Meet Our team
Stewart Watson
Senior Coach
Coach Stewart started his coach career with his Hungarian Fencing Master in 2004. Since then, he has coached in Denmark, the Philippines as well as being the High-Performance manager for the Singapore Fencing Federation.
As a 3 Weapon Coach his students have represented:
- Junior, Cadet and Senior world championships at Foil and Sabre
- Junior, Cadet and Senior Nordic Championships
- Cadet and Veteran World Championships for Sabre
Highlights being when his student claimed Silver at the World 50+ championships and then the next day leading GB to win the world championships for Veterans Women’s Team Sabre the next day!
kevin mar
Owner/CEO/Senior Coach
Coach Kevin has worked extensively in fencing over the last 20 years as a competitor, coach, and referee.
He is an international referee from the world governing organization, Federation Internationale Escrime (FIE ), and International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS).
He is has his international coaches certification (USFCA and AAI Prevost Epee) and is working towards his Maître in epee.
george peebles
Academy Manager/Senior Coach
Coach George started his fencing career with Metro Tacoma Fencing in 2004. He started in foil and Epee but found his passion in Saber! Coach George is a trained fencer, Candidate for Prevot and is a Referee in all 3 Weapons
He has since focused his time on his coaching and helping students gain a passion for fencing, he has aided in the coaching and instruction of numerous students who have won national medals and have gone off to fence in college.
Coach George has now set his sights on returning to the world of competition in the 2024-25 season.
Kim Richards
Coach
Coach Kim is a Beginning Epee Coach. She started fencing 3 years ago when her kids started fencing at Kaizen. From the first moment she fenced she fell in love with the sport and very quickly started fencing all of the time.
After a year of classes and going to tournaments, Kim decided to train to be a coach. Coaching combined her love of fencing, community building, and helping kids learn how to try new sporting activities.
In her first year of training to be a coach she was chosen to be a part of the USA Fencing mentor program for women coaches. This program paired new coaches with experienced coaches to help encourage women to continue on their path to becoming coaches. Kim has achieved her Assistant Moniteur, and is working towards Moniteur by this summer.
Sam Moreno
Coach
Coach Samuel Moreno began his fencing career when he was 8 years old and eventually became part of the Chilean national team for almost his
entire sports career, covering the cadet, youth and senior categories, until he was 30 years old.
Simultaneously while beccoming a high level referee he worked as a coach in several national fencing clubs in Chile, where he had exponential growth as a coach, which led him to become one of the most prominent coaches in Chile.
In 2016, he assumed the position of National Foil Coach for the youth and adult teams in Chile, achieving significant international successes with his athletes, including an individual silver medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. In early 2020, he got an important position in the
Chilean Modern Pentathlon Federation as epee coach of the national team. Over time, he rose to the position of Head Coach of the Chilean Modern Pentathlon team, serving in this role until 2024
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