How do I find a good fencing club?

Start with your local Provincial or Divisional fencing association. If you don’t know how to find them, contact your national fencing body (see section 3.1). Your national body may maintain a list of known fencing clubs in the country. Otherwise, your local association will be able to tell you about recognized clubs in your area. Many universities and colleges also sponsor fencing clubs and teams that will often accept non-students as members. You might also check out courses or camps offered by local community centers.

Fencers with Web access can find a list of U.S. fencing clubs at http://www.fencing.net/ or at http://www.usfa.org/ and a list of Canadian Fencing clubs at http://www.fencing.ca/fra_dire.htm.

Once you have a list of potential clubs, you will want to evaluate them and your needs. Desirable qualities vary, depending on your skill level and what you want to get out of fencing. Ask the following questions when selecting your club (if you’re not sure what you want, “yes” is a good answer to all these questions): Does it have an active beginners’ program? Are there enough fencers of your own skill level? Are there some fencers above your skill level? If you don’t have your own equipment, does the club provide it? Does the club have ample electric scoring boxes and reels? Does the club emphasize the same weapons that you are interested in? Do club members compete regularly? Does the club have a master or coach? Has he/she had many competitive successes either fencing or coaching? Can you get individual lessons and instruction? At no extra cost?

Lastly, atmosphere is important to any social endeavour. Choose a club that makes you feel comfortable and relaxed without sacrificing the athletic spirit that is essential to progress.

Source: http://www.fencing.net/faq.html#1.11

If you are from Asia, you can check out your country’s fencing association and inquire from them.

Afghanistan Fencing Federation
P.O.Box No. 1824
G.P.O.
Kabul
Tel: 0093700159893/0093799795459
Email: fencing.afg@gmail.com
Secretary General
MR. WAZMA GHANI
President
MR. AHMAD TARIQ ROSHANGAR

Federation d’Escrime de Bahrain
Bahrain Defence Force,ah ok
Military Sports Association,
P.O. Box 245, Bahrain
Tel: + 973-39466550/973-39544141
Fax: + 973- 17980328
E-mail:bahrainfencing@gmail.com
President
MR. AL DOSSARI HUSSAIN

Bangladesh Fencing Association
House n 7 (4th floor)
Road n 50
Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212
Tel: +88028811334/+88028811347
Fax: +88028828323
E-mail: bangladeshfencing@rocketmail.com
President
Mr. Qamrul Islam

Brunei Darussalam Fencing Federation
No 7, Stadium Negara Hassanal
Bolkiah Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei Muara BB4313
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel/Fax: + 67 3-2381778
Evoice:+13602304956
Efax:+18313015468
E-mail: bruneifencing@mail.com
Secretary General:
Mr. Abdul Ghani Bin Hj Abdul Hamid
President
HJ ZAINOREN Hj Mohd Yusof

Fencing Federation of Cambodia
National Sport Complex
Phnom Penh
Tel: +85523215869/+85512836123
Fax: +85523364752/+85523211358
E-mail: camnoc@online.com.kh

Chinese Fencing Association
No. 15, Laoshan Weststreet,
Shijingshan District, Beijing,
China 100049
Tel: + 86-10-68862588, 68862593
Fax: + 86-10-68862596/ 68862588
E-mail: chnfencing@gmail.com
Website: www.chnfencing.com
Secretary General
Mr. JI Daoming
President
Mr. Xiao Tian

Hong Kong Fencing Association
Room 1011, Olympic House,
1 Stadium Path,
So Kon Po, Causeway Bay,
Hong Kong
Tel: + 852-25048106
Fax: + 852-25775299
E-mail: fencing@hkolympic.org
Website: www.hkfa.org.hk
Chairman
DENIS CUNNINGHAM
Secretary General
Mr. Rod Lai
President
Mr. POON Yip Kun

Fencing Federation of India (FFI)
42/6, Mohalla Sui Gran,
Patiala-Punjab -147001
India
Tel Fax: +91-175-2217144
Mobile +91-9872614144
Email: indfencing@yahoo.co.in
Website:www.freewebs.com/fencingindia
Secretary General
Mr. Arun Kumar Vij
Email: vij_ak@yahoo.com
President
Mr. Durga Das Boro

All Indonesia Fencing Association
Pintu 6 Stadion Utama
Gelora Bung Karno Senayan,
Jakarta Pusat 10270, Indonesia
Tel: + 62 21 57952959
Fax: + 62 21 573 1175
E-mail: aifa.indonesia@gmail.com
URL : http://www.ikasi.or.id
Secretary General: Soeryono
Email:soeryono@gmail.com
Secretary General
MR. SOERYONO
Email: soeryono@gmail.com
President
MR. TONO SURATMAN

I.R. Iran Fencing Federation
Dept. of International Affairs,
P.O. Box 15815/1181, Tehran, Iran
Shahid Varkish Alley,
Shahid Dr. Mofateh Ave.
7 Tir Sq. Tehran, Iran
Tel: + 98-21-88846904
Fax: + 98-21-88846905
E-mail: irifencing@hotmail.com
Secretary General
Alireza POURSALMAN
President
Dr. Gholam Hossein Asgari
Iraqi Fencing Federation
C/O Iraqi national Olympic Committee
P.O. Box 441 Central
Baghdad, Iraq
Satphone: + 88-216-21241558
Fax: + 964-1- 7742242
E-mail:fenciraq@yahoo.com
Secretary General
Mr. Ziad H. Jasim
President
Dr. Adil F. Ali
Mobile: + 9647901350721

Federation Japonaise d’Escrime
C/O Kishi Memorial Hall,
1-1, 1-Chome, Jinnan, Shibuya-Ku
Toyko, Japan
Tel: + 81-3-34812378
Fax: + 81-3-34812379
E-mail: fencing@japan-sports.or.jp
Secretary General
Mr. Atsushi Harinishi
President
Mr. Yamamoto Hideo

Jordan Fencing Federation
The Hashmite Kingdom of Jordan
P.O. Box 960469, code 11196
AMMAN
Phone : +962 6 565 13 60
Mobile phone : +962 795 508 202
Fax : +962 6 565 13 61
E-mail : jofenc@hotmail.com
Secretary General
Mr. Eyyad Maghayreh
President
Dr. Khaled Atiyat

Federation d’Escrime de Kazakhstan
480002, Almaty, St. Abay 48,
Kazakhstan
Tel: + 7-3272424636
Fax: + 7-3272925088
E-mail: kazfencing@gmail.com
Secretary General
Mr. Khamitzhan Yunusbaev
President
Mr. Oleg Peskov

Federation d’Escrime de Kyrgyzstan
2 “a” Av. Mira, Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan 720017
Tel: + 996 312 216825
Fax:+ 996 312 603369
E-mail: kgz.fencing@gmail.com
Vice President: K. Tiulegenov
Secretary General
Mr. Zelenin Gennadii
President
Mr. Kasymov Osmonjan

Korea Fencing Federation
Room 64, Olympic Gym. No. 2,
#88-2 Oryn-Dong, Songpa-Gu,
Seoul, Korea
Tel: + 82-2-4204289, 4204290
Fax: + 82-2-4255284
E-mail: kffseoul@hotmail.com
Secretary General
Mr. Lee Young Dal
President
Mr. Cho Jung Nam

Kuwait Amateur Fencing Association
P.O. Box 23665,
SAFAT 13097, Kuwait
Tel: + 965-2554785 / 2528919
Fax: + 965-2550546
E-mail: kuwaitfencing@hotmail.com
Secretary General
Naser ALSEHAN
President
Abdulrahim AL SAID
Lebanese Fencing Federation
Mhanna Center, Bloc A, 3rd Flr.
Dekwaneh, Lebanon
P.O. Box 55-309
Tel: +9611682847
E-mail: fencinglebanon@yahoo.com
Secretary General
Fadi Tannous
President
Ziad El-Choueiri

Macau Amateur Fencing Association
AV. Venceslau Morais. 231-15°D
EDF. IND. NAM Fong Fase I
Macau
Tel: + 853-431181 / 719884
E-mail: fencing@macau.ctm.net
President: Lam Fat Meng
Mobile: + 853 688 7800

Malaysian Fencing Federation
P.O. Box 8486,
47301, Kelana Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Email: mffmalaysia@hotmail.com
Tel: + 603 78730775
Fax: + 603 78778464
Website: www.mffasia.com
President
Mr. Ahmad Farik
Mobile: + 6017 8883342
Mongolian Fencing Federation
Room#306
Olympic House, Chinggis Avenue
Ulaanbaatar – 21 06 48
Tel: +97611345285
Mobile: +97691911259
Fax: +9761134354
E-mail: fencing_mongolia@yahoo.com
Myanmar Fencing Federation
c/o Myanmar Olympic Committee
Youth Training Centre,Thuwunna
Thingaengyun Township
Yangon,Myanmar
Tel: +951577343
Fax: +951571061
E-mail: mocygn.mya@mptmail.net.mm

Philippine Amateur Fencers Association
Fencing Hall, ULTRA
Pasig City, Philippines
Tel: + 632-6372364
Fax: + 632-6372364
E-mail: philfencing@gmail.com
Website: www.philippinefencing.com
Chairman Emeritus
DR.CELSO L. DAYRIT
E-mail:
cldayrit@gmail.com
Secretary General
LEAH J. GONZALEZ
E-mail: leah128jg@yahoo.com
President
MR. VICTOR V. AFRICA
E-mail:
victorafrica@gmail.com

Qatar Fencing Association
P.O. Box 22966
DOHA Tel: + 974-4838391-92
Fax: + 974-4838314
Email: qff@olympic.qa
Secretary General
SALEH AMER AL-HEMAIDI
President
SHK SAOUD BIN ABDULREHMAN AL-THANI
E-mail: 7@olympic.qa

Saudi Arabian Fencing Federation
Riyah 11515, Saudi Arabia
Tel: + 966-1-482 1022
Fax: + 966-1-4822026
E-mail:saudi_fencing@yahoo.com

Fencing Singapore
518 Clementi Avenue 3,
Clementi Sports Hall,
Singapore 129907
Fax: + 65-62340925
Gen Manager:
Loo Luan Luan
E-mail: luan@pacific.net.sg
Mobile: + 65 9644-4702
Website: www.fencingsingapore.org.sg
Secretary General
MS. YEO BRENDA HUI EE
E-mail:
President
MR. WANG KUO WEI NICHOLAS
E-mail: president@fencingsingapore.org.sg
Syrian Arab Fencing Federation
Avenue Baramke
Damas
Tel: +963112133064
Fax: +963112133064
E-mail: fencsyria@yahoo.com

Fencing Federation of Tajikistan
24 Aini Street
734025 Dushanbe
Tel: +992372310294/+992935067237
E-mail: marselclub@mail.ru

Amateur Fencing Association of Thailand
Room 205 Zone E Ratchamangkhala
stadium Ramkamhang Rd.
Hua-Mak Bangkok Thailand 10240
Tel: + 66-2-3692489/6623692490
Fax: + 66-2-3692489
E-mail: afat.thailand@gmail.com
Secretary General
Colonel JAKRAVUDH SOMAPEE
President
ADMIRAL SOMDED TONGPIAM

Chinese Taipei Fencing Association
Room 507, No. 20, Chu Lun Street,
Taipei, 104, Taiwan
Tel: + 886-2-87723033
Fax: + 886-2-27781663
E-mail: tpe.escrime@msa.hinet.net
taipei.fencing@msa.hinet.net
Secretary General
Mr. TSAI Yu-Te
President
Dr. Victor Chang

Federation d’Escrime de Turkmenistan
36a, Rue Khoudajberdiev,
744000 Achkhabad, Turkmenistan
Tel: + 99 312 390576
Fax: + 99 312 390576
Email: b_dovlet@list.ru
Secretary General
MS. NEPESOVA ROZA
President
MR. DURDIEV BEGENCH
Email: tfaylar@online.tm

Federation d’Escrime d’Ouzbekistan
34, SHEVCHENKO ST,
100060, TASHKENT
UZBEKISTAN
Tel: (99898) 305 12 88
Fax: (99898) 305 12 24
Email: receptionFFUz@inbox.uz
reception@perfectummobile.com
Vice President
Mr. Khikmatullaev Ubaydulla
President
Mr. Ruziev Sabirjan

United Arab Emirates Fencing Association
PO BOX 93390 DUBAI
Tel.: 0097142699866
Fax: 0097142699844
Email: uaefencing@hotmail.com
Secretary General
Mr. Mohamed Obaid AL Khood
President
H.H. Shk. Eng. Salem Bin Sultan Al Qasimi

Vietnam Fencing Federation
Hanoi Sports Department
No. 10 Trinh Hoai Duc Street
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: +84 4 846 46 39
Fax: +84 4 823 44 57 / 823 74 74
E-mail: hsd@hn.vnn.vn
Secretary General: PHAM Quoc Trong
Email: tronglien2002@yahoo.cm
President
Mr. HOANG Vinh Giang

Directory of Asian fencing federeations sourced from: asianfencing.com