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) 313 16 14 17 18 24
Fencers Club Inc. 312 40 24 27 36 67
Fencing Academy of Philadelphia 297 38 15 14 9 5
Alliance Fencing Academy 271 13 11 22 28 57
Salle Auriol Seattle 271 38 24 19 17 7
LA International Fencing 242 17 11 20 22 29
Manhattan Fencing Center 236 19 19 15 23 35
DC Fencers Club 222 23 14 20 20 24
Rain City Fencing Center 217 24 16 22 16 1
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 200 11 7 13 7 11
Medeo Fencing Club 198 29 16 18 27 35
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 17 20 23 19 42
Olympia Fencing Center 185 9 7 12 10 15
Renaissance Fencing Club 174 18 15 9 12 18
Northwest Fencing Center 172 24 20 18 15 14
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 165 6 12 11 14 27
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 10 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. 154 8 12 14 12 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 40 24 27 36 67 648
Alliance Fencing Academy 271 13 11 22 28 57 498
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 17 20 23 19 42 412
Medeo Fencing Club 198 29 16 18 27 35 398
Manhattan Fencing Center 236 19 19 15 23 35 369
LA International Fencing 242 17 11 20 22 29 332
DC Fencers Club 222 23 14 20 20 24 311
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 313 16 14 17 18 24 287
New York Athletic Club 72 2 7 6 11 41 283
Denver Fencing Center 154 26 22 29 15 10 267
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 165 6 12 11 14 27 254
Northwest Fencing Center 172 24 20 18 15 14 248
Salle Auriol Seattle 271 38 24 19 17 7 246
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 10 8 14 26 244
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 50 1 3 5 7 37 235
Boston Fencing Club 155 22 20 11 7 20 223
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 109 11 8 21 6 20 214
Renaissance Fencing Club 174 18 15 9 12 18 213
Star Fencing Academy 153 9 6 14 12 19 206
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 92 9 6 15 9 19 197
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 14 27 247
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 109 11 7 21 6 20 212
Star Fencing Academy 153 7 6 13 12 19 201
Fencers Club Inc. 312 16 15 10 10 16 196
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 92 8 5 15 9 19 194
Moe Fencing Club LLC 86 11 10 16 10 9 164
Renaissance Fencing Club 174 10 13 2 9 17 163
LA International Fencing 242 10 6 13 10 12 161
V Fencing Club 64 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 217 16 11 13 9 1 118
AIC Fencing Club 78 3 7 7 8 9 115
Masters Fencing Club 59 4 4 3 10 10 111
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
Top Fencing Club 56 0 7 3 2 11 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 271 8 11 22 28 57 493
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 195 14 18 23 17 42 397
Medeo Fencing Club 198 18 13 18 25 35 373
Fencers Club Inc. 312 13 4 10 16 34 285
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 313 15 14 16 18 24 283
DC Fencers Club 222 18 13 14 17 23 269
New York Fencing Academy 164 14 8 8 14 26 240
Battle Born Fencing Club 105 8 7 14 12 15 187
Denver Fencing Center 154 14 12 15 12 10 181
Penta Olympic Fencing Club 84 6 8 9 9 18 175
Swords Fencing Studio 71 2 1 5 15 19 174
Olympia Fencing Center 185 9 7 12 10 15 174
LA International Fencing 242 7 4 7 12 17 169
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 172 10 8 14 12 10 166
Olympic Fencers Club 143 14 16 11 9 7 150
East Bay Fencers Gym 84 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 236 14 17 13 20 31 322
Bergen Fencing Club 99 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 11 5 7 10 17 167
Globus Fencing Academy 110 7 16 9 13 9 163
Fencing Academy Of Denver 101 8 10 14 9 9 151
Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 89 7 7 10 8 13 148
Boston Fencing Club 155 11 7 5 5 17 145
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 200 8 7 13 6 11 140
Premier Fencing Academy 72 7 11 6 6 12 131
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 154 4 9 10 8 9 129
Capital Fencing Academy 130 11 7 10 13 4 127
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 103 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 92 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 2395 22 33 41 28 32 34 43 60 45 44 10 15 20 18 21
New Jersey 1956 53 23 31 39 71 57 45 56 53 77 41 37 48 47 92
New England 1659 43 33 41 39 58 62 50 58 48 68 34 21 21 29 36
Southern California 1285 11 18 20 27 43 39 35 26 26 36 10 13 12 23 24
Virginia 1117 9 13 32 35 38 41 33 58 49 60 6 2 11 22 27
Metropolitan NYC 1116 26 17 33 30 48 54 23 15 17 26 46 32 28 21 34
Central California 958 34 27 18 25 23 32 39 38 32 28 4 8 7 12 15
Northern California 811 25 19 33 22 49 16 27 26 26 22 5 5 13 6 16
Georgia 797 15 9 9 6 18 18 21 29 32 41 18 18 23 25 27
Connecticut 724 5 13 8 12 34 11 14 19 16 29 14 6 10 18 30
Western Washington 724 5 17 18 23 28 19 27 28 28 40 1 7 13 9 19
North Carolina 692 6 3 14 27 36 8 14 30 26 23 6 7 13 16 16
Illinois 682 2 9 13 29 18 20 25 33 48 39 2 8 14 9 22
Gulf Coast 642 5 9 9 6 15 49 27 25 22 23 0 1 3 0 4
Philadelphia 638 6 6 16 11 27 8 9 17 21 41 0 4 11 4 18
Michigan 595 21 15 23 28 39 11 13 13 16 25 1 4 7 3 14
Capitol 572 4 8 6 14 21 22 13 13 10 20 12 17 20 15 20
Long Island 570 14 10 8 10 18 11 8 13 16 29 1 8 6 7 19
Colorado 563 3 6 13 16 22 17 29 30 19 31 10 10 17 14 16
San Diego 526 5 5 18 9 22 19 17 16 13 19 11 16 13 4 18
Orange Coast 516 10 13 20 11 16 7 5 9 6 11 15 12 13 14 14
South Texas 508 5 7 7 4 9 9 17 24 20 15 1 4 4 6 14
Oregon 463 3 4 5 17 21 12 13 17 12 13 8 13 15 10 27
Central Florida 459 3 5 14 19 17 8 11 14 20 32 0 1 5 3 10
North Texas 403 2 3 6 8 11 7 0 6 15 9 9 15 14 21 14
Arizona 376 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 24 8 14 11 11 23 0 1 2 3 6
Minnesota 336 2 1 5 9 32 3 8 9 12 14 0 1 2 6 10
Westchester-Rockland 331 7 7 11 10 10 7 9 4 2 6 4 6 8 3 12
Mountain Valley 293 2 2 3 6 4 6 6 4 12 11 11 4 7 19 13
Indiana 287 4 2 6 10 7 2 16 21 14 19 1 2 3 7 6
St. Louis 279 3 1 4 6 18 0 3 10 12 21 0 1 0 3 17
Columbus 261 5 8 10 6 11 4 6 9 8 7 2 5 11 6 18
Western Pennsylvania 259 0 1 7 11 26 0 1 5 3 7 0 1 1 1 1
Northern Ohio 249 0 3 2 6 17 8 12 6 9 20 0 0 0 3 8
Tennessee 240 0 1 4 10 13 3 3 7 5 22 0 0 2 3 5
South Carolina 238 0 0 4 4 11 0 1 9 13 11 0 0 1 2 6
Utah-Southern Idaho 228 1 2 11 7 12 5 4 12 14 11 2 0 1 4 6
Gateway Florida 219 2 3 4 5 10 2 3 6 7 13 1 1 3 10 8
National 212 0 0 2 4 8 1 2 0 6 13 0 0 0 2 7
Northeast 209 0 0 2 10 16 1 2 9 10 16 0 0 0 1 2
Hudson-Berkshire 194 0 1 5 7 7 2 8 13 10 15 0 1 2 6 9
Nevada 188 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 15 10 8 0 0 2 3 1
Western New York 175 3 4 6 6 9 1 3 3 4 5 2 1 8 10 6
Alabama 171 3 7 7 8 6 1 3 11 11 11 0 0 1 0 0
Kentucky 158 5 6 7 2 9 0 5 5 8 8 0 0 0 1 5
Iowa 150 0 0 0 6 13 0 1 7 5 12 0 1 0 1 7
Kansas 146 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 4 5
Wisconsin 135 0 2 1 4 10 4 6 8 8 7 0 1 0 1 2
Southwest Ohio 135 4 2 7 6 6 3 2 5 6 4 0 0 1 4 5
Nebraska-South Dakota 111 0 2 3 2 7 3 4 5 5 1 0 0 5 1 4
Oklahoma 105 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 7 8 4 0 0 0 0 0
Green Mountain 104 0 0 1 3 9 0 1 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 1
Harrisburg 94 0 1 0 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 3
San Bernardino 93 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 6 0 1 1 2
South Jersey 93 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 2 5 3 6
Ark-La-Miss 89 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
Louisiana 77 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 6 7 0 0 0 0 1
Inland Empire 77 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 7 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Border Texas 76 0 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 5 14 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 72 0 0 1 2 1 5 2 7 7 8 0 0 0 0 1
Central Pennsylvania 67 0 4 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 0 0 1 1 2
Alaska 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Plains Texas 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Northeast Pennsylvania 28 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