Greg Kaidanov

Head Coach
Coach Greg Kaidanov's specialty is developing fencers to reach their highest abilities. With over 30 years of coaching experience and over 45 years of experience in the sport of fencing, he has developed National and International competitors, including finalists in Junior Olympics, National and International tournaments. Current club members include Junior Olympians, USA Fencing High School All-Americans, USA Fencing High School All-Academic Team, NAC medalists and USA Veteran National Team members.

Coach Greg Kaidanov worked alongside his father, Maestro Kaidanov, where he learned his rigorous coaching technique. Coach Greg's coaching positions include Head Coach at other premier fencing clubs in the US prior to founding Nova Fencing Club. Coach Greg's coaching achievements include US National Champions, including the 2019 Div 2 Men's Epee National Champion, Graham Allen, and 2020 Veteran World Team Foilist Nadia Dreyer.

Coach Greg teaches all 3 weapons: foil, saber and epee.

Athlete

Coached by Maestro Emik Kaidanov
Multiple National and International tournaments
Penn State University Varsity Fencing Team

Coach Emeritus

Maestro Emmanuil Kaidanov

Offers fencing, coaching and referee clinics at Nova Fencing Club facility.

0ver 60 years of coaching experience
US Fencing Hall of Fame
4 times NCAA Coach of the year
12 NCAA Championship Titles
NCAA all-time winningest coach
13 Olympians and World Champions

Maestro

Maestro Marco Secco

Èpèe Coach
Diploma as “Tecnico di 3° livello alle tre armi” Third level (advanced level) instructor in all three disciplines of Olympic fencing: the foil, the épée, and the sabre.
1 Gold Medal Mediterranean Championships Junior.
6th place Mediterranean Championships Y14.
1 Bronze Medal European Circuit U23.
2 Gold, 1 Bronze International challenge Y14.
2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze Italian Championships Y14.
2 Gold Italian Championships Team Y14.
3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze Italian National Gran-Prix Kinder Sport Y14.
1 Gold Italian Championships Team Open B1 Male.
1 Gold Italian Championships Team Open C1 Female.
1 Silver Italian Championships Team Open A2 Male.
2 Gold National Cup “Coppa Pompilio”.
1 Bronze Medal Italian Championship Open.
1 Bronze Italian Championship Under 23.

Maestro

Maestro Carlos Valencia

Saber Coach
Fencing Coach Degree, University of Physical Education Budapest, Hungary 2016.
Member of Colombia refereeing comity, 2019 – 2020.
Member of Colombia technical comity Junior, 2017- 2018.
National Coach Colombia Team Junior and Cadet Sabre 2017 to 2020.
Head Coach Saber at Department of Valle del cauca 2020 to 2022.
International FIE Sabre and Epee Referee
Former Member Columbian National Saber Team, 9 times to World Cups
8th place World Cup - Juniors
Gold medal Central America and Caribbean Championship teams - Senior
6 times in a row gold medalist, Colombia National Games - Senior

Maitre de l'Epee

Damien Lefeldt

Epee Coach
Director of Strategy/Data for USA Fencing (Epee)
USA Fencing At-Large Member, Board of Directors 2023-2025
USA Fencing Hall of Fame Committee
Fencing Spirit of Sport Recipient , Q2 2022
Coach - London 2012 Olympics (Modern Pentathlon)
Former A-Rated epeeist, an A-Rated foilist, and a C in Saber
World Maccabi Games -Silver medalist
Senior Team Epee - Gold 2012 North American Cup
4 year starter and co-captain at Brandeis University, and an intercollegiate fencing association (IFA) gold medalist.

Epee Coach

Amy Orlando

Epee Coach
Amy is an A-rated Epee fencer who started fencing at age 11.
Two-time Junior World Team member achieving 6th, 8th, and 10th place finishes in Junior World cups,
Member of the Senior World team,
Member of the World University team.
She attended Notre Dame on a fencing scholarship and was team captain for her junior and senior years.
4-year Monogram Winner,
3-time NCAA championship participant, an integral member of the NCAA championship team, and placed second in the individual NCAA championship tournament.

Armorer

Shane Malachow

5 + years experience as a National Level armorer for USA Fencing
12 years experience as an armorer

Assistant Fencing Coaches

Inti Farfan-Bayerl

Saber
Captain of Penn State NCAA Fencing Team
Junior World Cup Fencer

David Ando

Saber
20+ years experience working with youth fencer

Sofia McGoff Madero

Foil
Puerto Rico National Team Member
Penn State NCAA Fencing Team Member
Junior and Senior World Cup Fencer

Sam Schack

Eppe
Duke University NCAA Fencing Team
Nationally Ranked Epeeist
A rated fencer

Donna Cohen

Epee
James Madison University NCAA Fencing Team
Competitive Epeeist

Warren Converse

Eppe
James Madison University NCAA Fencing Team
Competitive Epeeist

Archery Coach

Dean Villanueva

Archery Coach

Level 4 NTS USA Archery Coach
Trained under Coach Ruth Rowe
20 Years of Archery Experience
National and International Competitor
Pentathlete Shooting Coach

Archery Coach

Paul Dainauskas

Archery Coach and Fencing Coach

USA Archery Coach - Level 3
Youth Fencing Coach
40+ years Archery Experience
30+ Years Competitive Fencer

Archery Coach

Susan Snider

Archery Instructor

TEAM USA member - Senior Women's Barebow
USA Archery Instructor - Level 2
Isaak Walton Volunteer JOAD Coach
June 2019: Qualify for Team USA 2019 to compete at 2019 World Archery 3D Championship
2020 Indoor Target Nationals 5th place
2020 World Archery MICA Champion (Multi-site Indoor Championships of the Americas)
2021 Outdoor Target Nationals:
- Senior Barebow Bronze
- Barebow mixed Team Silver
- Women's Barebow Team Gold
2022 Indoor Target Nationals 4th place
2022 US Open -Senior Barebow Bronze
2022 Outdoor Target Nationals 4th place