Cadet & Junior Championships. Through hard work and determination, Chan is now wrapping up her season as a member of the Cadet National Team of Singapore. Chan will join her teammates abroad this week for a final training camp, where they will travel together for the Junior [Read More]

In an effort to connect beginner adults to training, allowing adults to enjoy our sport more efficiently and cost effectively, we are evolving our youth academy program. Beginning March 19th, we will add an exclusive adult class for this population of developing fencers. The adult version of our academy program will meet between 7:30-9pm on Mondays, and include instruction in all three Olympic weapons. Cost is $110 a month and includes use of all equipment [Read More]

Carl introduced himself to our fencing community as a fencing parent, but after the kids headed off to college, Carl got busy training. Read about Carl’s recent experience at the Veteran World Championships… Going to the Veteran World Cup in fencing is (I hope!) not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but it was memorable and a great experience. In some ways it did not differ much from a NAC or Nationals, at least in my event. The level of [Read More]