Classical Academy of Arms

No fencing trainer exists born fully formed in their own excellence.  We all have had one or more coaches who were important to our development - who taught us the technique and tactics of the sport, who formed us as fencers, taught us how to teach, and who taught us how to be loyal, ethical, and influential preservers of the knowledge of fencing, and who inspired us.  For some of these individuals, our contact was fleeting, a clinic or even a conversation; for others we were their students for sometime.  Without these coaches, well known or obscure, we could not have become who we are today.  Although this page originated as a project for Global Coaches Day 2021 sponsored by the International Council for Coaching Excellence, the Academy will maintain it as a permanent and growing recognition of our collective heritage.

THANK YOU:

Coach Tatyana (Tanya) ADAMOVICH (Long Island, New York) 

Maitre d'Armes Vinnie BRADFORD (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Fechtmeister Mike BUNKE (Academie der Fechtkunst Deutschlands)

Maitre d'Armes Peter BURCHARD (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Coach Wes CAUDILL (Greensboro Fencing Academy)

Provost Ron CULLUM (British Academy of Fencing)

Fechtmeisterin Regina FAUST (Academie der Fechtkunst Deutschlands)

Coach John FULCHER (Delta H Fencers Club)

Maitre d'Armes Maxwell GARRET (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maitre d'Epee Paul GERACI (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maitre d'Armes Gene GETTLER (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maitre d'Armes Walter GREEN (Academie d'Armes Internationale)

Maitre d'Armes Rob HANDLEMAN (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maestro di Scherma Stuart KAUFMAN (Accademia Nazionale di Scherma)

Coach Neil LAZAR (Salle Santelli)

Coach Jacob LETE (Greensboro Fencing Academy)

Coach Lalzo LUPOVIKS (State University of New York Stony Book)

Coach Linda MARSH (Delta H Fencers Club)

Maitre d'Armes Arnold MERCADO (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maitre d'Armes David MICAHNIK (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

C Trainer (Coach C) Christian OLBRICH (Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband e. V)

Fechtlehrer Siegfried RACZKA (Akademie der Fechtkunst Deutschlands)

Maitre d'Armes ED RICHARDS (United States Fencing Coaches Assoication)

Dr. Sally ROBINSON (University of North Carolina Greensboro)

Maestro Giorgio SANTELLI (Salle Santelli)

Maitre d'Armes Laurie SCHILLER (United States Fencing Coaches Association)

Maitre d'Armes Raoul SUDRE (United States Fencing Coaches Association)