Escrime La Résistance Fencing

11/12/2026

When you already knew your coach was a legend… but apparently you've only scratched the surface! 🤺📚

Congratulations to Marc-André LeBlanc and Andrew MacLean! 👏
Backyard History

📕 Je suis allé à Moncton pour livrer ‘Histoires de chez nous’ à mon éditeur littéraire, Marc-André LeBlanc — et je l’ai attrapé à « La Résistance », le club d’escrime qu’il dirige. … Oui, l’escrime ! C’est justement là qu’on s’est connus, tous les deux, quand on était jeunes ! 🤺

Marc-André, c’est bien plus qu’un traducteur. Il a pris mes histoires vraies du Nouveau-Brunswick — celles qui mêlent notre tradition de conteurs à une recherche d’archives méticuleuse — et il leur a donné une vraie voix de chez nous !

Il est même retourné aux sources originales pour s’assurer que chaque citation sonne juste. Ce livre est infiniment meilleur grâce à lui, et honnêtement, il n’existerait pas en français sans lui.

Alors un immense merci, Marc-André. Ce livre est autant le tien que le mien.

📕 ‘Histoires de chez nous’ est disponible à backyardhistory.ca/books/histoires-de-chez-nous/

11/12/2026

🤺 PD DAY FENCING CAMP NEXT WEEK – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20! ⚔️

Looking for something fun and active for your child's upcoming PD Day? Join us at Escrime La Résistance for a full day of fencing, games, and fun!

Whether your child is trying fencing for the first time or has joined us before, everyone is welcome! No previous fencing experience necessary!

📅 Friday, November 20, 2026
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Drop-off: 8:30–9:00 AM | Pick-up: 4:00–4:30 PM
📍 123 Halifax St., Moncton
👧🧒 Ages 7–13 | All skill levels
💰 $45 per child | $35 for club members and their friends

What's in store?
🤺 Fencing lessons and fun challenges
🎯 Games and team-building activities
🎲 Board games and new friendships
🗣️ Bilingual (English & French)

✅ All fencing equipment provided for non-members!

What to bring: Comfortable athletic clothing (long pants), indoor running shoes, water bottle, lunch, and snacks.

🥜🚫 Strictly nut- and peanut-free due to severe allergies.

📝 Register here:
https://forms.gle/My7LSJBcYQGBLiys7

⏳ Spaces are limited! The camp will take place provided we reach the minimum enrollment by Wednesday, November 18.

📧 Questions? [email protected]

We can't wait to welcome our returning campers and meet some new young fencers! 🤺

Fencing is more fun with friends! Know a family who might be interested? Tag them in the comments or share this post to help us spread the word!

11/10/2026

We had such a great time sharing our love of Olympic fencing with the students of École Le Marais ! 🤺 Thank you for welcoming us — we hope we inspired a few future fencers! 😊

10/30/2026

🎃👻 Halloween fun at the Treat Accessibly Halloween Village! ⚔️

What a fantastic time we had!

A huge thank you to the organizers REMAX Avante Moncton NB, Place Resurgo Place, Amanda Mary, volunteers, and everyone who helped make this wonderful event possible! ❤️ We loved being part of such a special celebration that makes Halloween fun and accessible for everyone.

It was a pleasure handing out treats and meeting all the little ghosts, superheroes, dinosaurs, and other spooky (and not-so-spooky!) visitors! 🍬🦖 We were also delighted to see so many familiar faces from our own fencing club — our athletes and their families!

And, well… we couldn't resist a little mischief of our own! 😈 Armed with our trusty plastic épées, we may have playfully poked a few unsuspecting trick-or-treaters who definitely weren't expecting that kind of trouble from the grown-ups! 🤺😂

The best part? Some were more than happy to poke us right back!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and made the experience so much fun!

Happy Halloween from all of us at Escrime La Résistance! 🎃🧡🤺

10/28/2026

🤺 PD Day is this Monday! Still figuring out what the kids will be doing?

We've got a fun, active day planned at Escrime La Résistance! ⚔️

Join us for a day of fencing, games, team-building activities, and plenty of fun with new friends!

👧🧒 Ages 7–13 | All skill levels welcome!

📅 Monday, November 2

⏰ Registration closes Friday, October 30, at NOON!

🕘 9:00 AM–4:00 PM (drop-off from 8:30 AM, pick-up until 4:30 PM)

💰 $35 for club members and their friends | $45 for non-members

📍 123 Halifax St., Moncton

👉 Register here:
https://forms.gle/My7LSJBcYQGBLiys7

Camp will take place provided there is sufficient enrollment.

Can't make it this Monday? Our next PD Day Camp is scheduled for Friday, November 20! 🤺

10/20/2026

Resilience isn’t about never getting hit.

It’s about what you do after.

In fencing, you will lose points, misjudge distance, miss opportunities, and face opponents who seem impossible to beat.

But every touch against you is a chance to learn. Every defeat is a lesson. Every time you step back onto the piste…you’re choosing courage over doubt.

The strongest fencer isn’t the one who never falls behind. It’s the one who refuses to stop fighting.

Reset. Refocus. En garde.

10/20/2026

On l'entend souvent, mais ça vaut la peine de le répéter :
Ton classement après les poules ne détermine pas ton résultat final. Tant que tu passes les poules, ce sont les 15 touches qui comptent.

Said often by coaches, but bears repeating :
Your DE seeding does not determine your final results. Make the cut, then make the 15s matter.

The first thing you see after the pools end is that almost every parent and fencer at the venue is staring at their phone, constantly refreshing FencingTimeLive. Before the screen even refreshes, almost everybody has already calculated the win/loss ratio and the indicator. Then comes the moment of e...

10/20/2026

Les Épées de l'Est sont maintenant derrière nous, et nous tenons à remercier tous ceux qui ont aidé et tout ceux qui ont participé!

Notre club rapporte quelques médailles à la salle, vous trouverez la pleine liste ci-dessous.

Un gros merci aux clubs Pirates de l'Est et Club d'escrime STH de Québec, et Barb Daniel pour leur aide, ainsi qu'à tout les bénévoles, en particulier Irina Fyfe et Michèle LeBlanc, pour faire de notre événement un des grands attraits de l'escrime au NB.

Au plaisir de se voir à Rimouski!

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With Épées de l'Est now behind us, we liked to start by thanking everyone who came out to help and participate!

Our club is bringing home a few medals, you'll find the full list below.

A huge thank you to Pirates de l'Est, Club d'escrime STH de Québec, and Barb Daniel for their help, as well as all our volunteers, particularly Irina Fyfe and Michèle LeBlanc, for helping make this event a keystone of fencing in NB.

Hope to see you in Rimouski!

Open Féminin
🥉 Élodie Castonguay

U15
🥇 Olivier Larocque

U15 Féminin
🥇 Illo Wang
🥉 Maya Cormier-Frenette

U13
🥇 Yakym Rodichev
🥉 Desmond Fyfe

U13 Féminin
🥈Jasmine Boudreau

U11
🥇 Skander Dries

10/19/2026

Trick-Or-Treating for everyBODY! 🎃

This Saturday, Escrime La Résistance Fencing will be joining REMAX Avante Moncton NB, Treat Accessibly, Place Resurgo Place and other local businesses and community partners for a special Halloween Village at Resurgo.

Families can trick-or-treat through decorated community tables, enjoy Halloween activities, explore the Transportation Discovery Centre, and take part in a free, bilingual, barrier-free event designed to make Halloween welcoming for children of all abilities.

📍 Resurgo Place, 20 Mountain Road, Moncton
📅 Saturday, October 24
🕠 5:30–7:00 PM

Come in costume — or not! — bring the family, and make sure to stop by the Escrime La Résistance table to say hello!🤺

See you at the Treat Accessibly Halloween Village
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