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Northwest Fencing Center Summer Camps include youth camps that focus on foil fencing and epee fencing. The program also connects with ongoing fencing classes, fencing camps, private lessons, tournaments such as RYCs, SYCs, and ROCs, open bouting, clinics, and kids intro sessions.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Summer camps and 4-week Intro Sessions, with specific 2026 camps including Pre-Nationals Camp (June 22–25), Coaches International Training Camp (July 20–25), Advanced Foil Camp (August 5–9), Advanced Epee Camp (August 11–15), and Women’s Summer Camp (August 17–20)
Northwest Fencing Center is a non-profit fencing training facility that specializes in foil and epee and has been offering classes, camps, and private lessons since 1972. The organization describes itself as Oregon’s premier location for epee and foil fencing and is known as an international training and competition hub, with summer camps for all ages and skill levels and options for athletes with members ages 7 to 70. Its stated vision is an inclusive community as a model of excellence for the fencing world and beyond, and its mission is fencing education for all that encourages growth in perseverance and sportsmanship.
The coaching staff for Northwest Fencing Center Summer Camps includes Head Coach and Fencing Master Simon Abram; Fencing Master Patricio Moreno, who has more than 15 years of coaching experience and was a member of the Chilean National Team for 13 consecutive years; Fencing Master Ioana Doltu; Epee and Foil Moniteur Will Richmond; Fencing Moniteur Gregory Mitberg; and coaches Joe Serban and Michael McTigue, with McTigue having trained under Hungarian Maestro Csaba Elthes and Russian epee Maestro Albert Chikayev, trainer of multiple world and Olympic champions. The leadership team includes Executive Director Brianne Camacho, who has a background in nonprofit management and organizations serving children and young adults, and Communications and Events Coordinator Erin Hambleton, who focuses on club communications and special events. Board members are Daniel Baxter (President), Isabelle Meunier (Treasurer), Alexander Wallace, Bob Marx, Korri Sun, Byron Clayton (Secretary), and Peter Roberts.
Northwest Fencing Center describes itself as an inclusive community of fencers and their families who strive to support the sport of fencing, and notes that Executive Director Brianne Camacho volunteers with the Lake Oswego Arts Council and serves as Community Engagement Director for Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery. The program’s offerings also include a women’s summer camp and a world-known women’s-only Athena camp, as well as adult intro sessions, staff events, and kids parties.
Last updated April 14, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Summer camps and 4-week Intro Sessions, with specific 2026 camps including Pre-Nationals Camp (June 22–25), Coaches International Training Camp (July 20–25), Advanced Foil Camp (August 5–9), Advanced Epee Camp (August 11–15), and Women’s Summer Camp (August 17–20)
Northwest Fencing Center is a non-profit fencing training facility that specializes in foil and epee and has been offering classes, camps, and private lessons since 1972. The organization describes itself as Oregon’s premier location for epee and foil fencing and is known as an international training and competition hub, with summer camps for all ages and skill levels and options for athletes with members ages 7 to 70. Its stated vision is an inclusive community as a model of excellence for the fencing world and beyond, and its mission is fencing education for all that encourages growth in perseverance and sportsmanship.
The coaching staff for Northwest Fencing Center Summer Camps includes Head Coach and Fencing Master Simon Abram; Fencing Master Patricio Moreno, who has more than 15 years of coaching experience and was a member of the Chilean National Team for 13 consecutive years; Fencing Master Ioana Doltu; Epee and Foil Moniteur Will Richmond; Fencing Moniteur Gregory Mitberg; and coaches Joe Serban and Michael McTigue, with McTigue having trained under Hungarian Maestro Csaba Elthes and Russian epee Maestro Albert Chikayev, trainer of multiple world and Olympic champions. The leadership team includes Executive Director Brianne Camacho, who has a background in nonprofit management and organizations serving children and young adults, and Communications and Events Coordinator Erin Hambleton, who focuses on club communications and special events. Board members are Daniel Baxter (President), Isabelle Meunier (Treasurer), Alexander Wallace, Bob Marx, Korri Sun, Byron Clayton (Secretary), and Peter Roberts.
Northwest Fencing Center describes itself as an inclusive community of fencers and their families who strive to support the sport of fencing, and notes that Executive Director Brianne Camacho volunteers with the Lake Oswego Arts Council and serves as Community Engagement Director for Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery. The program’s offerings also include a women’s summer camp and a world-known women’s-only Athena camp, as well as adult intro sessions, staff events, and kids parties.
Last updated April 14, 2026.
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