Above Photo by Norm Palley
Statement

The Los Angeles International Fencing Center is the largest fencing club in California. The studio operates under the direction of Daniel Costin, Gago Demirchian & Misha Itkin. LAIFC is proud to cater to competitive, recreational and wheelchair athletes, offering private lessons, group classes and sponsoring weekly tournaments.

See New Schedule for Summer Camps

Congratulations to LAIFC members Jason Rogers on making the Men's Olympic Saber Team
and to Gerard Moreno for making the Paralympic Team in both Men's Foil and Saber
for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing!

Congratulations 2007 US National Champions & Medalists:
Champs
See Other Tournament Pictures		1st place - Emma Peterson
             Justin Yoo
             LAIFC Senior Men's Saber Team: Jason Rogers,
               Teddy Levitt, Harry Mahaffey & Eric Arzoian
2nd place - Gerard Moreno (foil & saber)
3rd place- - Jamie Douraghy
             Katya English
             Alex Rey Palabrica
             Michael Vlad Costin
             LAIFC Junior Women's Epee Team: Katya English,
               Natalie Gegan, Emma Peterson & Madi Amos
             LAIFC Junior Men's Saber Team: Harry Mahaffey,
               Eric Arzoian, John Siegel & Spencer Koo
5th place - David Jensen
7th place - Spencer Koo
             May Peterson
             Charlie Horowitz
8th place - Anastasia Pineshi
Congratulations to LAIFC medalists
at the 2007 Senior Pacific Coast Championships!
1st place — Adylia-Rhenee Gutierrez, Eric Arzoian & LAIFC Women's Epee Team
2nd place — Emma Peterson
3rd place — Natalie Gegan, Mitchell Juson & LAIFC Men's Epee Team
7th place — Michael Mehall
PCC winners
2007 Senior Pacific Coast Champions


Congratulations to our finalists at NAC F in Tucson, AZ!
2nd place — Jason Rogers
3rd place — May Peterson & Alex Rey Palabrica
5th place — Madison Zeiss & Mila Wolpert
6th place — Jennifer Horowitz & Nick Bartuzik
7th place — Katya English & Sacha Bazzal
8th place — Charlie Horowitz & Jacob Zeiss
For more results please refer to www.usfencing.org
Our club is proud to announce that 16 of our junior fencers (U19) have won for the 4th year in a row the Hurst Trophy at the 2007 Pacific Coast Super Youth Circuit in Pasadena, CA, a merit awarded to the school with the largest number of fencers who placed top 16 in this event in all three weapons. 2007 Hurst Trophy
LAIFC athletes brought 43 medals home from the
2007 Junior Pacific Coast Championships

Congratulations to all the athletes and their coaches for their remarkable results!
Épée:
Katherine English
Natalie Gegan
Christopher Mandalian
Emma Peterson
Renee Gannon O'Gara
May Peterson
Alexandra Mandalian
Jennifer Horowitz
Stefania Ruibal
Kasia Nixon
Justin Yoo
Charles Horowitz		Foil:
Amanda Rysling
Madison Zeiss
Danny Nguyen
Brennon Louie
Eli Schenkel

Saber:
Caroline Merz
Eric Arzoian
John Siegel
Michael Stampler 		Nick Bartuzik
Adylia-Rhenne Gutierrez
Caroline Groth
Alex Rey Palabrica
Michael Costin
Sasha Bazzal
Jack Graham
Jacob Zeiss
Walker DuBois
Anastasia Pineshi
Mila Wolpert
2007 Summer Camps
Weather you are preparing for the 2007 US Summer National Championships, for the new competitive season 2007-2008, to improve your fencing skills, or if you are a total beginner, LAIFC offers fun camps at different levels all summer long.

Congratulations to Harry Mahaffey for placing 8th
in the individual cadet saber event
at the Junior and Cadet World Championships
in Belek, Turkey
For more info regarding this event please visit
www.escrime-belek2007.com/en 		Harry Mahaffey

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