Cardinal Fencing Academy 45980 Center Oak Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166

"The stuff is a team of high-level professionals with an individual approach to each student. They provide fun and well organized group classes for a range of ages in their new, very large and fully equipped space. A systematic and planned learning process helps all students achieve outstanding results. Kids love CFA."

"Amazing facility! Coaches are talented and wonderful to work with. My boys have been fencing here for more than a year, and they want to come everyday. Highly recommend for anyone wanting a mentally and physically challenging sport."

"It was not easy for my teenage son to find a sport he liked until he joined CFA. He's been fencing a few years now and he loves it! He takes advantage of the Athlete prep program at the club which includes weight lifting. My son had so much fun that I joined CFA as well! Thanks to our great coaches just after 1.5 years of training I already got medals at local competitions. I even participated in Nationals! I'm looking forward the new season. The club just moved to a bigger space. We'll have much longer classes and more fencers to fence with."

"CFA is fantastic. Both my son and myself take classes there. The staff are friendly, great with kids, and incredibly knowledgeable. Coaches Ilya and Jose are both world-class fencers. I don't know the specifics of every coach - just let it suffice to say they're great. They focus on épée only (the best of the three disciplines in my humble opinion.) Fencing is a fantastic sport and you cannot do better than CFA whether you are a beginner or a world champion."

"I have been working with Coach Ilya since 2010 and it's because of him that I'm more than willing to drive across the American Legion Bridge at rush hour just to get to practice. I love the environment that he has created at Cardinal Fencing Academy and am constantly inspired by the community here. It's so great to see a club where Olympic hopefuls and World Cup champions are excited and willing to take time and fence with purely recreational athletes like myself. I never feel like I'm being judged or seen as less of a fencer just because I'm not a very competitive person, which I think is rare for a club with athletes of the caliber that CFA has. This is an innovative fencing club looking to disrupt and grow the sport of fencing. From tech advances like all wireless electronic fencing to mindfulness practices and in depth sports analysis, CFA is changing the game and it's awesome to be part of such a creative group of people."