We are very proud on our ZFA Parafencing program and our fencers which bring so many medals from North American Cups, National Championship and World Cups. We have professional and unique coaching staff which help wheelchair athletes to improve potential, talent and tactics in there game. Our student are not only from our club they are members from other clubs and other countries.
Our student are: Tareq Al Qallaf , Joseph Brinson , Ellen Geddes, CJ Flack , Shelby Jensen , David XU,Chris XUE, Patricia Dykes , Tori Isaacson , Rick Swauger ……..
- We create ZFA Online Zoom classes with USA PARAFENCING national coach Mickey Zeljkovic. Just email us: zfencingacademy@gmail.com
- USA Wheelchair fencing was first contested at the Paralympic Games in 1996 and, since then, Team USA has fielded squads of elite men’s and women’s fencers to every Paralympic Games.
- Each year, USA Fencing hosts wheelchair competitions at two North American Cups alongside able-bodied events as well as the USA Fencing Wheelchair National Championships which is held in conjunction with the Division I National Championships.
U.S. tournaments are open to any wheelchair fencer age 13 and older with fencers of all classifications fencing in the same event.
Internationally, competition is held in all three weapons – epee, foil and saber – with athletes competing in A, B and C classifications.
- There are three categories of competition, based upon disability classification.
The three categories are: A, B, and C, with each category indicating the degree of disability from least “A” to most severe “C.”
For the Paralympic Games, the competitions are only for “A” and “B” fencers with separate competitions for each group. Category C fencing is not contested at the Paralympic Games.
- An official classifier for IWAS determines the specific category for each wheelchair fencer. Athletes compete according to category at international tournaments, but the categories are combined for competition at U.S. tournaments.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4663QK8jTxk