News & Tournaments

Our group of talented, hard-working fencers attended the USFA’s Summer National Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia this year and came out with impressive results all around! Despite the heat and some first-time attendees, Swords Fencing Studio was more than well represented!

In Y-10 for Men’s Epee, Stephen Ewart placed an impressive 10th place for his first major tournament and first Summer Nationals.  Amazing job Stephen! Keep up the good work and we know you’ll only continue to do well in the future!

In Y-12 Women’s Epee, Madeline Kehl, a first time Summer National attendee, took the Gold medal in this event out of 81 fencers! Great Job, Madeline! She has been working hard and competed in three other events which yielded amazing results as well.

In Y-14 Women’s Epee, Madeline Kehl, again, took 9th place out of 119 fencers earning National points with her incredible result! Keep up the good work, Madeline!

In Cadet Men’s Epee, Raymond Schorr took the Bronze medal out of 148 fencers with his best result yet in the Cadet division. He has earned Cadet National points and we wish him the best of luck as he trains hard and continues to compete both nationally and internationally!

In Cadet Women’s Epee, Madeline Kehl placed an impressive 15th out of 102 fencers and earned both Cadet and Y-14 National points for her efforts! This promising fencer has been fencing for a little over a year and half and continues to exceed all expectations! Keep working hard, Madeline!

In Junior Men’s Epee, Joey Rafidi placed 14th and Raymond Schorr placed 12th out of 134 fencers for Junior National Points! Great job you guys! They fenced hard and their fencing ability truly shined at this event.

In Junior Women’s Epee, once again Madeline Kehl, our little eager 13 year old fencer, placed an impressive and consistent 18th out of 107 fencers earning Y-14, Cadet, and Junior National points! Amazing job for her first Summer Nationals!

All of this would not be possible without each and every fencers’ hard work and dedication to the sport and to their great coach, Tigran Shaginian! Keep up the amazing work you guys and let’s keep striving for the top! A honorable mention is made to Trevor Shepard, Belinda Mo, Caitlyn Witucki, and Preston Maestri-Petnunas for their great effort at this Summer Nationals! You guys tried your best and fought hard. We know that with your spirit and talent you all will soon be posting incredible results as well! Keep on trying!

Come join other dedicated fencers to train and prepare for the 2010 Summer Nationals! Fencers learn new skills while perfecting their own techniques and strategies to become as competitive as possible. The camp offers fencers a chance to train with other highly skilled fencers as well as learn from one of the top coaches, Tigran Shaginian. Lunch is included. Please call Tigran at (818)281-0564 to reserve a spot and for more info.

This first session is from 06/21 – 06/25. The second session is from 06/28-07/02.

The full day camps include:
-Skill Evaluation
-Physical Conditioning Exercises
-Individual and Group Lessons
-Demonstrations and Drills
-Supervised Bouts and Competitions
-Lunch will also be provided

The camps are Mon-Fri 9am- 4pm.
The fees are $400 per session and $750 for both sessions.
Fencers can also choose to pay $90 for each individual day that they attend.

A deposit of $100 is required per session and the balance must be paid in full by the first day of camp. If only attending on certain days, the individual day must be paid for before the start of the day.

Please make all checks to Swords Fencing Studio. Discounts are available for families.

IMPORTANT: In order to pay for both sessions or to receive discounts, please do NOT pay on AskFred otherwise you will be overpaying. The same goes for individual days, please instead contact Tigran to work out the payment before the start of the camp.

For any questions, please call Tigran Shaginian at (818) 281-0564 or email us at swordsinc@gmail.com
Preregistration opens on 05/04/2010.
Preregistration closes on 06/27/2010.

Come join other dedicated fencers to train and prepare for the 2010 Summer Nationals! Fencers learn new skills while perfecting their own techniques and strategies to become as competitive as possible. The camp offers fencers a chance to train with other highly skilled fencers as well as learn from one of the top coaches, Tigran Shaginian. Lunch is included. Please call Tigran at (818)281-0564 to reserve a spot and for more info.

This first session is from 06/21 – 06/25.  The second session is from 06/28-07/02.

The full day camps include:
-Skill Evaluation
-Physical Conditioning Exercises
-Individual and Group Lessons
-Demonstrations and Drills
-Supervised Bouts and Competitions
-Lunch will also be provided

The camps are Mon-Fri 9am- 4pm.
The fees are $400 per session and $750 for both sessions.
Fencers can also choose to pay $90 for each individual day that they attend.

A deposit of $100 is required per session and the balance must be paid in full by the first day of camp. If only attending on certain days, the individual day must be paid for before the start of the day.

Please make all checks to Swords Fencing Studio. Discounts are available for families.

IMPORTANT: In order to pay for both sessions or to receive discounts, please do NOT pay on AskFred otherwise you will be overpaying. The same goes for individual days, please instead contact Tigran to work out the payment before the start of the camp.

For any questions, please call Tigran Shaginian at (818) 281-0564 or email us at swordsinc@gmail.com

Preregistration opens on 05/04/2010.
Preregistration closes on 06/20/2010.

We are holding an UNRATED electrical Epee youth tournaments on Sunday May 16th, 2010. There will be an Under 12 and Y14 Mixed Tournament.

All fencers are welcome to come and fence with other fencers to gain experience with the tournament format.

Medals will be awarded to the top 8 in each event.

The Under 12 tournament starts at 10 am and the Y14 tournament will start at 11:30 am.

The cost is $20 per event. For more information, please feel free to email us at swordsinc@gmail.com

More info can also be found online at AskFred. net at http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=11676

A big Congratulations are needed for our young up and coming fencer, Madeleine Kehl!!!

Madeleine did an amazing job at the Cadet SN Qualifiers by taking the Gold and earning her B10!! Incredible work, Madeleine!

She has been fencing for only a year and has been working hard to become the best fencer she can be under the professional coaching of Tigran Shaginian.  Keep up the Great work! We look forward to seeing your many successes in the future!

The next Socal Youth Challenge is this Sunday December 13th, 2009.

The events being held are Y10, Y12, and Y14. All fencers must be unrated and can sign-up at the door. The fee is $15 per event.

Close of check-in times are as follows:

Y-14: 12pm          Y-12: 9am          Y-10: 2pm

Fencers born between 1999-2002 are eligible for the Y10 events. Fencers born between 1997-2000are eligible for the Y12 events. Fencers born between 1995-1998 are eligible for the Y14 events.

All events will be fenced with electric equipment. Underarm protectors, chest protectors, knee high socks, etc., will be required.

Y10 events will be fenced with #0 or #2 blades only.

The event will take place at the Beverly Hills Fencers’ Club located at the address below:
3639 Eastham Drive
Culver City, CA 90232
Tel: 310-204-0085

Raymond Schorr

Big Congratulations to our fencers Raymond Schorr and Trevor Shepard for taking the GOLD this past weekend in the Summer National Qualifiers. Raymond took first place in the Cadet event and qualified for the event in the upcoming Summer Nationals, while Trevor Shepard took first in the Y-14 event. Amazing job to them both! Raymond is qualified for the Cadet and Y-14 events for Summer Nationals and Trevor Shepard is qualified for the Junior, Cadet, and Y-14 events for Summer Nationals. Good luck and keep up the good work

The fencer we have been tracking, Kevin Mo, has placed 26th out of a strong field of 142 at the Junior World Championships in Belfast.  He came out of the pools at 57th, but continued to win his next DE’s. He faced number 72 Nuno Milharadas from Portugal with a victory of 10-6 and then fought hard against the 8th seed Luca Ferraris from Italy winning 15-13. He was then subdued by the Ukranian Yaroslav Ponomarenko with a loss of 12-15, but after beating Luca Ferraris I’m sure we can forgive him. His first World Championship tournament has yielded amazing results and we hope to see him there again next year with the continued direction from his coach, Tigran Shaginian. Great job Kevin!