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When Henry was 14, he wandered into a small club in Albuquerque, Duke City Fencing, where a visiting coach named Cody Mattern offered him a free lesson. Henry jumped at the chance, and was instantly hooked on the sport.

After watching my older brother fence for a year, I could not resist trying the same sport at age seven. I was immediately in love with the excitement, strategy, and empowerment of fencing, and this passion immensely grew when I began competing nationally at age ten.

Joe Choo started fencing at the age of 11 at a recreation center that had a fencing class. Seven years later, he joined to fence for Northwest Fencing Center.

Aryana Abtin has been fencing foil since she was six years old and says, “I have been fencing foil since I was six years old and could not imagine myself doing anything else! I began fencing because Sebastien Dos Santos offered a pentathlon camp at French American International School, my elementary and middle school.”

Julia began fencing at age 8 when a class was offered by NWFC at her elementary school. She came home after her first “Be a Musketeer” class excited and energized and ready to go back and do it again.