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Coaches:

Andy Ma - Camp Director

Andy Ma has been the President and Head Coach at FASJ. A member of China's 1988 Olympic team, he previously coached fencing at the University of Pennsylvania and at Beijing University of Physical Education in China. While in Beijing he developed China's Junior National Saber Champion, who participated in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He has a Master's degree in Sport Psychology from Ohio State University.He produced seven U.S. World championship team members with one world champion and four U.S. National champions from FASJ. Mr. Ma was selected Development coach of the year in 2005. and 2008.and also is President of the USFA South Jersey Division.

 

Milos Vasic

Vasic serves as a coach for all three weapons, and the club manager at the Fencing Academy of South Jersey. He also worked with current head coach Andy Ma at the Fencing Academy, where he has been since 2007. In addition, Vasic has also served as a fencing coach at Morrestown Friends School.

Before coming over to the United States in 2007, Vasic served as the national sabre coach for the Serbian Fencing Federation. Prior to his national coaching experience he worked at a variety of club teams, most notably "Red Star", where he served as the sabre coach from 1997-2005.

Vasic graduated from the Sports Academy in Belgrade, Serbia in 2000.

Miodrag Zeljkovic

Zeljkovic comes to Philadelphia from Maplewood N.J., where he served as a coach at the New Jersey Fencing Alliance for the past two years. At the NJFA he developed the youth foil and epee programs, as well as the cadet and junior epee programs. While at NJFA he also developed the first wheelchair fencing program on the east coast and has had students win gold medals at the 2010 North America Cups in Dallas and Milwaukee.

A native of Serbia, Zeljkovic served as one of the premier fencing coaches in the country from 1997-2005. During that time he served as the national coached for the cadet, junior and senior national teams, as well as the President of the National Coaching Committee.

In 2005, he moved to Kuwait and served as the head coach for the Kuwait women's national team for two years before moving to the United States.

In 2000 Zeljkovic completed a Fencing Masters degree from the University for Sport and Physical Education of Novi Sad in Serbia.  He also received a scholarship from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for International fencing specialization at Semmelweis University.

Randall LeMaster

LeMaster has served as owner and manager of Salle de Napoli, a fencing training facility in Naples, since 2006. Over the past four year his pupils have been regular fixtures among the top 16 at the North American Cup while several have received national rankings. LeMaster holds a director's rating in epee, foil and saber and was nominated as the 2006 USFA Development Coach of the Year. He honed his skills as a fencer under the tutelage of Michael Morgan, who has over 50 years of fencing experience and was a long-time student of Maitres Lajos Csiszar and Bella De Tuscan.

LeMaster previously spent time at Penn during the summers of 2005, 2005 and 2010, when he worked as a dorm advisor and coach for the Penn Fencing Camp. Working the camp, he assisted coaching in training and conditioning for all three weapons. In 2010, he taught Epee with group and individual instruction for over 20 students.

LeMaster began his coaching career at the Ft. Myers Fencing Club in 1999. Prior to coaching, LeMaster served in the Navy, and following his honorable discharge worked as a technician and manager with one of the nations leading installers of home and business automation.

 

Slava Danylov

•  Professional Fencing Coach and Master

•  1985 Champion of the World University Games, 1995 European Cup Champion in Team Event, World Cup Bronze Medalist 1996. Master of Sports of International Class in Fencing (Highest Classification in Sports in the former USSR ). Member of Soviet Union and Ukrainian National Teams.

•  Produced World Junior Championship-‘98 silver medalist; World Championship (Senior) –‘03 silver medalist, Ukrainian National Champion (cadet) 99, Gold medalist at Div IA Summer National Championship ‘03

•  Master's Degree in Sport Psychology

•  Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education

•  33 years fencing experience

Dr. Ron Miller

Ron has been Head Fencing Coach for the men's and women's teams at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for over 3 decades. Durting that time, he has also coached the U.S. Juniro World Team (1981), the Senior World Championship Team (1983), and the Junior Pan American Team (1987). From 1985-95, he served as the director of the USFA's National Coaches College and from 1983-91 he was the director of the USFA's National Junior Elite Summer Programs. He is two-time member of the NCAA's Fencing Committee and is a three-time NCAA Regional Committee Chair. Miller has been a USFA National Coaching Staff member. Ron is known for his passion fro bringing fencing to new audiences and participants.

 

 

Josh Webb

Josh Webb is finishing his 6th year as assistant coach to Ron Miller at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a four year starter and 3 year captain while fencing at UNC. Josh has been on staff for both the Brandeis Camp and the U Penn camp the last 4 years.

 

 

Alexey Cheremsky


1990 – 1993:          Member of the National Fencing Team of the U.S.S.R (epee)
1992  :                    National Epee Champion of Ukraine (epee)
2002 – 2003:          Israeli National Champion in fencing (epee)
2002 – 2003:          Finalist in several World Cups, 3 times World Cups Bronze medalist.

1995 - 1997:             Fencing coach for the club Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.
1997 - 2005:             Coach for f/c Hapoel Ashqelon and Hapoel Kfarsaba.
2000 - 2005:             Coach of Israeli National Team.
2005 – 2009:            Coach at the Fencing Academy of Westchester.
2009 - till present:    Coach of Empire United Fencing.
2011 – till present:    Junior and Cadet US National Coach. 

 

Slava Zingermann

 

Member of the Israeli National Fencing Team (epee)                             2000 – 2006
Medalist in numerous junior world cups, World Ranking 3rd                  2002 – 2004
3 Times NCAA Champion                                                                        2007 - 2009
Bronze medalist in the Senior World Cup in Tallinn                               2009

 

Fencing coach for the f/c Hapoel Ashkelon                              2003 - 2006
Wayne State University Assistant Coach                                2010 - 2011
Coach at the Empire United Fencing                                       2011 - till present

 

 

Witold Rutkowski

1)Education:
a) Master of sociology (social worker)- Cracow Jagiellonian University
b) International Advanced Educational Course for Fencing Coaches conducted over Ph. D Zbigniew Czajkowski
2)Time of professional experiences in Coaching: 16 years
a) 10 years in Cracov Fencing Club
b) 3 years courses for students in Cracow
c) 2 years work in The USA-"Bayou Fencing Academy"- Houston, Texas
3) Scores:
Fencer
a) Master of Poland Juniors in Epee 1989
b) 15 position on the ranking of polish epee seniors 1992
c) Final positions in Local Texas competitions in Epee-2004
d) Final positions in Local NJ competitions in Epee-2005, 2006
4) Science articles: Articles in polish"Sport wyczynowy"
"Professional role of coach"
"Social motives of choosing the work of a fencing master"
"Authority of a coach of sport"
"Reasons of conflict between student and coach" .

 

 

 

 

Kevin Cho

 

Fenced Nationally 1996-Present
7-time National Medalist
Bronze Medalist Club National Championships 2008
Division 1 Rutgers Men's Fencing Varsity Member
Rutgers Team/Squad Captain 2009
2-time NCAA regional qualifier

 

 

Alex Ivanov

1970. Master of Sport of the USSR for fencing
2005. Merited Coach of Ukraine for fencing
1991. - 2005. Coach of the National Saber Team of Ukraine
1993. - 2005. Head Saber Coach of the Specialized Fencing School of the Olympic Reserve of Ukraine

1976. - 2005. Head Coach of the Saber Team of the Kharkov Region
1991. - 1993. Head coach of the Karasin's Kharkov University Fencing Team
2006. - 2010. Coach at BCFA, Houston, TX.
2000. - 2009. International Fencing Referee (FIE)
Master's Degree in Physical Education (BA in Phisical Education of G.S. Srovoroda Kharkov Pedagogical Institute) Advance Courses in Fencing Coaching, the Lenin Moscow Central Institute of Physical Education

 
 
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