Coaching Team
Our coaching team is made up of two roles, mentors and coaches.
Coaches lead taught sessions, provide 1-to-1 coaching and in general can be approached for both feedback and questions on taught content. The typically have a particular set of weapons and/or treatise that they have a focus in.
Mentors also lead taught sessions and provide 1-to-1 coaching. In addition they have a commitment to the long-term development of club members as fencers and potentially coaches if that is a path someone wishes to follow. If you have questions about long-term goals or ambitions the mentors are a good place to start.
Any members that are interested in becoming coaches, either formally or just understanding the skillset (also great for practicing judging/adjudicating at competitions) please ask the coaching team.
Hugo Day Mentor
Hugo began running courses in 2018. Interests:
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Joachim Meyer's system (longsword, dusack, sidesword and companions, rondel and polearms)
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Lichtenauer and adjacent treatise (primarily longsword, messer and companion)
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Wrestling of various stripes
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Vulgar Iberian (sidesword and companions, montante)
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Destreza
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Smallsword
Joe Kennerley Mentor
Joe began running courses in 2019. Interests:
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Longsword
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Rapier and companion
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Sidesword and companion
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Rondel
Robin Dando Coach
Robin started as a coach in 2019, having joined the club as one of it's founding members in 2016. Interests:
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Anything you give him
Chris Aspinall Coach
Chris began running courses in 2021. Interests:
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Dusack
Dan Knight Coach
Dan began running courses in 2022. Interests:
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Longsword
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Sabre
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Broadsword
Kryzsztof (Chris) Maminski Coach
Chris began running courses in 2022. Interests:
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Longsword
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Sabre (particularly Polish sabre)
Jon-Paul Griffiths Coach
Jon began running courses in 2023. Interests:
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Sidesword (Meyer, Godinho)
