Pictured: Two-time Olympian Seth Kelsey (l) receives a lesson from Sebastien Dos Santos.

 

Our Fencing Masters

Sebastien Dos Santos

• Sebastien Dos Santos
Sebastien is the current U.S. National Coach for Men's Epee. He was a member of the French National Modern Pentathlon team, and is a four-time national champion and international gold medalist. Sebastien was the head coach for the 2004 French Women's Modern Pentathlon Olympic team and the 2008 Brazilian Modern Pentathlon team.

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Simon Abram

• Simon Abram
Simon 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.

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Christophe Duclos

• Christophe Duclos
Christophe is a Level 2 fencing master and for the past 6 years has held the position of Head Coach of the Qatar Men's Foil Team.

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Our Coaches

 

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• Mika Maruyama
Mika has competed both in foil and epee, nationally and internationally for 20 years. She has trained in Japan and in Germany before joining us at NWFC, and has competed in World Cups representing the Japanese National Team. Mika has a Ph.D. in psychology and currently works as a psychology professor. She assists students in the Youth, Youth Competitive and Pre-Competitive programs.

Mika Maruyama

Seth Baldwin

• Seth Baldwin
Seth is a former nationally ranked Men's Epee fencer and a bronze medalist in Division 1 at Summer Nationals. Seth has coached fencing for several years. He teaches in the Pre-Competitive and Competitive programs.

Josh Fowler

• Josh Fowler
Josh has been fencing epee for several years. He assists in the Youth and Youth Competitive classes.

Our Office Staff

Joan Bell

Joan Bell
Joan manages the front desk. She is happy to answer any and all questions related to NWFC