ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Position Wanted:

Front desk receptionist to Start: 09/01/10

Hours: Mon-Fri (3:30pm-8pm); Sat-Sun (8:30am-1pm) 
Send your resume to: info@manhattanfencing.com 

 

Requirements:

·         Perfect communication skills

·         Excellent interpersonal abilities

·         Computer knowledge

·         Customer service skills

·         Fencing experience is a plus

·         Responsible and organized 

Please keep in mind that all group classes require online registration. 

  • If you do not register online, you might not be admitted to class and will not find out about class changes or cancellations.
  • If you do not have access to a computer, we will register you either by phone or in the MFC office.
  • Please call us at 212-382-2255 or email info@manhattanfencing.com.

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Our Facility
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  • Centrally located in Midtown Manhattan on 39th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues; 
  • Close to Times Square, Grand Central Station, Penn Station, Path Trains, and Port Authority Bus Terminal; 
  • Located on the 2nd floor of a newly renovated, doorman building with secure lobby area and two elevators;
  • Specially designed fencing floors to safeguard knees and ankles; 
  • Air conditioned, equipped with 14 electric strips, targets, locker rooms and showers.
 
Programs are in sabre or foil for children, beginners, adults and elite fencers.


Our Coaches

Yury Gelman  |  Sergey Isayenko |  Misha Shimshovich  |  Andrew Lamianski  |  Arpad Horvath |  Nellya Sevostyanova 

Our coaches are all world-class instructors who have coached and/or fenced at Olympic and National levels. They are well-versed in the latest pedagogical techniques in the sport of fencing and most have a Masters in Physical Education. Classes and lessons are designed to accommodate students of different ages and skill levels.

Programs include: 
  • the Musketeer Club (ages 4-6);
  • youth classes (ages 7-13);
  • teen classes (ages 13-18);
  • adult group classes;
  • footwork and conditioning classes;
  • competition classes;
  • intermediate and elite classes;
  • summer and winter training camps;
  • international training camps;
  • and local tournaments.
We host exciting competitions, winter/summer camps, and invite members from the best national teams from all over the world. Under the supervision of our elite team of coaches, our club has helped place countless students into the best universities in the country--Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Georgetown, Penn State, St. John's, and Columbia University.

Yury Gelman - Sabre 
 



 
 

Misha Shimshovich - Sabre





Sergey Isayenko - Sabre






Andrew Lamianski - Sabre



Nellya Sevostyanova - Foil


 
Tomer Or - Foil


 
  









 Assistant Coach

Yana Vorobyeva was a professional fencer from 1985 to 1996. She is a 5 time Kazakhstan National Champion, USSR Junior Champion and USSR Youth Games Champion. She was a member of the Soviet Union National Team and Kazakhstan National Team. In addition, she participated in the World University Games (1991, 1993) and in Senior World Championships three times.
 
She started her coaching career as a fencing coach in Kazakhstan in 1999 and worked there until 2007. She prepared many National level Youth, Cadet and Junior Fencers including Cadet and Junior National Champions. Since 2008, she started work as a part time coach at Island Fencing Academy in addition to the MFC.
 Yana received her Master Degree in Physical Education teaching and Fencing Coach from Kazakh Institute of Physical Education and sports in 1991.