There are many reasons to participate in Fencing. It’s a sport that calls heavily on logic, and is often referred to as physical chess. Fencing is based on Honor, Tradition, and Respect. Fencing is a modern sport with old roots. Each bout between two fencers is a show of cause and effect. Each move by an opponent, causes a response in you. Fencing will teach a student self-discipline, independence, respect of others, and the importance of honesty and fair play.

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Modern fencing has rigorous safety standards for equipment, and fencers suffer fewer injuries than athletes in most other Olympic Sports including swimming, table tennis, and curling. Fencing is not only a physical workout, but a mental one as well. Great fencers are most often superior tacticians.

At tournaments each fencer is assigned to a pool of about 6 fencers. Each athlete fences the other 5 fencers one time. A bout is won by the fencer who gets 5 touches on their opponent. Fencers earn a score or indicator based on the number of bouts they won and the number of touches they scored and conceded. The top fencers qualify for the direct elimination phase of the tournament. Here you need to win to stay in the tournament. You lose and you are out. At the end of the tournament the top 16 fencers are awarded points.

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The league maintains statistics on each fencer and the points that they have earned. At the end of the fencing season the fencers with the most points qualify for an individual championship. Any team with 3 fencers that qualify for the individual championship can send a team to the season ending team championship. Here fencers still fence one on one but points are scored as a team.