***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.

 Session 1  June 15-19, 2026 

 Session 2  July 13-17, 2026

 Session 3  July 27-31, 2026

Camp sign-up-form

Email sign-up forms to info@eastbayfencers.com

Mail sign-up forms and check to:

 East Bay Fencers Gym 

 Abdul Habek

 P.O. Box  866

 Alameda, CA 94501

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 website and fill out the Trial 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.

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-14 and 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!

Santa Clara, CA October 6-8, 2023

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Sophia Habek Gold medal in Cadet Women’s Épée and Gold medal in Y-12 Women’s Épée

Veteran Men’s Épée Michael Lipton Gold medal,

Joel Kaufman Bronze medal, Steve Chen 6^th place

Sarah Hepler Bronze medal in Div I-A Women’s Épée

Kyle Yamasaki 6^th in Div I-A Men’s Épée

Julia Aires 8^th place Junior Women’s Épée

Arlington Texas, September 2-4, 2023

Congratulations

Sophia Habek for winning the Bronze medal in Cadet Women’s Epee

and make top 16 in Y12 and top 32 in Y14 Women’s Epee.

Julia Aires make top 16 in Cadet and Y14 Women’s Epee.

19 East Bay Fencers fenced in 39 events at the Nationals and brought home 4 Medals!

Our youngest Sophia Habek became the 2023 National Champion in 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

7^th place (Top 8)

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Allen Graham, Charles Hargrove, Matt Maychrowitz

19^th place (Top 32)

Henry Chang, Andy Davis, Gerard Downey

23^rd place (Top 32)

Steven Chen, Ryan Sloan, Solomon Weingarten, David Beittel

Santa Clara, CA November 4-6, 2022

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

Gold medal

Sophia Habek

Y-12 Women’s Épée

Sophia Habek and Matea  Chiou-Williams (top 32)

Junior Women’s Epee

Brockmann Brooke (top 32)

Junior Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 32)

Cadet Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 16)

Div I-A Women’s Épée

Chung Kim (top 16)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

Allen Graham (top 32)

Vet Women’s Épée

Lynch Kristin (top 8)

Vet Men’s Épée

Bronze Medal

Hargrove Charles

Gerard Downey

Matt Maychrowitz (top 8)

Lipton Michael (top 32)

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Congratulations to
Sophia Habek for winning the Gold medal in Youth 10 Women’s Epee

Sophia Habek  and Matea Williams
to make top 8 in Y12 Women’s Epee

Julia Aires to make top 8 in Y14 Women’s Epee

GREAT RESULTS!!!

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s National Championships & July Challenge in Minneapolis, MN on July 2-11, 2022

16 East Bay Fencers fenced in 13 events at the Nationals brought home 2 individual medals (Gold and Bronze) and 1 team Medal (Bronze)

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard to qualify, participate and won medals. GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

6 Sophia Habek (Top 8)

57 Lucia Deneale (Top 64)

Y-12 Women’s Épée

45 Sophia Habek (Top 64)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

40 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

3 Keith Lichten (Bronze Medal)

10 Allen Graham (Top 16)

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

1 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (Gold Medal)

8 Alex Rood (Top 8)

12 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 16)

29 Joel Kaufman (Top 32)

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

28 Gerard Downey (Top 32)

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

13 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

3rd place (Bronze)

Keith Lichten

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

Allen Graham

Joel Kaufman

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

14th place

Matt Maychrowitz

Gerard Downey

Alex Rood

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge 2019

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s National Championships & July Challenge in Columbus, OH on June 28-July 7, 2019

28 East Bay Fencers fenced in 19 events at the Nationals brought home 3 individual medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) and 1 team Medal (Silver)

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard to qualify, participate and won medals. GREAT RESULTS!!!

Div 1 Men’s Epee

63 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu
84 Ziad Khayat
124 Brewer Andrew

Div 1-A Men’s Epee

5 Ziad Khayat

14 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

23 Keith Lichten

67 Brewer Andrew

Div 2 Men’s Epee

29 Joel Kaufman

166 Lipton Michael

232 Dyer Carson

Div 3 Men’s Epee

88 Dyer Carson

93 Cooper Rowan

166 Lipton Michael

189 Dyer CJ

Div 1 Women’s Epee

79 Chloe Beittel

Div 1-A Women’s Epee

3 (Bronze) Chloe Beittel

123 Kornguth Lindsay

Div 2 Women’s Epee

69 Wong Jalene

Div 3 Women’s Epee

111 Wong Jalene

Y-14 Men’s Epee

46 Green Ummi

54 Cooper Rowan

98 Dyer Carson

131 Green Jabreel

Cadet Men’s Epee

31 Green Ummi

Junior Men’s Epee

236 Green Ummi

Junior Women’s Epee

16 Chloe Beittel

206 Kornguth Lindsay

Vet 40 Men’s Epee

1 (Gold) Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

9 Keith Lichten

13 Dyer CJ

Vet 40 Women’s Epee

13 Kristin Lynch

Vet 50 Men’s Epee

30 David Beittel

32 Joel Kaufman

37 Davis Andrew

61 Lipton Michael

Vet 60 Men’s Epee

2 (Silver) Gerald Downey

18 Wheeler Mark

Vet 70 Men’s Epee

10 Robert Shelby

13 Leonardini Barry

28 McGrew John

Veteran Team Men’s Epee

2nd place (Silver)

Bartlett Jonathan

Davis Andrew

Gerald Downey

Keith Lichten

Senior Team Men’s Epee

14th place out of 64 teams

Faubert Andy

Khayat Ziad

Smith Justin

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu