Niles' Fencing Academy

We were joined by an anonymous art student who wanted to practice gesture drawing live bouts. Look familiar?

Consider yourself warned. "Sword Uncle" Liam can and WILL fight all of you at the same time. No one is safe.

We were thrilled to host 3 visiting fencers from Maritime Sword School yesterday for a sword and buckler lesson! Thank you Andy, Kerri, and Francois for joining us, and to Liz for organizing the trip and driving everyone down for a day of swords and sun! ⚔️🌞

Our fencing program focuses on techniques that are effective, consistent, and grounded in historical sources, including the "final form" stratagem outlined in the treatises of Maestro Morpho di Megazordia.

🦁🦉🐺🐯 Check out the custom mask art of local illustrator Alicia Sinnis () the next time you see Jackie, Xian, Scott, or John at a tournament! ⚔️

Yes, for finals matches they will combine into a giant Megazord transformer. 🤖

We're celebrating the start of spring with the return of outdoor fencing and all that entails: slippery grass, careful footwork, and fighting deer for park space!

Last month several NFA fencers came out to support the Michael Desfossés Memorial Tournament hosted by Kings Historical Fencing!

We're proud to share that the event raised $1500 and several of our fencers made the podium!

🥈 Alex won silver in youth foam saber

🥈 Ian won silver in youth steel saber

🥇🥈🥉 Our adult fencers swept the adult "Wheel of Foam" category! Congrats Peter, Hun, and Ayden!

Thanks to Kings for hosting our fencers and congratulations on a successful first tournament and fitting tribute to Michael!

In less than six months -

Silver🥈- Nathaniel Maxner Crabs Nebula Tournament (2025)
Gold 🥇- Mitchell Coupland Moncton Smallsword invitational Division B (2025)
Silver 🥈- Xian Niles Capitis Duellum (2025)
Bronze 🥉- Xian Niles Spring Steel Rapier and Dagger (2026)
Bronze 🥉- Peter Chiykowski Tier A Longsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Bronze 🥉- Peter Chiykowski Tier A Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Bronze 🥉- Hun Morris Tier B Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Gold 🥇- Nathaniel Maxner Tier B Longsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Gold 🥇- Ayden Chen - Tier B Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)

Top 8 finish -

Peter Chiykowski - Spring Steel Rapier and Dagger (2026)
Cameron Ax - Tier A Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Scott Makepeace -Tier A Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)

Tier A finish -

Jackie Cochran - Tier A Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)
Nathaniel Maxner - Tier A Broadsword MSS Spring Tournament (2026)

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