Badger Fencing Club

CALLING ALL FENCERS: THE BADGER OPEN!
Saturday May 2
Y12 Foil and Mixed Senior Open Foil, Épée, & Sabre
**All events are capped**

We are honored to have preregistrations from:
⚔️ SYFA
⚔️ Madison Fencing Academy
⚔️ Ataba Fencing
⚔️ US Sabre Academy
⚔️ RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
⚔️ Globus Fencing Academy
⚔️ PDX Fencing
⚔️ Sheboygan Fencing Club
⚔️ Northwest Indiana Fencing Club
⚔️ Mission Fencing Center
⚔️ Fencing Club of UW-Madison
Currently room for additional athletes in every event!

Badger Fencing Club Open | Badger Fencing Club | Madison, WI | AskFRED Y12 Foil Senior Mixed Open Foil, Epee, and Sabre

Congratulations, students! We're very proud of all you've learned and accomplished, and we can't wait to see what's next!

We couldn't be prouder of Coach Deep!

Enjoy learning about his fencing journey with your preferred streaming platform:

🎧 https://www.usafencing.org/firstto15

What if you started fencing in college with zero experience… and a few years later you were team captain — and then coaching saber?

In the newest episode of First to 15, Deep Patel shares how he went from soccer/lacrosse athlete to fencing walk-on to leader — and what made his growth accelerate: transferable footwork, mindset shifts from team sports to individual bouts, learning the rules faster than most beginners do, and staying relentlessly curious.

We also talk about post-college fencing (it doesn’t have to be “see you at Vet 40”), and how clubs — especially newer ones — can create more ways for people to stay connected to fencing for life.

Listen now on your favorite podcast app or watch on YouTube.

BFC CLOSED 12/18

Because of the predictions of very dangerous, slippery roads, BFC will be closed tonight.

Although we usually follow the Madison School District cancellations, this time it seems like everyone around Madison is canceling as well as some of the smaller schools in the city.

ACCESS TO GEAR FOR THE ROC/RJCC THIS WEEKEND

If you need to get your gear to travel to the tournament this Saturday and Sunday, Coach Brian will be at the club tomorrow from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If that does not work for you, please send him an email to arrange a time.

Please reach out if you have questions,

With all the snowy weather recently, we wanted to remind everyone that BFC follows the Madison School District on closures. If school or after-school activities are cancelled, BFC will be closed as well.

Where has Coach Brian been the last few days, you ask?

He spent 4 days at Nova Fencing participating in the annual United States Fencing Coaches Association Coaches Academy. He'll be back at the club today full of new ideas, approaches, and skills.

He also tested for and passed his practical exam for Prevot of Sabre, the level 4 coaching certification! Now that he has that certification level in all three disciplines, he's a Prevot d'Armes. Congratulations!

Congratulations to our beginner class graduates! (And thank you very much to Ashli for taking photos of their graduation ceremony on Wednesday!)
As a reminder, Badger Fencing Club will be closed for the holiday weekend. We reopen on Wednesday for the next session of fencing!

Volunteer Photographer Needed!
(From Melissa)
Tonight all beginners are "graduating" with a little ceremony at the end of their class time. I usually take photos for the club's social media and newsletter...but I have to be at my daughter's school for drop-in night at the exact same time! Anyone willing to take photos of graduation and email them to [email protected]?

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Have you met Coach Drew?
Assistant Coach Drew Shaw (he/him) recently joined us from Austin, TX, where he has been fencing and coaching for the last 14 years. He is an experienced competitor who previously qualified for the Junior Olympics in foil.
Coach Drew loves adapting teaching styles to help fencers with unique strengths and challenges. He usually assists with our beginner classes in all age categories, but you can often spot him helping with other classes or during open fencing hours.