In Scotland many new competitions have arisen to get these new fencers into fencing at higher levels, such as the Leon Paul Youth Development series where fencers fit in as much fencing as possible against as many of those in their age and weapon group to gain experience.
In the second half of the 20th century, fencing gradually faded from physical education curricula in the United States.
Fencers dispute the characterization of fencing foils as weapons since they fail to meet the applicable criteria - a tool of injury or destruction - since foils are engineered specifically to contact the human body without injury.
The United States Fencing Association has encouraged this through the Regional Youth Circuit program.
Current information about GLHSFC membership, rules and competition schedules can be found on the New Trier HS Fencing Team page.