Examination Results

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Provost Ian Keeble at Kingston Hospital,  on Saturday June 4th, after a long illness.  Ian was a respected and long standing member of the Academy and our thoughts and sympathies are with his  family. Ian will be cremated on Wednesday 15th June at 2-10 pm at Kingston Cemetery Bonner Hill…

The  British Academy of Fencing is sad to announce the tragic death of Professor Jim  PerryOn Friday morning, 13th July, Jim was involved in a road  collision and tragically died at the scene.  As yet details and the nature of  the accident are unclear, so to are details of the funeral  service. Our thought and prayers…

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Pro-Coaching is looking for a fencing coach to potentially  work in local schools often primary. More info here

It has just been confirmed that Prof. Sue Benney, coach to Philip Marsh -Junior World Champion (Mens’ Epee) 2011 – will be joining Maestro Roberto Piraino and Prof. Philip Bruce in leading the course.  Prof. Benney has been a professional coach for 20 years and has coached numerous fencers who have represented Great Britain in both…

Over the last few residential courses, I have become increasingly concerned about the number of people that are coming with expectations of doing the Advanced and Diploma levels while freely admitting that they “have done hardly any work” “not even looked at the questions” and are “just going to see how it goes”. . ….