US Fencing Membership Breakdown

Note that the data below is based on information available inside of AskFRED, which might not necessarily be complete or up to date.

Ratings Totals

Number rated fencers for each weapon.

Ratings Values

Fencers by rating for each weapon.

Division Memberships

US Fencing Memberships per Division

Largest Clubs by Membership

The biggest clubs, calculated by # of current US Fencing Members

Name # Mbrs # Es # Ds # Cs # Bs # As
Fencers Club Inc. 318 40 26 27 41 67
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 308 16 12 20 16 25
Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 299 37 15 15 10 5
Salle Auriol Seattle 266 35 24 18 18 7
Alliance Fencing Academy 264 13 11 22 26 57
LA International Fencing 245 19 10 20 22 29
Manhattan Fencing Center 237 20 18 15 25 35
DC Fencers Club 224 22 15 20 19 25
Rain City Fencing Center 223 24 16 23 17 1
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 199 13 7 12 7 11
Medeo Fencing Club 199 27 16 20 27 33
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 192 17 20 22 21 40
Olympia Fencing Center 183 10 7 12 10 15
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 19 14 9 15 18
Northwest Fencing Center 173 25 20 18 15 14
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 168 7 12 10 15 28
New York Fencing Academy 164 12 13 9 13 27
Nova Fencing Club 163 18 18 7 6 3
Boston Fencing Club 154 22 20 9 8 20
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 154 8 12 13 13 11
Largest Clubs by Ratings

This is calculated fairly naively by giving a numeric points value to each rating and summing them up (i.e., E=1 point, and A=5)

Name # Mbrs # Es # Ds # Cs # Bs # As Total
Fencers Club Inc. 318 40 26 27 41 67 672
Alliance Fencing Academy 264 13 11 22 26 57 490
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 192 17 20 22 21 40 407
Medeo Fencing Club 199 27 16 20 27 33 392
Manhattan Fencing Center 237 20 18 15 25 35 376
LA International Fencing 245 19 10 20 22 29 332
DC Fencers Club 224 22 15 20 19 25 313
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 308 16 12 20 16 25 289
New York Athletic Club 72 2 7 6 11 41 283
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 168 7 12 10 15 28 261
Denver Fencing Center 149 28 21 27 15 9 256
New York Fencing Academy 164 12 13 9 13 27 252
Northwest Fencing Center 173 25 20 18 15 14 249
Salle Auriol Seattle 266 35 24 18 18 7 244
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 51 1 3 5 8 37 239
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 19 14 9 15 18 224
Boston Fencing Club 154 22 20 9 8 20 221
Star Fencing Academy 153 9 7 12 13 20 211
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 109 12 8 20 5 20 208
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 93 9 7 14 11 18 199
Top 20 Foil Clubs By Ratings

This is the same as the "Largest Clubs by Ratings" except only Foil.

Name # Mbrs # Es # Ds # Cs # Bs # As Total
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 168 7 10 9 15 28 254
Fencers Club Inc. 318 15 17 10 12 16 207
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 109 12 7 20 5 20 206
Star Fencing Academy 153 7 7 12 11 20 201
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 93 8 6 14 11 18 196
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 11 12 2 12 17 174
Moe Fencing Club LLC 86 11 10 16 9 10 165
LA International Fencing 245 11 5 13 10 12 160
Rain City Fencing Center 223 16 11 14 10 1 125
V Fencing Club 62 9 4 6 5 14 125
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 108 8 6 7 7 11 124
Bluegrass Fencers' Club 66 4 4 9 8 10 121
AIC Fencing Club 79 4 8 7 8 9 118
Masters Fencing Club 61 4 4 4 10 10 114
Epic Fencing Club 57 4 2 3 5 14 107
East Coast Fencing Club 55 3 5 3 4 12 98
Golubitsky Fencing Center 76 3 10 10 6 4 97
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 51 1 1 2 2 16 97
Space City Fencing Academy 92 5 3 8 7 5 88
Top Fencing Club 54 0 6 4 2 11 87
Top 20 Epee Clubs By Ratings

This is the same as the "Largest Clubs by Ratings" except only Epee.

Name # Mbrs # Es # Ds # Cs # Bs # As Total
Alliance Fencing Academy 264 8 11 22 26 57 485
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 192 14 18 22 19 40 392
Medeo Fencing Club 199 16 13 20 25 33 367
Fencers Club Inc. 318 13 5 9 17 34 288
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 308 15 12 19 16 25 285
DC Fencers Club 224 17 14 14 16 24 271
New York Fencing Academy 164 12 11 9 13 27 248
Battle Born Fencing Club 105 8 7 14 12 15 187
Swords Fencing Studio 72 1 1 6 15 19 176
Penta Olympic Fencing Club 82 9 8 8 9 18 175
Olympia Fencing Center 183 10 7 12 10 15 175
Denver Fencing Center 149 15 12 14 12 9 174
LA International Fencing 245 8 4 7 12 17 170
New York Athletic Club 72 0 4 3 4 27 168
Northwest Fencing Center 173 10 8 14 12 10 166
Windy City Fencing-Chicago 93 6 13 14 9 11 165
Olympic Fencers Club 143 14 17 12 9 7 155
East Bay Fencers Gym 85 6 8 13 13 7 148
Cavalier Fencing Club 77 7 8 9 3 16 142
Marx Fencing Academy 108 6 8 10 9 10 138
Top 20 Saber Clubs By Ratings

This is the same as the "Largest Clubs by Ratings" except only Saber.

Name # Mbrs # Es # Ds # Cs # Bs # As Total
Manhattan Fencing Center 237 15 16 13 22 31 329
Bergen Fencing Club 100 8 8 12 16 13 189
Nellya Fencers 95 9 7 10 12 17 186
Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 99 5 6 14 11 15 178
Fencers Club Inc. 318 12 4 8 12 17 177
Globus Fencing Academy 108 7 16 8 13 9 160
Fencing Academy Of Denver 102 8 9 15 9 9 152
Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 88 8 6 11 8 13 150
Boston Fencing Club 154 11 7 4 6 17 146
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 199 10 7 12 6 11 139
Premier Fencing Academy 72 8 10 7 5 13 134
Capital Fencing Academy 129 12 8 10 13 4 130
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 154 4 9 10 8 9 129
Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 90 6 9 11 5 10 127
Oregon Fencing Alliance 82 6 4 8 5 9 103
Spartak 103 9 1 3 9 9 101
Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 40 3 6 8 6 7 98
Scarsdale Fencing Center 52 7 4 5 8 7 97
Phoenix Fencing Academy 91 10 8 2 7 7 95
Peter Westbrook Foundation 78 6 3 3 4 11 92
Division Ratings Breakdowns

Divisions broken down by Rated Fencers

Foil Epee Saber
Division Name # Mbrs As Bs Cs Ds Es As Bs Cs Ds Es As Bs Cs Ds Es
None 2049 29 45 39 28 31 36 46 59 45 44 10 18 19 19 20
New Jersey 1944 52 26 28 39 70 56 44 58 53 80 42 36 50 47 93
New England 1650 45 32 41 42 57 60 53 54 47 70 34 21 20 32 34
Southern California 1266 11 18 21 27 44 39 35 26 26 38 10 14 12 23 26
Virginia 1124 9 13 32 35 38 41 33 58 50 63 6 2 12 22 27
Metropolitan NYC 1118 25 19 33 34 49 54 24 17 19 25 45 33 28 20 38
Central California 947 35 26 17 24 24 32 37 41 30 30 5 7 6 12 15
Northern California 810 25 19 33 23 52 17 26 28 28 21 5 6 12 6 17
Georgia 779 15 9 9 6 17 18 22 30 32 41 18 18 23 25 27
Connecticut 729 6 12 9 12 37 11 16 18 16 28 14 6 11 17 34
Western Washington 727 4 18 19 23 27 19 26 26 28 39 1 7 12 9 17
North Carolina 697 6 3 15 26 35 8 14 29 26 23 6 7 14 16 16
Illinois 667 2 9 14 29 18 20 24 35 47 39 2 9 14 8 22
Philadelphia 633 6 6 16 11 27 8 11 16 22 41 0 4 11 4 18
Gulf Coast 627 5 9 9 6 15 49 25 25 23 23 0 1 3 0 4
Michigan 581 21 15 23 27 39 11 13 12 16 25 1 4 7 3 14
Capitol 569 4 8 6 14 22 23 12 13 11 19 12 18 19 15 21
Long Island 558 14 10 9 11 19 12 7 13 17 30 1 7 7 7 22
Colorado 554 3 6 12 17 22 17 29 29 19 32 10 10 18 13 17
San Diego 522 5 5 18 9 22 18 17 16 13 20 11 16 13 4 20
Orange Coast 516 10 14 20 10 15 7 5 9 6 10 15 14 13 13 13
South Texas 503 5 7 7 6 10 9 17 25 21 15 1 4 4 6 14
Oregon 460 3 4 5 17 22 12 13 17 12 13 8 13 14 10 27
Central Florida 455 3 5 13 19 20 8 12 14 20 30 0 1 5 4 9
North Texas 391 2 3 6 8 11 7 0 6 14 9 9 15 13 21 14
Arizona 380 0 1 6 6 16 5 11 16 20 21 7 6 4 9 12
Gold Coast Florida 350 10 9 6 10 8 11 9 19 11 16 3 0 8 4 6
Maryland 346 0 4 8 16 24 8 14 11 11 23 0 1 2 3 6
Minnesota 339 2 2 5 8 34 3 8 10 11 13 0 1 2 6 9
Westchester-Rockland 334 7 7 11 11 11 7 9 5 2 7 4 8 7 3 13
Mountain Valley 288 2 2 3 6 4 6 6 3 13 11 11 4 8 18 14
Indiana 279 4 2 6 10 7 2 16 21 13 19 1 1 3 7 6
St. Louis 277 3 1 4 6 18 0 3 10 12 21 0 1 0 3 17
Western Pennsylvania 256 0 1 7 11 26 0 1 5 3 7 1 0 1 1 1
Columbus 255 5 10 9 5 11 4 6 9 9 7 1 5 12 6 18
Northern Ohio 247 1 2 2 6 17 8 12 6 9 20 0 0 0 3 8
South Carolina 235 0 0 4 4 11 0 1 9 14 10 0 0 1 2 6
Tennessee 232 0 1 4 10 14 3 4 6 7 24 0 0 2 3 5
Gateway Florida 230 2 3 4 5 10 2 3 6 7 13 1 1 3 10 9
Utah-Southern Idaho 216 1 2 11 7 12 5 4 13 14 11 2 0 1 4 6
Northeast 200 0 0 2 10 16 1 2 9 10 15 0 0 0 1 2
Hudson-Berkshire 187 0 1 5 8 6 2 7 13 10 14 0 1 2 6 9
Nevada 187 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 15 10 8 0 0 2 3 1
Western New York 171 3 4 7 6 9 1 3 3 3 5 2 1 8 10 7
Alabama 165 3 7 7 8 6 1 3 13 10 11 0 0 1 0 0
Kentucky 153 5 5 7 2 8 0 5 5 8 10 0 0 0 1 5
Iowa 147 0 0 0 6 13 0 1 7 4 12 0 1 0 1 7
Kansas 139 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 4 4
Wisconsin 133 0 2 1 4 10 4 6 7 8 7 0 1 0 1 2
Southwest Ohio 131 4 2 7 6 8 3 2 6 7 6 0 0 1 4 5
Nebraska-South Dakota 110 0 2 3 2 7 3 4 5 5 2 0 0 5 1 4
Green Mountain 103 0 0 1 3 10 0 1 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 1
Oklahoma 101 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 7 8 4 0 0 0 0 0
Harrisburg 98 0 1 0 2 7 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 3
San Bernardino 91 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 4 6 1 0 1 2
South Jersey 91 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 2 4 3 7
Ark-La-Miss 88 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
Border Texas 76 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 5 14 0 0 0 0 0
Inland Empire 76 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 7 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 76 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 6 7 0 0 0 0 1
New Mexico 71 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 7 7 8 0 0 0 0 1
Central Pennsylvania 64 0 4 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 0 0 1 1 2
Alaska 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Plains Texas 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Northeast Pennsylvania 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hawaii 23 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
National 19 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
Wyoming 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
North Coast 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0