Earlier this week, USA Fencing released its new criteria for national championship qualification and the July challenge. The collective fencing community (myself included) scratched their heads and said: “quoi?”

In order to make this information more digestible, I created the following infographic. It’s still not the most intuitive. I hope this is of use to the fencing community, and I’ve also included a PDF which is more readable than the PNG file.

As a candidate for the USA Fencing At-Large Director position, I am committed to taking the complexities of fencing and not only making them simple, but to make them understandable for our athletes, parents, coaches, and referees.

PBQ Qualifying Paths (PDF)