Ann Arbor Dueling Society

09/11/2026

Tournaments only run if they have enough referees. Anyone got a weekend to help UofM out?

📢 REFEREES NEEDED! 📢

The University of Michigan Fencing Club is looking for qualified referees for our upcoming home tournament!

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, October 3rd
Time: Approximately 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: University of Michigan Intramural Sports Coliseum – 606 E Hoover Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

We are looking for a total of 18 referees (6 for each weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre) to run 6 strips simultaneously. All weapons are needed!

Pay Scale (Full Day):
P Rating: $115
L1/L2: $150
R1/R2: $175
N1/N2: $215

Perks:
Lunch will be provided.

Interested?
Please reach out to Ceili Widmann at [email protected] to sign up or ask any questions.

Please share this post with anyone who might be interested!

09/03/2026

What does the Duelist Open mean in Michigian?

08/31/2026

Thanks to Renaissance Fencing Club for posting this picture of our Y14 Foil champions.
First Place went to Daniel Jiao, Second place was Rowan Wenger, Jason Xu and Lynas Payne tied for third.

See full results here: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/12262cdf-0765-4706-b986-fd6c75616b73/results

08/31/2026

We found the podium pic of our Foil Finalists!
Please join us in congratulating Tommy Ashida, Marcus Zheng, Alex Lu and Willem Joseph!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/12262cdf-0765-4706-b986-fd6c75616b73/results

08/31/2026

Sorry, we got too busy to post podium photos last weekend. But here are the full results of the Duelist Open 25: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/12262cdf-0765-4706-b986-fd6c75616b73/results

Thank you to all our competitors, officials, armorers and volunteers. We had an amazing event thanks to all of you!

08/29/2026

Trophies, you ask?

Well, these four Sabre fencers took home the first ones at The Duelist Open 25!

Congratulations to Hunter Battisfore, Ari Ramani, Brandon Clark and Lukas Parkila!

08/17/2026

We are two weeks away from the Duelist Open 25. Are you coming? If so, please pre-register on the AskFred page: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/12262cdf-0765-4706-b986-fd6c75616b73/preregistrations

We are just 10 epee fencers away from an A3/A4 event. Long a dream for us at the AADS, we hope to get everyone down to Belleville on August 29 and 30.

08/15/2026

The Duelist Open 25 is looking good! We have a decent turnout planned for all 5 weapons!

Five? Yes! We have a Vet-40 Epee and a Y14 Foil this year!

August 29 and 30. Full Details here:

August 29 - 30 · Belleville, MI · 5 events