Penta Fencing Club, headed by Olympic medalist Vaho Iagorashvili, is located at 1 Jewel Drive in Wilmington, MA. We are just north of Route 128 and just west of Route 93. The club specializes in epee fencing. Our eight-strip salle is 12-month climate controlled and has tall ceilings, bright lights and windows.
We wish to acknowledge the successes of club members who have placed well in national tournaments. Congratulations to Alex House who won the Silver Medal at Summer Nationals in Cadet Men's Epee in July, 2010, and to Luke Politi for his Silver Medal in Div I Men's Epee. Penta’s Junior team (Culler, Politi, House and Karimi) placed 6th out of 44 teams at Summer Nationals. Congratulations again to Alex House who won the Gold Medal in Men’s Cadet Epee at the Junior Olympics in Memphis, Tennessee in February, 2010. Luke Politi placed 4th in this event. Penta was the only club to have two fencers in the top eight. Congratulations also Luke Politi who won the Silver Medal at the Men’s Cadet Epee competition at the NAC (North American Cup) in St. Louis November, 2009.
We are proud to announce that Arpad Horvath will be joining our Penta Fencing Club as a Head Coach. Arpad brings years of experience as both a coach and an athlete. He started to fence in Budapest, Hungary, in 1989 and was a national team member six years in a row. Arpad won the Cadet World Championship and the Junior European Championship, receiving a full scholarship from St. John's University and becoming a two-time individual NCAA champion. He has been coaching since 2005 and his students have achieved great results.
Classes start on Wednesday, September 1. Please see our schedule on the Classes page. Join us for some rigorous training and fun bouting! The beginners' courses on Fridays and Saturdays will start September 11 and 12.
The modern sport of fencing has a long and storied tradition dating back to eighteenth-century European dueling and cavalry fighting. Fencing is one of only four sports to be featured in every modern Olympic Games, and it is one of five sports that make up the modern Pentathlon. Fencing has been called “a game of chess of the toes” — a challenging mix of physical and tactical training that is equally suitable for men and women, boys and girls of all ages. Today, the sport is growing in popularity in the United States under the guidance of the U.S. Fencing Association and locally in the New England Division.
To view Penta Fencing Club’s 2010-2011 schedule and rates, please click here. To download forms, including class registration, membership, PFC policies, waiver and consent forms, and training plans, please click here.
Inspirational videos about Penta Fencing can be found by clicking here.
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