2010 International Advanced Foil Camp

Dates: August 9, 2010 - August 15, 2010

Objective:
This camp's objective is to provide a superior fencing environment with an emphasis on competitive bouting (both team and individual) and technical and tactical skills. Athletes will be grouped by skill levels, and will receive both group and individual instruction.

There will be two camp sessions each day with optional evening bouting. In addition, camp will include a day-trip to an Oregon tourist site, two scheduled evening activities (such as paintball, laser tag or a swing dance night) and the River Run Foil tournament on August 15th. There will also be an optional whitewater rafting trip on the White Salmon River on August 8th.

Coaches:

• Michael Marx earned his Master of Arms degree in Poland in 1992. Michael is a five-time U.S. Olympian and the only male fencer in the last 50 years to make the U.S. Olympic team in two weapons: foil and epee. He is a five-time USOC Athlete of the Year and earned a record eight U.S. national championships in foil. He has coached the 1997-2003 Cadet, Junior and Senior World Championship teams and has had students on four of the previous Olympic teams. He has been inducted into both the USFA and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

• Buckie Leach is a fencing master. He has served as both national and Olympic coach; his students have won World Cups and World Championships. Buckie has been one of the elite foil coaches for the past thirty years.

• Thomas Theuerkauff is a fencing master. Thomas earned his Master of Arms degree in Germany in 1982. He is a four-time German Champion and winner of the Champions League (Coupe d'Europe des Clubs) in 1989. Thomas made several World-Cup Finals and was ranked for over 10 years in the World Top-Twenty. Since 2000, he is coaching the Medoc Fencing Club in France.

• Simon Abram was a fencing master in Aix en Provence, France. He earned his Master of Arms degree in Paris when he was 21. He is a two-time French National Team Championship bronze medalist and the captain of the 2009 Men's Foil U.S. National Championship winning team. He was a member of the French Junior National Team from 2002 to 2005.

• Darius Wei is a former coach at the University of Rochester and has been a coach at NWFC for the past two years. He is a level 2 certified fencing coach from the USFA Coaches' College.

Special Guests:

• Erwan Lepechoux is a 2-time French national champion, a champion of Europe and currently ranked seventh in the world in men's foil. He was a member of the French national team that won the 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Championships.

Register: To register, please download the registration form here.

Athletes currently registered (as of June 20th):

If you have any questions, please call us at 503-277-SABER (503-277-2237)!