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Day Camps split into Morning, Afternoon and Evening sessions
Dear fencing friends and family. After considering some lessons earned from our morning and evening sessions this week, and hearing some...

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Jun 24, 20201 min read
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CFA Reopens Monday June 22nd: protocols for camps and free-fencing.
Dear fencing friends and family. We are so exited to open our doors for group practices again! Our goal is to make you feel safe and...

CFA Admin
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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Fencing Lesson Video Clips
Dear all, we will use this post to collect video clips to be used in discussions and examples of technique.

CFA Admin
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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Major Summer Camps Update!
Dear all, with North Virginia moving into Phase Two and the light at the end of this quarantine tunnel becoming brighter, we have updated...

CFA Admin
Jun 10, 20201 min read
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CFA Phase one pushed to Monday, June 15th.
Dear fencing friends and family. While we are so eager to get back to in-person lessons, and that having the garage door open with the...

CFA Admin
Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Virtual Lessons
Dear all, in this entry we will collect all the online lessons we have recorded during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Open for discussion...

CFA Admin
May 28, 20201 min read
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Interview with Olympian Jon Normile Part 2
Continuing to gather material for the CFA Book project, Coach Ilya and Jon go into aspects of the fencing career path from High School...

CFA Admin
May 24, 20201 min read
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May 2020 Newsletter: Summer Camps and Reopening.
Dear fencing friends and family. It has been over two months since we have seen you in person, heard the kids’ laughter during warm up...

CFA Admin
May 23, 20202 min read
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Our very own Michaela Joyce analyzes a bout with CyrusOfChaos
Dear all, please enjoy this lovely bout analysis video that Michaela made with internet personality and successful sabre fencer...

CFA Admin
May 13, 20201 min read
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Happy Mother's day!
Dear moms, especially the fencing moms of CFA! We wish you the best in life and lots of joy! Without your support and love, no journey...

CFA Admin
May 10, 20201 min read
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Interview with Jon Normile, USA Fencing Olympian and Veteran World Champion.
Jon and coach Ilya go into the reasons we love our sport, some technical details about fencing schools and a few anecdotes from the...

CFA Admin
May 3, 20201 min read
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Cardinal Fencing Academy Book Project
Dear all, hope you are well as well can be these days. This is Ilya Lobanenkov, the head coach and founder of CFA. I decided to write a...

CFA Admin
May 2, 20202 min read
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A thank you to everyone on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of our students put together a video with beautiful music to thank everyone on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CFA Admin
Apr 17, 20201 min read
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The next month and beyond for CFA Clients
Dear Fencing Friends and Families, Cardinal Fencing Academy is in compliance with USA Fencing's directive to stop all practices,...

CFA Admin
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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USA Fencing issues directive to suspend all club training until April 6th.
Dear USA Fencing Club Owners, We understand that right now is a challenging time for everyone in the nation and around the world as we...

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Mar 17, 20202 min read
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Club closing Friday, 03/13/2020
Team, One of our members came down with a fever yesterday and was examined for COVID-19 without a test kit, but otherwise the examination...

CFA Admin
Mar 13, 20201 min read
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COVID-19 Update from Cardinal Fencing Academy
We thank each of you for being a part of our Cardinal Fencing Academy family! Our goal is to make coming to fencing a healthy and fun...

CFA Admin
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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Cardinal Fencing Academy sponsors the Salt Lake City, Utah World Championships!
Cardinal Fencing Academy is now a proud sponsor of the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah!

CFA Admin
Feb 26, 20201 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: Sterling, VA fencer Michaela Joyce makes the World Championships Teams.
The race is over! After nearly a year of domestic and international competitions, the teams that will represent USA Fencing at the World...

CFA Admin
Feb 18, 20201 min read
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Thank you USA Fencing for this lovely article!
"Team USA’s Top Female Fencers Discuss Their Athletic Role Models on National Girls & Women in Sports Day." Michaela Joyce, Epee: Cori...

CFA Admin
Feb 6, 20202 min read
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