News: June 2, 2025
- coachpaul42
- Jun 1
- 2 min read
June Foil-Epee Training Schedule
Competitive Foil & Epee Saturday Schedules May 26 – June 26
Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday
Before 4:30 | Lessons by Appointment |
4:30 – 6:30 | Monday & Wednesday: Emphasis on Foil Training for Summer Nationals Tuesday: Emphasis on New Epee Training |
6:30 – 7:00 | Fencing-Specific Strength & Conditioning for All! All competitive fencers should participate! |
7:00 – 8:30 | Competitive Men’s & Women’s Epee: All levels welcome |
Saturday, June 8
9:30 - 11:30 | Competitive Foil |
10:00 – 11:30 | Youth Class |
11:30 – 12:00 | Fencing-Specific Strength & Conditioning for All! All competitive fencers should participate! |
12:00 – 1:30 | Competitive Men’s Epee: All levels welcome |
1:30 – 3:30 | Competitive Women’s Epee: All levels welcome |
Tournaments
Sunday, June 8: TCFC Opens
All CBA competitors should attend!
Saturday, June 14 & June 21
9:30 - 11:30 | Competitive Foil |
10:00 – 11:30 | Youth Class |
11:30 – 12:00 | Fencing-Specific Strength & Conditioning for All! All competitive fencers should participate! |
12:00 – 3:00 | Competitive Men’s & Women’s Epee: All levels welcome |
June 28 – July 6
Summer Nationals: No Foil or Epee Competitive Training
CBA will be open for bouting and lessons by appointment.
Watch the whiteboard by the stairs to the fencing floor for details.
Special Training Guests
Sam Garrett and Karen Chiem will be joining us for training in early June. Sam is a nationally-ranked men’s epee fencer who is currently fencing at Wayne State University. Karen fenced foil and epee at the University of California, San Diego and was 8th in Division III Women’s Epee at the 2022 Summer Nationals.
Pre-Season Meeting for Epee Competitors and Parents
Saturday, July 19, 2:30 pm: In Person & on Zoom.
Competitive Results
Red Door Youth Epee, Des Moines, June 1
Y12: 3: Camelia Schiep - Y10: 1st: Camelia Scliep
New Training Schedules after Nationals
Summer Competitive Training Schedule
Summer training after Nationals will be in five separate blocks due to camp schedules, which affect coaches’ availability.
July 2-22; August 5-13; August 26-27
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
Before 4:00 | Lessons by Appt |
4:00 – 6:00 | Foil -> Epee Running Camp |
6:00 – 6:30 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
6:30 – 8:30 | Competitive Epee |
Saturday
Before 10:00 | Lessons by Appt |
10:00 – 11:30 | Youth Class – Lessons by Appt |
11:00 – 11:30 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
11:30 – 2:30 | Epee for Everyone |
July 23 - August 7; August 14-25
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
| Monday |
Before 6:00 | Lessons by Appt |
6:00 – 6:30 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
6:30 – 8:30 | Epee for Everyone |
Saturday
11:00 – 11:30 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
11:30 – 2:30 | Epee for Everyone |
August 30 – September 1: Labor Day Weekend: CBA Closed
Fall Competitive Training Schedule
Subject to change, here’s the Fall schedule:
Starting September 2
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
Before 6:00 | Lessons by Appt |
6:00 – 6:30 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
6:30 – 8:30 | Competitive Epee |
Saturday
Before 11:30 | Lessons by Appt |
11:30 – 12:00 | Fencing-Specific S&C |
12:00 – 2:30 | Competitive Epee |
More details to follow.
In the meantime . . . a couple of volunteers needed:
• Photographers for new web site pictures
• Someone to manage the purchase and installation of our new metal strip
Just contact Coach Paul!
