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
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 314 16 14 17 18 25
Fencers Club Inc. 312 41 24 27 36 67
Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 300 39 15 13 10 5
Alliance Fencing Academy 270 13 12 22 28 57
Salle Auriol Seattle 269 38 24 19 17 7
LA International Fencing 245 19 10 21 22 29
Manhattan Fencing Center 238 19 19 15 24 35
DC Fencers Club 224 23 14 20 19 25
Rain City Fencing Center 221 24 16 22 16 1
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 200 12 7 13 7 11
Medeo Fencing Club 200 28 16 19 27 35
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 17 20 23 19 42
Olympia Fencing Center 183 9 7 12 10 15
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 18 15 9 14 18
Northwest Fencing Center 171 24 20 18 15 14
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 165 6 12 11 13 28
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 11 8 14 26
Nova Fencing Club 163 19 18 7 6 3
Boston Fencing Club 155 22 20 11 7 20
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 153 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. 312 41 24 27 36 67 649
Alliance Fencing Academy 270 13 12 22 28 57 500
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 17 20 23 19 42 412
Medeo Fencing Club 200 28 16 19 27 35 400
Manhattan Fencing Center 238 19 19 15 24 35 373
LA International Fencing 245 19 10 21 22 29 335
DC Fencers Club 224 23 14 20 19 25 312
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 314 16 14 17 18 25 292
New York Athletic Club 72 2 7 6 11 41 283
Denver Fencing Center 153 26 22 28 15 11 269
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 165 6 12 11 13 28 255
Northwest Fencing Center 171 24 20 18 15 14 248
Salle Auriol Seattle 269 38 24 19 17 7 246
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 11 8 14 26 246
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 50 1 3 5 7 37 235
Boston Fencing Club 155 22 20 11 7 20 223
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 18 15 9 14 18 221
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 111 11 8 21 6 20 214
Star Fencing Academy 153 9 6 14 12 19 206
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 94 9 6 16 9 19 200
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 165 6 10 10 13 28 248
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 111 11 7 21 6 20 212
Star Fencing Academy 153 7 6 13 12 19 201
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 94 8 5 16 9 19 197
Fencers Club Inc. 312 16 15 10 10 16 196
Renaissance Fencing Club 176 10 13 2 11 17 171
Moe Fencing Club LLC 86 11 10 16 10 9 164
LA International Fencing 245 11 5 14 10 12 163
V Fencing Club 62 8 4 7 4 14 123
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 108 8 5 7 7 11 122
Bluegrass Fencers' Club 67 5 4 9 8 10 122
Rain City Fencing Center 221 16 11 13 9 1 118
AIC Fencing Club 78 4 7 7 8 9 116
Masters Fencing Club 60 4 4 4 10 10 114
Epic Fencing Club 57 4 2 3 5 14 107
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 50 1 1 2 2 16 97
East Coast Fencing Club 52 4 4 2 4 12 94
Golubitsky Fencing Center 76 3 11 8 6 4 93
Space City Fencing Academy 93 5 3 8 7 5 88
Austin Fencers Club 86 3 7 5 6 6 86
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 270 8 12 22 28 57 495
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 14 18 23 17 42 397
Medeo Fencing Club 200 17 13 19 25 35 375
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 314 15 14 16 18 25 288
Fencers Club Inc. 312 13 4 10 16 34 285
DC Fencers Club 224 18 13 14 16 24 270
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 9 8 14 26 242
Battle Born Fencing Club 105 8 7 14 12 15 187
Denver Fencing Center 153 14 12 14 12 11 183
Swords Fencing Studio 71 2 1 5 15 19 174
Olympia Fencing Center 183 9 7 12 10 15 174
Penta Olympic Fencing Club 82 6 8 8 9 18 172
LA International Fencing 245 8 4 7 12 17 170
Windy City Fencing-Chicago 94 6 13 14 10 11 169
New York Athletic Club 72 0 4 3 4 27 168
Northwest Fencing Center 171 10 8 14 12 10 166
Olympic Fencers Club 144 15 16 11 9 7 151
East Bay Fencers Gym 85 6 8 12 14 6 144
Cavalier Fencing Club 78 7 9 9 2 16 140
Marx Fencing Academy 106 4 9 9 9 10 135
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 238 14 17 13 21 31 326
Bergen Fencing Club 101 7 8 12 16 14 193
Nellya Fencers 97 9 7 10 12 17 186
Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 97 5 6 14 10 15 174
Fencers Club Inc. 312 12 5 7 10 17 168
Globus Fencing Academy 111 9 16 9 13 9 165
Fencing Academy Of Denver 101 8 10 14 9 9 151
Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 88 7 7 10 8 13 148
Boston Fencing Club 155 11 7 5 5 17 145
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 200 9 7 13 6 11 141
Premier Fencing Academy 72 7 10 7 5 13 133
Capital Fencing Academy 129 11 8 10 13 4 129
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 153 4 9 10 8 9 129
Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 88 6 9 12 4 10 126
Oregon Fencing Alliance 85 6 4 9 5 9 106
Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 41 3 6 8 7 7 102
Spartak 104 8 1 4 8 9 99
Phoenix Fencing Academy 91 10 8 2 7 7 95
Scarsdale Fencing Center 53 6 5 5 7 7 94
Cardinal Fencing Club 90 8 8 7 7 4 93
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 2098 24 38 44 27 32 35 45 58 46 45 10 17 20 19 21
New Jersey 1960 53 23 31 39 71 57 45 57 54 75 41 37 48 48 92
New England 1660 43 33 41 40 58 62 51 57 48 69 34 21 21 31 36
Southern California 1275 11 18 21 27 43 39 35 26 26 38 10 14 11 23 24
Virginia 1123 9 13 32 35 38 41 33 58 49 60 6 2 11 22 27
Metropolitan NYC 1116 26 17 33 31 49 54 23 15 18 26 46 32 28 21 36
Central California 961 35 26 18 25 23 32 39 38 33 28 5 7 7 12 15
Northern California 808 25 19 34 22 49 16 27 27 26 22 5 5 13 6 16
Georgia 791 15 9 9 6 18 18 21 29 32 43 18 18 23 25 27
Western Washington 729 5 17 18 23 28 19 27 28 28 40 1 7 13 9 19
Connecticut 724 5 13 8 12 35 11 14 19 16 29 14 6 10 18 31
North Carolina 685 6 3 14 27 36 8 14 30 26 23 6 7 13 16 17
Illinois 671 2 9 13 29 18 20 25 33 48 39 2 8 14 9 22
Philadelphia 639 6 6 16 11 27 8 10 16 21 42 0 4 11 4 18
Gulf Coast 636 5 9 9 6 15 49 27 25 23 23 0 1 3 0 4
Michigan 589 21 15 23 28 39 11 13 13 16 25 1 4 7 3 14
Capitol 571 4 8 6 14 22 23 12 13 10 20 12 17 20 15 20
Long Island 560 14 10 8 11 18 11 8 13 16 31 1 8 6 7 22
Colorado 558 3 6 13 17 22 18 29 29 19 31 10 10 17 14 16
San Diego 524 5 5 18 9 22 19 17 16 13 19 11 16 13 4 18
Orange Coast 515 10 13 20 11 16 7 5 9 6 11 15 12 13 14 14
South Texas 511 5 7 7 6 10 9 17 24 20 15 1 4 4 6 14
Oregon 462 3 4 5 17 21 12 13 17 12 13 8 13 15 10 27
Central Florida 457 3 5 14 19 19 8 12 14 20 31 0 1 5 4 10
North Texas 396 2 3 6 8 11 7 0 6 15 9 9 15 14 21 15
Arizona 378 0 1 6 6 16 5 11 15 21 20 7 6 4 9 12
Gold Coast Florida 351 10 9 6 10 8 11 9 19 11 14 3 1 9 4 6
Maryland 343 0 4 8 15 25 8 14 11 11 23 0 1 2 3 6
Minnesota 335 2 1 5 9 33 3 8 9 12 14 0 1 2 6 10
Westchester-Rockland 334 7 7 11 10 10 7 9 4 2 6 4 6 8 3 12
Mountain Valley 292 2 2 3 6 4 6 6 4 13 10 11 4 8 18 13
Indiana 283 4 2 6 10 7 2 16 21 14 19 1 2 3 7 6
St. Louis 278 3 1 4 6 18 0 3 10 12 21 0 1 0 3 17
Western Pennsylvania 259 0 1 7 11 26 0 1 5 3 7 1 0 1 1 1
Columbus 255 5 8 10 6 11 4 6 9 8 7 2 5 11 6 18
Northern Ohio 248 0 3 2 6 17 8 12 6 9 20 0 0 0 3 8
South Carolina 236 0 0 4 4 11 0 1 9 14 10 0 0 1 2 6
Tennessee 235 0 1 4 10 13 3 3 7 6 22 0 0 2 3 5
Gateway Florida 221 2 3 4 5 10 2 3 6 7 13 1 1 3 10 8
Utah-Southern Idaho 219 1 2 11 7 12 5 4 13 14 11 2 0 1 4 6
Northeast 199 0 0 2 10 16 1 2 9 10 15 0 0 0 1 2
Nevada 188 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 15 10 8 0 0 2 3 1
Hudson-Berkshire 188 0 1 5 7 7 2 8 13 10 15 0 1 2 6 9
Western New York 173 3 4 6 6 9 1 3 3 4 5 2 1 8 10 6
Alabama 166 3 7 7 8 6 1 3 11 11 11 0 0 1 0 0
Kentucky 156 5 6 7 2 9 0 5 5 8 8 0 0 0 1 5
Iowa 149 0 0 0 6 12 0 1 7 5 12 0 1 0 1 7
Kansas 142 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 4 5
Wisconsin 134 0 2 1 4 10 4 6 8 8 7 0 1 0 1 2
Southwest Ohio 132 4 2 7 6 7 3 2 6 6 4 0 0 1 4 5
Nebraska-South Dakota 111 0 2 3 2 7 3 4 5 5 2 0 0 5 1 4
Oklahoma 103 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 7 8 4 0 0 0 0 0
Green Mountain 103 0 0 1 3 9 0 1 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 1
Harrisburg 97 0 1 0 2 7 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 3
South Jersey 92 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 2 5 3 7
San Bernardino 92 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 4 6 0 1 1 2
Ark-La-Miss 88 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
Border Texas 76 0 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 5 14 0 0 0 0 0
Inland Empire 75 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 7 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 74 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 6 7 0 0 0 0 1
New Mexico 73 0 0 1 2 1 5 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 50 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
National 29 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
Northeast Pennsylvania 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hawaii 24 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Wyoming 15 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