Click HERE for this Article in Swordmaster Winter 2025 When people think about fencing, they picture blades, bouts, and tournaments. But the real magic of USFCA isn’t just on the strip — it’s in the connections you build with fellow coaches. The right conversation, mentor, or chance meeting can change your entire coaching path. Here’s how networking through USFCA has shaped mine.   1. The Parking Lot Lesson That Changed Everything I walked into my first USFCA seminar

Click Here for This Article in Swordmaster Summer 2025!  Are you an experience coach with results that speak for themselves?  Or are you just a fencer that is obsessed with the sport and secretly yearn to teach it, but don’t feel adequate enough to try?  Then I have a story for you. My first exposure to fencing was a SWTSU saber PE class taught by Lew Smith in 1979.  I was the only female in the class. From there, I discovered open fencing where tough guys smashed me into the

Grace Buchanan (Head Coach)@ Valley Fencing Club Take 5 Interview @ Mission, Texa s (Click Here!)

Grace Buchanan (Head Coach) & Christian Branchini (Asst Coach) @ Valley Fencing Club Brownsville Sport Park Dome (Click Here)

A research project on motion capture and pattern recognition in fencing.

We made it to the local newspaper in Corpus Christi!

Yet another article about us when in Corpus Christi! Coast Bend sport club spreads love for sport one touch at a time ! #cbfsnews #fencingarticle