Will started fencing at six because he wanted to “poke” people without getting in trouble. His 13 years with NWFC has been a great journey, led by many talented coaches.
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Andy Faubert
At age 12, Andy started practicing foil at a small club operating out of Las Positas community college in California. He switched to epee after finding success in the Y14 circuit due to his early 5’9″ stature and foil ill-suited style.
Timmy Frank
At age nine, Timmy took a reluctant detour from his NBA path and followed his big brother to fencing lessons in Salem. After multiple retirements (usually after a brutal beat-down by Megan Eno) Timmy landed at NWFC.
Dolly Lampson
I was 11 when I started fencing at MTFC and it quickly became my passion. My coach, Chris Winslow was a huge inspiration in my early fencing years.
Henry Lange
When Henry was 14, he wandered into a small club in Albuquerque, Duke City Fencing, where a visiting coach named Cody Mattern offered him a free lesson. Henry jumped at the chance, and was instantly hooked on the sport.
Rose Parker
After watching my older brother fence for a year, I could not resist trying the same sport at age seven. I was immediately in love with the excitement, strategy, and empowerment of fencing, and this passion immensely grew when I began competing nationally at age ten.
Joe Choo
Joe Choo started fencing at the age of 11 at a recreation center that had a fencing class. Seven years later, he joined to fence for Northwest Fencing Center.
Aryana Abtin
Aryana Abtin has been fencing foil since she was six years old and says, “I have been fencing foil since I was six years old and could not imagine myself doing anything else! I began fencing because Sebastien Dos Santos offered a pentathlon camp at French American International School, my elementary and middle school.”
Julia Espinosa
Julia began fencing at age 8 when a class was offered by NWFC at her elementary school. She came home after her first “Be a Musketeer” class excited and energized and ready to go back and do it again.
How do I get good at this?
Every student or fencing parent has asked this question By Michael McTigue; Epee Prevot and Executive Director How do I get good at this? Every student or parent has asked this question. It’s an obvious question, and the answer isn’t obvious or we wouldn’t be asking...
NWFC represents on the world stage
All of the hard work, conditioning, training and lessons with coaches, bouting with teammates and competing at home and across the United States has culminated in dreams coming true for six fencers from Northwest Fencing Center. Cadet (Will, Aryana and Megan), Junior (Gregory Mitberg), Veteran (Cristina Ford) and Wheelchair (Vikki Espinosa) fencers are either on their way or putting the finishing touches on their preparations for international tournaments in Europe.
Cody Mattern inducted in US Fencing Hall of Fame
Our very own Coach Cody makes history! Cody Mattern – A four‐time Senior National Epee Champion, Cody was an Olympian in Men’s Epee in 2004. His epee
team was the first men’s team to win a medal at a Senior World Championships (Silver, 2010). They followed that up with a historic Gold at the 2012 World Championships. He was a two‐time U20 National Champion. He now coaches at the Northwest Fencing Center.
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