History
Started as a spin-off when legendary Salle Gascon (which traces it's origins to early XX Century) closed down, with vision of becoming a leading fencing club on the West Coast. This vision has become reality within first five years of our existence.
Specialties
Why LAIFC? Top reasons in no particular order 1. We are the only fencing club in Southern California to feature instruction in all 3 Olympic weapons, thus enabling to properly direct each prospective student . 2. Our coaches have extensive Olympic and World Championship experience. Every LAIFC coach has produced at least a National Medalist. They originate from USA, Armenia, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Egypt, Romania and Moldova - providing a unique multicultural, intense, proven training environment. Our priority is to develop confidence, decision making ability, strength, endurance, tactical thinking, team adaptability and strong work ethic in each student. 3. We have placed dozens of students in Universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Barnard, Cornell, Penn, Notre Dame, MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Boston College, NYU, Temple, as well as, UCSD, Ohio State and Penn State. Currently top schools' staff is in constant contact with the LAIFC's in regards to it's students potential and future. 4. Our Fencers have won multiple Cadet and Junior World Championships medals . This season we are first on the West Coast in National Medals won, 2nd in USA in Gold Medals. 5. LAIFC is the only Official USA Fencing Mega Club on the West Coast. 6. We provide complete (360 degrees) fencing instruction : group classes, private lessons, sparring sessions, footwork classes, physical & psychological preparedness seminars and competitive camps.