NW Fencing Center Adv. Epee Camp : Aug 3-9

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NORTHWEST FENCING CENTER
2009 Advanced Epee Camp
August 3rd – August 9th

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, lasertag or a swing dance night) and the River Run Foil tournament on August 1st. There will also be an optional whitewater rafting trip on the White Salmon River on August 2nd.

Coaching Staff:

Michael Marx earned his Master of Arms degree in Poland in 1992. Michael is a five-time 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 Junior, Cadet 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 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

Sebastien Dos Santos A Member of the French national Modern Pentathlon team, four-time national champion and international gold medalist. He was also head coach for the 2004 French Women’s Modern Pentathlon Olympic team and the 2008 Brazilian Pentathlon Olympic team.

Carlos Bruno has been coaching here at NWFC for the past three years. Has been fencing for the past 14 and is nationally ranked in epee.

Cost:

The camp fee is $680, which includes camp, home stay (for campers under age 21), meals and NWFC-scheduled evening activities. If housing is not needed, the cost is $580. A nonrefundable $50 deposit is required to register; the balance of the camp fee is due upon arrival. The white water raft trip is optional and an additional $85.00.

Housing:

A limited amount of housing is available with NWFC families. Housing is provided on a first-come basis, based on date of receipt of registration form and deposit. No housing requests will be accepted after July 10th. Home stay campers will be met at the airport or train station. Please schedule your arrival no later than 7:00pm.

Registration forms can be downloaded from nwfencing.org