783 East Main Street, Suite G, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(732) 469-2244

Medeo Fencing Club Group & Privates Lessons
 in Epee, Foil and Sabre Bridgewater, NJ
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 WELCOME TO THE 2008 - 09 SEASON!

We are very proud of our new facility   It represents a significant investment of money and time by our coaches and others.  We ask that all fencers and parents treat this club as they would treat their own homes.

   

Main Room

Small Room

Medeo Fencing Club is the one of the most successful fencing clubs in the United States, tracing our roots back to 1998. For the past decade we have been teaching children and adults the safe and exciting sport of fencing. We offer classes for beginning  and experienced fencers age six through adult, as well as training for competitive fencers. Over the years we have produced National Champions, NCAA collegiate fencers, many HS State Champions, US National Team  members as well as generations of recreational fencers. We are dedicated to providing instruction and training to fencers of all ages and abilities.

World - Class coaches at Medeo are ready to work with everyone from beginners to elite fencers!

Did you know that the Medeo Fencing Club is the only fencing club in the United States with 4 coaches currently on their staff who have served as national coaches at some point during their fencing careers?

Yakov Danilenko – National Coach of Kazakhstan (Epee) 

Boris Koretski – National Coach of Belarus (Foil)  

Paul Kutelvas – National Coach of Uzbekistan(Epee)  and Taiwan, China  

 

Iosif Vitebskiy – National Coach of USSR (Epee)   and Ukraine (Epee)


  • Super Foil nights: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

  • Super Epee nights: Monday, Tuesday  & Thursday 
  • Super Sabre nights: Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Super Youth bouting nights (all weapons):  Tuesday & Friday 4 - 6 pm

 

 

Announcements

 

The Medeo Fencing Club is proud to announce the arrival of Israeli National Epee Coach Yaaqov Ferdman, guest of Medeo from August 8 - 18, 2009. Mr. Ferdman, who specializes in Epee, will be on hand to assist with lessons, training and coaching during this intensive new season preparation period. Medeo strongly recommends joining us during Session 8 of our Summer Camp as well as part of Session 9 when Mr. Ferdman will be on hand. (Single days are available.)

 

We are happy to announce

Sabre Coach Alisher Dzhakhangirov 

is back at Medeo!

 

 

41 Medeo Fencers and 6 Teams Qualified for the 2009 Summer National Championships, which will be held in Dallas, TX on July 3-12,2009 !

Congratulations to the following fencers:

  

Benzimra, Nathaniel
Burke, Danny
Carr, Dylan
DeLucia, Lauren
DeLucia, Nathaniel
Efthimion, Charles
Efthimion, Christina
Eng, Kevin
Feng, Ashley
Flynn, Dan
Frame, John
Gardner, Eric
Gaziano, William
Gurnowski, Eric
Gurnowski, Laura
Herczak, Andrew
Herczak, Daniel
Hsieh, Eric
Hudson, Jennifer
Kumar, Komal
Midgley, Janice
Mounet, Olivia
Northrop, Kate
O'Connor, Alyssa
Paragano, Vincent
Rafizadeh, Andre
Redick, Brian
Redick, Sam
Reilly, Colleen
Reitman, Jason
Robinson, Christie
Robinson, Scott
Rosamilia, Jillian
Schawall, Jenna
Sergison, Bill
Sluyter, Laura
Sui, Andrew
Wallace, Kaitlyn
Wasser, Benjamin
Whitaker, Katie
Wieder, Ben
Yang, Beverly 

 

 

Congratulations to the following fencers upon qualifying for the 2009 Junior Olympics:

Women's Epee- Diane Zielinski

Amanda Green

Christie Robinson

Christina Efthimion

Lauren DeLucia

Komal Kumar

Katie Whitaker

Kaitlyn Wallace

Megan Wallace

Melanie Atwater

Women's Foil- Kate Northrop

Women's Sabre- Beverly Yang

Jillian Rosamilia

Audrey Atencio

Men's Sabre- Max Wieder

Nathaniel Bemzimra

Chris Bonner

Dima Lamianski

Andrew Herczak

Charles Efthimion

Men's Foil- Scott Robinson

Men's Epee- Eric Gurnowski

Eric Hsieh

Dan Flynn

Andre Rafizadeh

John Frame

Austin Heath

Brian Redick

Beginners to Advanced Students --  children to seniors

European Fencing School

World-Class coaches

Great exercise for the mind and body

High quality individual and/or group lessons

Separate programs for children and adults

Bouting and scoring machines

Summer and winter camps with guest coaches

State-Of-The-Art fully air-conditioned  fencing studio with 13  strips, 12 of them grounded.

Please read :

To stay in compliance with United States Fencing Association regulations, we  are requiring all fencers who fence electric to  wear FULL uniform. You are required to  wear knickers, jacket and a plastron.  
If you  are not wearing the listed equipment during electric fencing, you will be asked to stop. We apologize for the inconvenience, but for insurance purposes we must comply with regulations.

High School Fencers

Great news! 

 

NJ TIMES:  Kumar on point with blade 

 

Vincent Paragano: Coach of the Year!

Congratulations !

10 Medeo fencers made ALL-STATE FENCING  TEAMS by STAR-LEDGER:

FIRST TEAM

Christie Robinson (Epee), Voorhees

Kaitlyn Wallace (Epee), Mendham

Dan Burke (Epee), Bernards,

Jonathan Wong (Epee), Ridge

SECOND TEAM

Beverly Yang (Sabre), Gov. Livingston

Dan Flynn (Epee), Voorhees

Dan Herczak (Sabre), Randolph

THIRD TEAM

Jillian Rosamilia (Sabre), Gov. Livingston

Nathaniel Benzimra (Sabre), Gov. Livingston

ALL-PREP

Christina Efthimion (Epee), Lawrenceville

Medeo Fencers won 3 medals at 2009 NJSIAA/Bollinger individual championships on 03/14/09 at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ

Danny Burke (Men's Epee) took SILVER        Jonathan Wong (Men's Epee) grabbed BRONZE     Christie Robinson (Women's Epee) earn second-place honors.                  

 Voorhees High School Girls Epee Squad (including Medeo’s Christie Robinson & Laura Sluyter) won the Epee 2009 State Squad Championships


The Gov. Livingston HS Girls Saber Squad (including Medeo’s Beverly Yang and Jillian Rosamilia) WON the 2009 Saber Squad
Championship.

CONGRATULATIONS go out to the fencers, their parents and coaches: Vince Paragano and George LaTorre!

16 Medeo Fencers qualified for 2009 State Individuals!

Women's Epee:Christie Robinson, Laura Gurnowski, Laura Sluyter, Kaithlyn Wallace

Men's Epee: Danny Burke, Jon Wong, Dan Flynn.

Women's Sabre: Shannon Horn, Audrey Atencio, Beverly Yang.

Men's Sabre: Chris Bonner, Nathaniel Benzimra, Anthony Kosaka, Dylan Carr.

Men's Foil: James Cox.

Women's Foil: Jen Hudson

 

             
Boys fencer of the week :

Girls fencer of the week
Monday, Feb. 11,  2008: Diane Zielinski


2008 Medeo Seniors’ College Destinations

2007 Medeo Seniors’
College Destinations


 
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MEDEO reopened its location at School of Saint Elizabeth on 32 Seney Drive  in Bernardsville
Practices will be held on Thursdays  in
  Auditorium 

 Foil / Epee Class from 6 to 7:30pm - conducted by Coach Andrzej Zamlynny
Private lessons and Open Fencing from 4:30 to 9:30pm (All three weapons)
          


                      Breaking news !

Congratulations to Richard Brown on winning the Gold Medal,  Vince Paragano finishing 2nd and Lisa Roque  finishing 5th on the Escrimeur Veteran Mixed Sabre Open on 6/7/2009.

Congratulations goes to their Coach Alisher Dzhakhangirov.

 

Congratulations to Andre Rafizadeh (ME) on  earning his A 2009 and Christina Efthimion (WE) on earning her B 2009. They finished First in both the men's and women's Epee, winning 2009 Mid-Atlantic Senior Sectional Championships on 05/9-10/2009 in Westminster, MD. Good Job Andre and Christina ! Congrats also go out to their parents -as well as Coach Yakov and Coach Paul!

 

Congratulations to Janice Midgley on winning 2 GOLD medals (Women's Epee and Women's Sabre), to Al Cherry on winning SILVER medal (Men's Epee) and Mark Midgley on winning SILVER medal (Men's sabre) at the Veteran's World Cup in Curacao on April 1st, 2009!

NAC E  (Div II/III/Veterans) February 28-March 2, 2009, Atlanta, GA

Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated

at the Atlanta NAC. Here are our 7 medalists:

WE Div II -  Komal Kumar  wins GOLD !!!

Congratulations on earning her B 2009 as well !

WE Div IIILauren Helfrich wins SILVER !

                     Komal Kumar took BRONZE !

Congratulations to Lauren on her C09! 

WE Vet Combined  - Janice Midgley - SILVER Medal !

WE Vet  - Janice Midgley - BRONZE Medal !

Also, Janice Midgley renewed her D09! 

ME Div II - Jonathan Wong captured  BRONZE!

Congratulations on earning his B 2009!

Congrats also go out to their parents - as well as Coach Yakov!

MS Vet - Richard Brown - 8 place (National Medal!)

Lisa Roque finished in the top 32 in Div II WS

Congratulations to Richard and Lisa Roque  on her E09 in sabre!

Good Job Medeo Fencers !!!

Gurnowski wins Gold at Junior Olympics!

We would like to congratulate Medeo's own Eric Gurnowski (now at Ohio State) with his Gold Medal win at the Junior Olympics this weekend in Albuquerque! Eric came in first beating over 200 qualified fencers from all over the US! Congrats also go out to his parents -as well as Coach Yakov!

Congratulations to Danny Burke (ME) on earning his A 2009.  Good Job Danny !

With a total of 28 Medeo fencers qualifying for the 2009 Junior Olympics in Albuquerque, NM Medeo stands far above the rest of the NJ Division yet again! Of the 6 weapon categories, Medeo fencers took 6 GOLD, 3 SILVER & 5 BRONZE! Congratulations are in order to all who qualified. This is no small feat.

                                            RECENT RESULTS:

NAC C  (Div 1/ Veterans) December 12-14, 2008

                 Colorado Springs, CO

Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated

at the Colorado Springs NAC. Here are our medalists:

MS Vet - Richard Brown - National Medal - 7th place

ME Vet - Alfred Cherry - National Medal - 8th place

WE Vet  - Janice Midgley -  National Medal - 5th place

 

NAC B  (Y-14, Cadets, Juniors) - November 7-10, 2008 St. Louis, MO
Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the St. Louis NAC. Competing at this NAC were Canadian, Puerto Rican and French  fencers which made the competitions very tough. Medeo fencers earned 1 medal (Katie Whitaker - Y 14 WE - BRONZE)  with a total of 3 fencers making top 32   (Christie Robinson - 21st in Juniors WE, Katie Whitaker - 10th in Cadets WE and Diane Zielinski - 16th in Juniors WE).

NAC A Div III, Div II, Cadets- October 10-13, 2008  Columbus, OH
Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the Columbus NAC. Competing at this NAC were Canadian, Puerto Rican and Israeli fencers which made the competitions very tough. Medeo fencers earned 4 medals with a total of 8 fencers making top 16.
Please take note of all those who participated at this NAC with their great results:

DIV II  Men's Epee (out of 86 fencers): Dan Flynn 22nd ,  Bill Sergison 63rd
Div III Men's Epee (out of 110 fencers):
Jonathan Wong - BRONZE Medal, earned C08

 Brian Redick - 9th, Sam Redick - 19th; Bill Sergison - 23rd; Bruce Gurnowski - 109th
Cadet Men's Epee (out of 115 fencers): Brian Redick - 81st


DIV II Women's Epee (out of 64 fencers): 
Christie Robinson  - SILVER Medal, earned her B08; Komal Kumar - 14th, earning her D08; Lauren Helfrich - 19th; Janice Midgley - 46th

Div III Women's Epee (out of 67 fencers): Katie Whitaker 7th place (National Medal),; Lauren Helfrich - 9th; Laura Gurnowski - 30th; Komal Kumar - 44th.

Cadet Women's Epee (out of 86 fencers): Katie Whitaker finished 11th, earning her C08 and National points,; Christina Efthimion - 38th; Laura Gurnowski - 68th

Cadet Women's Foil (out of 99 fencers): Kate Northrop- 53rd

Div III Men's Foil (out of 105 fencers): Scott Robinson 46th  

Cadet Men's Foil (out of 163): Scott Robinson- 119

Div II Men's Sabre  (out of 172 fencers!): Nick Barbera - 6th place (National Medal) renewed his C08; Vince Paragano- 116th
Div III Men's Sabre (out of 95 fencers): Vince Paragano- 44th

Cadet Men's Sabre (out of 130): Charles Efthimion-78th

Division 2 Women’s Epee

  • Diane Zeleinski: Gold Medal – National Champion;

  • Claire Brandow: Silver Medal
  • Stephanie Chang: Bronze Medal

Open Foil - July 30, 2006 - NJFA
Adam & Glenn Pantel 1st & 2nd

See Photos of July 22 Escrime for Ice Cream

See NY times Fencing Video

Recent News & Results

College Fencing

 Adam Pantel (Brown) was named Northeast Fencing Conference fencer of the year, with a 26-1 record.

Alex Mills (Princeton) and Adam Pantel(Brown) made First Team All-Ivy

Several Medeo fencers were named to the All-Ivy teams as well:  Laura Paragano and Ben Wieder got 2nd team All-Ivy

Ben Wieder (UPenn) - 2009 All Ivy Champion

Medeo had three All-Americans at the NCAAs -- Ben Wieder, Alex Mills and Adam Pantel. 

Great job! We are proud of you!

 

Congratulations to our 2008 New Jersey Cup Champions!

Men's Sabre - Nathaniel Benzimra

Women's Epee - Amanda Green

Men's Epee - Eric Gurnowski

The Medeo Staff would like to extend congratulations to the following High School Senior fencers and their parents on the following acceptances to college for Fall 2008:

  • Andrew Bostick - Haverford College - Haverford, PA
  • Matt Brown - Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY

  • Sruti Chivukula- Washington University- St. Louis, MO

  • Shannon Cooley - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
  • Stephanie Chen- NYU - New York, NY
  • Phillip Efthimion - Rutgers University
  • Amanda Green - Sacred Heart University - Fairfield, CT

  • Eric Gurnowski - Ohio State University

  • Allison Hadley - Yale University-  New Haven, CT

  • Kris Hendershot - Davidson College - Davidson, NC

  • Alexandra Kozyra -  University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, PA

  • Dima Lamianski - Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ

  • Craig Limoli - Princeton University, NJ

  • Alexander Mills - Princeton University, NJ

  • Tom Nesbitt - Bucknell University - Lewisburg, PA

  • Laura Paragano - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA

  • Vijay Ramani  - Princeton University, NJ

  • Sean Reilly - Temple University- Philadelphia, PA

  • Chelsea Rosenbauer - Boston College- Boston, MA

  • Nicole Salter - Johns Hopkins University -Baltimore, MD

  • Kyle Schumann - Cornell University

  • Elizabeth Sonshine - Bates College - LewistonME

  • Diane Zielinski - University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN

See Press Coverage of Adam Pantel, National Foil Champion

 

 

 

           
Paragano, Pantel family duos earn fencing honors  

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Congratulation to Christie Robinson (Epee) on earning her C 2008 rating on June 21st at
2008 Pomme de Terre in Waltham, MA
 

62 Medeo fencers and 12 Teams already qualified for the 2008 Summer Nationals !

    

Asbury Press 3/30/6: Claire Brandow Ocean Township's lone fencer garners state epée championship

Dec 2007 Max Wieder Makes news with Johns Hopkins Team.

 

 

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