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) 278 18 16 22 21 21
Fencers Club Inc. 275 28 21 32 26 59
Manhattan Fencing Center 268 22 16 23 27 37
Alliance Fencing Academy 257 11 13 19 25 54
Rain City Fencing Center 233 26 18 19 22 6
Salle Auriol Seattle 231 39 15 19 15 8
LA International Fencing 222 17 7 19 19 30
Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 205 33 13 14 9 4
DC Fencers Club 177 21 8 16 16 18
Olympia Fencing Center 177 11 7 8 10 11
Medeo Fencing Club 171 24 15 16 28 27
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 166 16 10 10 12 12
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 162 8 12 11 17 13
Star Fencing Academy 158 7 8 11 10 25
Northwest Fencing Center 155 27 13 16 15 11
New York Fencing Academy 153 10 10 12 14 27
Maximum Fencing Club 151 13 12 7 15 6
Nova Fencing Club 150 20 20 7 6 2
Apex Fencing Academy 150 15 11 13 4 7
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 150 9 9 12 16 20
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. 275 28 21 32 26 59 565
Alliance Fencing Academy 257 11 13 19 25 54 464
Manhattan Fencing Center 268 22 16 23 27 37 416
Medeo Fencing Club 171 24 15 16 28 27 349
LA International Fencing 222 17 7 19 19 30 314
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 278 18 16 22 21 21 305
New York Fencing Academy 153 10 10 12 14 27 257
New York Athletic Club 62 0 7 4 12 36 254
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 52 0 2 5 8 39 246
DC Fencers Club 177 21 8 16 16 18 239
Rain City Fencing Center 233 26 18 19 22 6 237
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 106 6 7 11 16 22 227
Silicon Valley Fencing Center 150 9 9 12 16 20 227
Salle Auriol Seattle 231 39 15 19 15 8 226
Star Fencing Academy 158 7 8 11 10 25 221
Northwest Fencing Center 155 27 13 16 15 11 216
Denver Fencing Center 124 23 16 15 14 10 206
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 162 8 12 11 17 13 198
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 97 10 8 17 6 19 196
Renaissance Fencing Club 142 19 9 12 12 15 196
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 150 9 7 11 16 20 220
Star Fencing Academy 158 5 8 11 9 25 215
Fencers Club Inc. 275 14 15 11 10 18 207
Massialas Foundation (M Team) 97 9 7 17 6 19 193
Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 76 12 7 7 4 22 173
Renaissance Fencing Club 142 12 7 8 8 14 152
LA International Fencing 222 7 3 9 7 15 143
Moe Fencing Club LLC 68 10 8 12 11 7 141
Rain City Fencing Center 233 17 11 10 15 1 134
Bluegrass Fencers' Club 68 4 4 8 13 9 133
AIC Fencing Club 76 7 5 9 7 10 122
V Fencing Club 49 7 3 2 7 13 112
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 107 6 6 2 10 9 109
Epic Fencing Club 54 3 4 4 6 12 107
University Of Notre Dame NCAA 52 0 1 3 3 16 103
SoCAL Fencing Center 81 2 3 5 8 7 90
Masters Fencing Club 49 3 4 3 6 9 89
Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 125 12 11 8 6 1 87
East Coast Fencing Club 44 4 5 3 2 11 86
Elite Fencing Club 63 3 6 8 6 4 83
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 257 7 13 18 25 54 457
Medeo Fencing Club 171 13 11 15 27 27 323
Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 278 15 16 21 21 21 299
New York Fencing Academy 153 10 9 12 14 27 255
Fencers Club Inc. 275 6 4 14 11 28 240
Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 106 5 7 11 15 22 222
DC Fencers Club 177 18 7 13 15 17 216
Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 104 6 6 12 10 17 179
Battle Born Fencing Club 82 5 5 11 10 17 173
Windy City Fencing-Chicago 99 6 8 13 11 13 170
LA International Fencing 222 10 4 8 11 15 161
Cavalier Fencing Club 72 7 4 8 7 18 157
Penta Olympic Fencing Club 68 4 5 12 13 11 157
Swords Fencing Studio 69 2 2 3 14 17 156
Northwest Fencing Center 155 12 8 13 11 8 151
New York Athletic Club 62 0 4 2 7 21 147
Denver Fencing Center 124 10 9 9 10 10 145
Olympia Fencing Center 177 10 7 8 10 11 143
Marx Fencing Academy 100 4 7 11 6 13 140
Salle Auriol Seattle 231 16 7 5 9 8 121
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 268 20 14 19 24 33 366
Globus Fencing Academy 117 16 11 13 10 12 177
Nellya Fencers 87 7 7 7 7 21 175
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 166 15 10 10 11 12 169
Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy 86 8 6 16 8 11 155
Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 83 3 4 8 10 15 150
Dynamo Fencing Center Inc. 162 3 11 10 10 11 150
Fencing Academy Of Denver 93 8 8 11 9 9 138
Premier Fencing Academy 67 4 8 10 4 14 136
Spartak 101 10 5 2 7 13 119
Fencers Club Inc. 275 8 2 7 5 13 118
Scarsdale Fencing Center 59 8 4 6 7 11 117
Boston Fencing Club 118 5 4 1 4 16 112
Capital Fencing Academy 106 11 8 10 6 6 111
Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 84 5 8 8 4 8 101
Oregon Fencing Alliance 73 5 5 11 4 7 99
Bergen Fencing Club 43 3 3 6 7 8 95
Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 32 3 5 4 7 8 93
LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 94 8 9 4 7 5 91
South Bay Fencing Academy 73 2 5 8 6 6 90
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
New Jersey 1819 57 27 34 36 77 61 46 63 55 83 51 36 55 48 79
New England 1614 49 30 41 44 54 76 57 67 57 60 45 23 26 31 40
None 1549 28 39 43 33 23 44 53 42 43 30 9 17 35 25 14
Southern California 1235 18 19 22 23 34 44 44 24 30 33 14 18 12 24 25
Metropolitan NYC 1174 37 26 38 35 47 68 34 30 22 24 46 34 32 17 46
Virginia 1089 11 13 29 37 40 43 37 55 49 59 9 3 13 20 23
Central California 903 33 29 21 21 31 35 42 42 40 28 6 5 7 12 14
Northern California 785 29 19 35 27 47 17 33 32 29 18 9 5 11 4 26
Western Washington 744 5 23 19 29 36 25 32 34 26 41 1 9 18 8 27
Georgia 716 13 7 10 7 22 16 22 25 29 40 23 15 20 20 26
Connecticut 675 8 12 14 13 38 14 17 19 17 36 16 9 17 19 44
North Carolina 666 7 2 18 23 39 11 12 28 25 21 8 6 13 17 21
Gulf Coast 648 4 13 7 11 24 49 22 23 27 27 0 0 5 0 2
Illinois 628 6 12 20 29 22 29 24 33 41 35 2 10 12 11 25
Philadelphia 587 7 6 20 9 26 6 15 17 20 39 1 5 8 7 14
Colorado 538 5 11 8 18 25 20 31 28 22 35 9 9 16 14 18
Capitol 530 4 5 6 14 18 27 14 17 10 22 13 15 28 18 21
Michigan 516 22 17 23 29 38 11 14 12 15 24 2 4 4 4 11
Long Island 506 13 11 11 10 19 10 17 15 18 21 1 9 4 10 18
San Diego 491 6 5 13 10 22 18 15 17 16 19 14 18 8 9 19
Orange Coast 480 15 11 14 14 18 8 3 11 3 11 15 8 9 7 10
Central Florida 435 1 8 13 15 18 12 13 16 13 33 0 1 7 7 11
South Texas 431 3 6 5 4 7 12 19 25 26 12 3 4 4 14 9
Oregon 409 5 6 5 12 21 11 14 23 11 14 11 7 22 10 21
North Texas 393 3 7 3 8 11 6 1 8 14 14 13 11 17 22 22
Arizona 354 0 1 7 7 18 6 12 15 19 19 6 4 11 3 5
Maryland 351 0 4 7 19 22 6 15 12 15 21 0 2 0 5 4
Minnesota 335 2 2 6 13 38 5 8 13 10 14 0 0 2 5 9
Gold Coast Florida 318 12 8 6 8 7 9 8 22 6 10 4 3 6 2 6
Westchester-Rockland 313 8 7 6 14 11 6 10 7 7 4 7 9 8 6 18
Indiana 278 4 2 8 10 9 4 16 26 12 19 2 5 4 4 7
Mountain Valley 253 2 1 3 4 4 8 5 4 15 5 10 6 12 15 10
Northern Ohio 251 1 2 2 9 18 8 19 10 12 8 0 0 0 2 17
Columbus 247 9 10 7 8 6 5 7 9 4 5 1 3 5 9 15
Tennessee 228 0 1 2 13 14 5 4 6 8 21 0 0 1 3 5
South Carolina 224 0 0 4 7 13 0 0 9 13 10 0 0 2 5 6
Gateway Florida 212 3 5 1 8 9 4 4 9 6 10 1 0 5 6 8
Hudson-Berkshire 212 0 1 6 7 9 6 8 15 12 17 0 2 5 5 11
Utah-Southern Idaho 209 2 3 9 8 8 5 6 11 10 16 3 0 0 4 8
National 208 0 0 2 5 8 0 4 2 6 13 0 0 0 2 7
St. Louis 201 1 1 1 5 15 1 1 7 12 12 0 0 0 3 16
Western Pennsylvania 191 1 1 5 9 25 0 1 4 3 7 1 0 2 1 2
Western New York 189 4 3 7 6 8 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 5 7 9
Northeast 175 0 0 4 9 22 0 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 1 2
Nevada 150 0 0 0 0 0 19 18 15 8 10 0 0 0 2 2
Kentucky 148 4 8 6 3 7 0 7 11 9 10 0 0 0 2 6
Iowa 148 0 0 0 6 14 0 1 7 6 9 0 0 0 2 4
Wisconsin 145 1 0 3 3 10 3 15 9 7 13 0 1 1 0 3
Alabama 145 3 6 6 5 6 1 3 9 13 8 0 0 1 0 0
Kansas 132 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 5 3 9 0 0 0 5 4
Southwest Ohio 121 2 5 12 8 4 3 5 8 5 6 0 1 1 2 6
Nebraska-South Dakota 101 0 1 5 3 8 3 5 7 5 2 0 0 7 2 4
Oklahoma 96 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
San Bernardino 96 2 0 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 4 0 3 2 0
Harrisburg 96 0 1 0 2 8 2 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 4
Ark-La-Miss 96 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 2 3
Louisiana 90 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 2
Green Mountain 76 0 0 1 1 8 0 1 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
South Jersey 74 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 0 3 3 2 7
Inland Empire 68 0 0 0 2 7 1 0 6 3 12 0 0 0 0 0
Border Texas 67 0 2 3 1 5 3 1 2 5 9 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 61 0 0 1 3 0 5 3 9 5 9 0 0 0 0 1
Central Pennsylvania 51 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 8 1 1 1 2 1
Plains Texas 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Alaska 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northeast Pennsylvania 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hawaii 25 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
Wyoming 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Coast 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0