EBFG will be hosting youth foil and epee summer camps for young fencers to improve their skills, meet new people and have fun fencing! All levels Welcome! Whether you’re learning to fence for the first time or training for Summer Nationals.
***Camp offers Training for Summer Nationals !!
Camp will take place at EBFG in downtown Oakland. From 9:00 am-1:30 pm. Early drop of starts at 8:30 am. No experience necessary. All fencing equipment is provided. Participants need to wear full legged exercise pants, tennis shoes. Bring water bottle, T-shirt to change and personal lunch.
or you can stop by and drop the form during the open hours. Please sign-up early to confirm the camp of your choice.
If you have any questions please call us at (415) 786-3683 or email info@eastbayfencers.com
USFA Requirement
Prior to the camp every camper must register for USA Fencing Association Membership and bring a printed copy of your trial membership form to the first day of camp or email us your copy.
To register, go to the USA Fencing websiteand fill out theTrial Membership Form. Choose Northern California Division and East Bay Fencers Gym as a club.
Please fill this out and print a copy prior to camp, but don’t fill it out too early because it expires after 90 days.
Thank you!
No refunds for summer camps after June 1, 2026. Full credit can be used for our other summer camp sessions this or next year or for fencing classes or private lessons.
EBFG congratulates all East Bay Fencers who competed at the 2025 Summer Nationals from June 28th-July 7th in Milwaukee, WI! We had an awesome showing and spectacular results! East Bay Fencers WON GOLD IN 3 EVENTS! And Also WON 1 SILVER! 1 BRONZE! AND 1 Top 8 Medal!
Special congratulations for the hard work and amazing results to head coach Abdul Habek for earning 3 coaching GOLD MEDALS at this Summer Nationals!!
East Bay Fencers Gym is home to the 2025 Vet Men’s Epee Team NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to EBFG Team 3: Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Keith Lichten, Kyle Yamasaki and Justin Hunter! Congratulations to Mehmet, Keith, and Kyle for earning their spots on the 2025 USA VET Men’s Epee WORLD TEAM! Awesome Fencing Guys!
East Bay Fencers Gym is home to 3X National Champion! and 2X Y-12 Women’s Epee National Champion Sophia Habek! Congratulations to Sophia for WINNING GOLD in Y-12 Women’s Epee for the SECOND YEAR in a row! And for WINNING BRONZE in Y-14and earning her A25 rating! Sophia competed in 5 Events at this NAC! She was also 10th in Cadet, 38th in Div 1, and 47th in Junior! Congrats to Sophia for bringing home a Championship Title and a Bronze Medal! Awesome Fencing Sophia!
Congrats to the 2025 Vet 50 Men’s Epee National Champion! Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu for WINNING GOLD in Vet 50 Men’s Epee! And Congrats to Justin Hunter for also making the podium, winning 5th place and for earning his A25 rating! Awesome Fencing Guys!
Congrats to Kyle Yamasaki for WINNING SILVER in Vet 40 Men’s Epee at the 2025 Summer Nationals! Awesome Fencing Kyle!
Congratulations to all East Bay Fencers who competed at the April NAC in Los Angeles from April 11-14, 2025! EBFG Fencers earned SIX MEDALS across multiple events including 2 GOLD, 3 SILVER, and 1 BRONZE! We had an awesome showing at this NAC and we would like to congratulate everyone who attended! East Bay Fencers Gym is building a legacy of fencing excellence!
Congratulations to Kyle Yamasaki for winning GOLD in Veteran Men’s Epee and renewing his A25! Congratulations to Keith Lichten for winning SILVER! And Congrats to Matt Maychrowitz for making Top 16 and placing 13th!
Congratulations to Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu for winning GOLD in Vet 50 Men’s Epee! Congratulations to Keith Lichten for winning SILVER! And Congrats to Matt Maychrowitz for placing 16th! And Justin Hunter for making Top 32 and placing 22nd!
In Vet 40 Men’s Epee, Congratulations to Kyle Yamasaki for winning SILVER! And congrats to Paul Chandler for making top 32 and placing 21st!
In Vet 80 Men’s Epee, Congratulations to Barry Leonardini for winning BRONZE!
In Vet 70 Men’s Epee, Congratulations to Barry Leonardini for making Top 32 and placing 27th!
In Vet 60 Men’s Epee, Congratulations to Gerald Downey for making Top 32 and placing 26th!
Awesome Fencing EBFG!!!
Congratulations to one of our youngest competitors, 12 year old Sophia Habek who made Top 64 placing 41st in DIV 1 Women’s Epee at April NAC in Los Angeles from April 11-14! Awesome fencing Sophia!
Congratulationsto East Bay Fencers who competed at the January NAC in Kansas City, MO from January 3-6, 2025!!! EBFG had an awesome showing at this NAC! Congratulations to our Vet Men’s Epee Teams. EBFG had two teams! Congrats to EBFG Team 2 Paul Chandler, Justin Hunter, Keith Lichten, and Matt Maychrowitz for finishing 3rd! Congrats to EBFG Team 1 Joel Kaufman, Gerard Downey, Brett Williams , and Jonathan Bartlet for finishing 9th!
EBFG had an awesome showing at this NAC! EBFG Fencers had awesome results across Vet Epee Events! Congrats to Kyle Yamasaki for finishing 6th and Paul Chandler for finishing 14th in Vet 40 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Keith Lichten for finishing 6th, Justin Hunter for finishing 23rd! And Matt Maychrowitz for finishing 29th in Vet 50 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Mike Lipton for finishing 16th! And Gerard for finishing 22nd in Vet 60 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Gerard Downey for finishing 31st in Vet Men’s Epee!
We also want to highlight our Women’s Epee Fencers! Congratulations to Julia Aires, Matea Chiou-Williams, and Sophia Habek for travel and participating in Cadet WE and Div1 WE! Sophia was the youngest participant in Div1 WE.
Congratulations to all East Bay Fencers Gym fencers who competed at the 2024 Summer USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge in Columbus Ohio! EBFG fencers had great results this year in many different events! Congratulations to everyone who participated in team events: Senior Women’s Team Epee and Vet Men’s Team Epee! Vet Men’s Team Epee finished 14th!! Congrats!
EBFG fencers earned three medals and a National Championship Title this Year!!!
Congratulations to Sophia Habek for Winning Gold in Y12 Women’s Epee! Sophia is now a Two-Time National Champion and the youngest fencer on the East Bay Fencers Gym Team!!! Sophia won Y10 last year and Y12 this year! Sophia has trained very hard throughout the entire season and she has achieved amazing results! Sophia fenced very well in multiple difficult DEs! Sophia beat very strong A-rated fencers and managed to win! Sophia won every single bout she fenced in the Y12 event! Sophia also earned her B24 rating! Big congrats to Sophia and her coach Abdul!
Gold Medalists and National Champion!
Sophia Habek in Y12 Women’s Epee!
Congrats to Sophia for winning Gold!
Top 8 Medalists!
Congratulations to Barry Leonardini for finishing 5th in Vet 80 Men’s Epee!
Congratulations to Matt Maychrowitz for finishing 7th in Vet 50 Men’s Epee!
Top 32 Results
Congratulations to Sophia Habek for finishing 30th in Y14 Women’s Epee!
Congratulations to Alex Rood for finishing 21st in Vet 50 Men’s Epee!
Congratulations to Charles Hargrove for finishing 30th in Vet 50 Epee!
Congratulations to Barry Leonardini for finishing 25th in Vet 70 Men’s Epee!
Top 64 Results
Congratulations to Reese Dwiggins for finishing 60th for Y14 Women’s Epee!
Congratulations to Grayson Nguyen for finishing 39th in Div III Men’s Epee!
Congratulations to Sarah Hepler for finishing 41st in Div1A Women’s Epee!
Congratulations to Brett Williams for finishing 40th in Vet 50 Men’s Epee!
Congratulations to Ryan Sloan for finishing 46th in Vet 40 Men’s Epee!
Congratulations to Gerald Downey for finishing 37th in Vet 60 Men’s Epee!
East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s summer nationals in Phoenix.
19 East Bay Fencers fenced in 39 events at the Nationals and brought home 4 Medals!
Our youngest Sophia Habek became the 2023 National Championin Y-10 Women’s Epee!
But Sophia was not the only East Bay Fencer with a visit to the podium, Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu won a bronze medal in Vet-50 Men’s Epee, Barry Leonardini finished 5th in Vet-80 Men’s and Allen Graham finished 8th in Vet-40 Men’s Epee.
Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard for this year’s nationals. What a great ending to an incredible 2022-23 season!
(see top finishers and a list of all EBFG fencers who participated below images)
Y-10 Women’s Épée
1 Sophia Habek GOLD MEDAL and NATIONAL CHAMPION
Y-12 Women’s Épée
14 Sophia Habek (Top 16) Earn new rating E
56 Matea Chiou-Williams (Top 64)
Y-14 Women’s Épée
62 Julia Aires (Top 64)
Div I-A Women’s Épée
32 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)
Div I-A Men’s Épée
36 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)
Div II Women’s Épée
18 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)
Div II Men’s Épée
61 Steve Chen (Top 64)
Div III Men’s Épée
29 Karan Gupta (Top 32)
Vet-40 Men’s Épée
8 Allen Graham (Top 8)
29 Ryan Sloan (Top 32)
Vet-50 Men’s Épée
3 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu BRONZE MEDAL
22 Andy Davis (Top 32)
24 Steve Chen (Top 32)
29 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 32)
34 Charles Hargrove (Top 64)
Vet-60 Men’s Épée
31 Gerard Downey (Top 32)
39 David Beittel (Top 64)
Vet-70 Men’s Épée
9 Solomon Weingarten (Top 16)
16 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)
Vet-80 Men’s Épée
5 Barry Leonardini (Top 8)
Veteran Team Men’s Épée
7th place (Top 8)
Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Allen Graham, Charles Hargrove, Matt Maychrowitz
19th place (Top 32)
Henry Chang, Andy Davis, Gerard Downey
23rd place (Top 32)
Steven Chen, Ryan Sloan, Solomon Weingarten, David Beittel
Camp will take place at EBFG in downtown Oakland. From 9:00 am-1:30 pm. Early drop of starts at 8:30 am. No experience necessary. All fencing equipment is provided. Participants need to wear full legged exercise pants, tennis shoes. Bring water bottle, T-shirt to change and personal lunch.
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