We are excited to announce Sebastien Dos Santos is joining New York Fencing Academy online fencing training for all who are interested.
Sebastien is from St. Genes De Lombaud, France, was coach for U.S. Men’s Epee Team at the 2012 Olympic Games working with Andrey Geva and the U.S. Women’s Epee Team in 2016. Sebastien Dos Santos now is involved with both US men’s and US women’s epee programs during this quad as the Director of Epee program. In his new role, Dos Santos will develop and implement strategic plan to improve the level of epee in the United States.
Sebastien will be leading the online class on Sunday at 1pm and sharing his incredible experience on how to analyze fencing bouts, watch your opponents, what to pay attention to when observing the fencing bouts/opponents.
Join us for this exciting online training opportunity on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 1pm-2pm!
Sign-up for a Zoom account in the students’ name (not the parents)
REGISTER using the links above at least 30 minutes before each class.
Use the “Click Here To Join” link in the confirmation email to join the class 15 minutes before start time.
The fee is $25 per 1-hour class.
If you prepaid this session’s package, there’s no need to pay again. We will automatically deduct the fee from your balance.
If you need to pay, call Marina (646-644-3032) after you register and at least 30 minutes before class starts to pay by phone.
ONLINE PRIVATE LESSONS
Your coach will give you personal and undivided attention which helps not only to control execution of the exercises, but also allows tailoring of the tasks to each student’s individual needs.
To schedule, call Marina (646-644-3032)
The fee is $50 per 30-minute private lesson.
We are lengthening private lessons during the current situation so students can have extra time to communicate with their coaches, and can allow for any internet issues that might occur.
So many medals and events that it’s hard to track! Here are some of the weekend results! Good job everyone!
Cadet RJCC – Mia Smotritsky top 8!
Y14 RYC – Mia Smotritsky top 8!
Y12 RYC Landon Shchur – silver medal 🥈 Nick Iarikov – bronze medal 🥉 David Dodin – top 8!
Y10 RYC – Liora Profis – silver medal 🥈 #fencenyfa#teamnyfa#gonyfa#ryc#rjcc
Congratulations to Liza Zigalo with bronze medal in Y14 Jersey Clash!
And Mitchell Pozovskiy with top 8 finish! #teamnyfa #fencenyfa #ryc #jerseyclash #medalist
Congratulations to our fencers at JO’s: Isabella Chin – top 16 in Cadets Ethan Kushnerik – top 16 in Juniors Rachel Kowalsky – top 32 in Juniors
#teamnyfa #gonyfa #fencenyfa #juniorolympics
First day of JO’s and we can’t be more proud! There were 333 fencers competing in cadets men’s epee! Ethan Kushnerik – National Champion! Mitchel Bekker – top 16!
Great job guys – very happy for you and looking forward juniors event!
#fencenyfa #teamnyfa #juniorolympics2020 #juniorolympicschampion
And another weekend full of events and medals for our club!
Cobra SYC:
Y8- Grayson Shchur 5th place!
Y10- Evan Vysotskiy silver medal 🥈
Y14 – Anna Temiryaev bronze medal 🥉
Isabell Chin – 5th place!
Jason Wu – 5th place!
Cadets – Isabella Chin gold medal 🥇
Rachel Kowalsky – bronze medal 🥉
By Christina Claus
April 26, 2018
Port Washington News
The red ribbon is cut at the newly opened New York Fencing Academy.
The Port Washington Chamber of Commerce welcomed New York Fencing Academy, the number one ranked fencing club in youth épée by National Fencing Club Rankings, to the town with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The fencing club’s second location on Haven Avenue, with its first in Brooklyn, was opened to offer its successful training programs for ages six and up to the Long Island fencing community.
“I’ve been looking for this space for a long time and we have a good amount of students coming from Long Island on a weekly basis,” said owner Michael Mokretsov. “It’s hard for them to go during the week days, so training only on the weekends you cannot achieve too much. Even though they were getting good results, we wanted to help them boost it a little and provide the service closer so they can train more on a weekly basis and not just on the weekends coming to Brooklyn.”
Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Marina Temiryaev, Owner and Head Coach Michael Mokretsov, Nassau County Legislator Delia Deriggi-Whitton, Fred Pollock representing Tony Durso, and President of the Chamber Mitch Schwartz
New York Fencing Academy offers introductory packages, private lessons, group classes, after-school programs, membership benefits, parties, day camps, and summer épée camps. Mokretsov explained many high schools around the area including Great Neck North and South, Manhasset and Jericho offer fencing for students, and he hopes students will be able to use the new facility for training as well.
“There is no fencing club here in Port Washington,” said Mokretsov. “We’re opening a club that never existed here. Second, we will try to work with all the high schools around so that off-season they can train. We’ll also be conducting competitions and summer camps. It’s actually the biggest épée camp in the country. It’s a great program we’re running and we hope it will be a good boost for the kids.”
Many may think that because fencing utilizes weapons, or épées, it could be harmful; however, Mokretsov explained that it is one of the safest sports because the equipment is made so that students cannot obtain weapon-related injuries. Another safe factor of fencing is that it is not a contact sport.
While fencing offers physical benefits like improving strength, coordination and agility, Mokretsov also explained that there are many mental benefits to fencing.
“It’s a strategic sport,” said Mokretsov. “It’s like a physical chess because there are so many combinations and you have to figure it out, predict their moves and figure out your strategy two, three or four moves ahead of them. It’s also working under pressure. It teaches you discipline, the same as any other sport, teaches you how to achieve goals under pressure, which is a very valuable skill when you get older. This teaches you a lot and it’s a great way of getting into a college program as well.”
New York Fencing Academy is located at 8 Haven Ave., Suite LL3, Port Washington and is open Monday through Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. by appointment. For more information about New York Fencing Academy, visit www.fencenyfa.com.
Sebastien is from St. Genes De Lombaud, France, was coach for U.S. Men’s Epee Team at the 2012 Olympic Games working with Andrey Geva and the U.S. Women’s Epee Team in 2016. Sebastien Dos Santos now is involved with both US men’s and US women’s epee programs during this quad as the Director of Epee program. In his new role, Dos Santos will develop and implement strategic plan to improve the level of epee in the United States.
