Orlando Fencing Academy

OFA’s 6 young fencers fenced at USF Green and Gold RYC over the weekend.  They competed in Y10, Y12 and Y14 events.  Baber brothers brought home 2 medals.  Ammar got 8 th place in Y10 men’s foil and his bother Shaheer got his first gold medal in Y14 men’s foil.  Jamie, Christina, Liam and Collin all tried their best but came short to get into medal round. Overall, another successful regional for our fencers.  We all applaud your hard work and dedication.  Our next tournament is next week in...

Another successful Connor Porter Memorial Tournament has been in the books. More than 90 fencers participated in 10 different events that made this year’s Connor Porter Memorial Tournament the most successful tournament in 7 years.  Out of 5 Foil events, Orlando Fencing Academy fencers captured 3 gold medals (Ammar in Y10 Mixed, Daniel in Sr. Mixed, Annan in Div 2 Mixed), 1 silver (Collin in Y10 Mixed) and 2 Bronze (Jamie in Y12 Mixed and Tomas in Sr. Mixed).  Daniel got a gold medal in Div 2...

This year’s Junior Olympics took place in Kansas City, MO. 7 OFA fencers got qualified and competed in this very competitive national tournament. Joanna won 2 pool bouts and advanced to DE in JR. Women’s Foil. Sheheer won 2 pool bouts and advanced to DE in CDT Men’s Foil. We also formed a Men’s JR Foil team to compete in team tournaments and got placed 20th. Boys are ready to compete in team bout It was successful overall to see our young fencers competing against best fencer from all...