Sabre / Foil / Epee

With over 30 years of fencing experience, she has the distinction of being a national-level fencer, coach, referee, and bout committee member. After retiring from World Cup competition, Coach Lisa earned top officiating classifications in all three weapons. She is an international referee, supervises and mentors young referees in all three weapons. Coach Lisa is a certified Maitre d’Armes from the USFCA. In addition to coaching at the club, Coach Lisa will apply her Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology, from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, to assisting fencers in understanding healthy nutrition and hydration in both training and competition, proper training methods, and safe cross-training. She is the Co-Head Coach at Morris Hills High School. The program has achieved successes such as NJ State Team Championship semi-finalists, NJAC Conference Champions, Morris County Girls Team Champions, Morris County Girls Individuals Champions in all 3 disciplines, Morris County Girls Sabre and Epee Squad Champions, Morris County Boys Foil Individual Champion, District Boys and Girls overall Team Champions, District Individual Girls Sabre Champion, and District Girls Sabre and Epee Squad Champions. Coach Lisa is the co-founder of Forte Fencing Foundation.

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Epee / Foil / Sabre

Coach Jaime’s career started in 2008, a year after moving from Mexico, under Barb Lynch at Morris Hills. Coach Jaime is a certified Moniteur d’Epée from the USFCA. He is constantly learning more from a variety of international coaches in order to become a better athlete and coach. After graduating from Morris Hills, Coach Jaime continued his fencing career training under different coaches, including: Slava Danylov, Lisa Campi-Sapery, and Maestro Marcos Lucchetti. Coach Jaime is a competitive athlete, and is currently training for a spot on the National Team. As the Randolph HS Epee coach, Jaime has helped his students achieve exceptional results, including County Championships and a top 10 in NJ State Championship. Jaime currently coaches the Passaic County Technical Institute fencing team. Coach Jaime received his B.A. in Applied Linguistics with a minor in Asian Studies from Montclair State University. He not only brings his language expertise to Forte Fencing, but an assortment of fencing knowledge.

Epee / Foil

Coach Malecki is the founding coach of Morris Catholic's Fencing team. Coach Malecki is a certified Moniteur d’Epée from the USFCA. Before coaching at Morris Catholic, Coach Malecki was a fencer with West Virginia University's fencing club, started the Seton Hill University Fencing Program, and was a safety marshal for a historical fencing society and achieved an Award of Arms in that group. He is a standing member of USA Fencing and the US Fencing Coaches Association and is a certified USA Fencing Referee.

Epee / Foil

Coach Guttman fenced epee for Randolph High School’s varsity team for three years under Coach Jaime Ayala. Over the course of his career, he was among the top 25 men’s epee fencers in New Jersey in 2017 and was the number 1 fencer on the First Team All-Conference in 2018 with a conference record of 19-1. Although Sam halted his fencing career to continue playing soccer at the collegiate level, he continues volunteering his time to mentor younger fencers at the Randolph Recreational Fencing camp in the summers, as well as the Randolph Varsity Fencing Team over winter break while he pursues a degree in history and secondary education. Coach Sam’s extensive soccer career has afforded him a unique view on movement, endurance, and fitness which contributed to his fencing successes and also influences his coaching philosophy.

Epee / Foil

Coach Howard started the varsity fencing program during her high school years at Passaic Valley High School. The PV program has since grown to celebrate over 20 years in the sport. She has served as volunteer, assistant, and head coach for Passaic Valley for a number of years. Coach Howard has experience working with students on the spectrum, she loves how fencing brings everyone together to learn and grow. Aside from coaching, she is an accomplished armourer who has been repairing and maintaining fencing equipment since 2004. She has worked many tournaments both in the high school and collegiate level. Coach Howard also works as an armourer at Forte Fencing - assisting our athletes with their equipment and preparations for competitions. Her background in working with children with different learning styles, dedication to the sport, and depth of understanding greatly influence her coaching approach. She looks forward to bringing confidence and engagement to her students.