Maestro Anthony Joslin

Head Coach Anthony Joslin has been coaching fencing for the past decade in the Bay Area. He earned his first coaching credential in Paris, France, in 2001 and, under the tutelage of Maestro Laszlo Szepesi, earned his Fencing Masters diploma with honors at TF Sport College in Budapest, Hungary, in 2005. He founded the Coastside Academy of Fencing in 2002 in Half Moon Bay, CA.

He has coached many youth fencers into national rankings, medals, and honors. His students have included the 2007 Pan-American Pentathlete Gold medalist (Y14 Womens Epee) in Calgary, Canada; 2008 U.S. Summer National Championships Bronze medalist (Y14 Womens Sabre); four Super Youth Circuit Champions—including one in our current year, 2009 (all Youth Gold medalists in Sabre), a 2010 Super Youth Champion, and the Junior 2010 Pacific Coast Champion. Anthony’s students have had the honor of RYC gold medal sweeps, and he has developed a plethora of Pacific Coast and Bay Area youth champions and medalists. Anthony happily resides in San Francisco.

Maestro Anthony's email is maestroanthony@coastsidefencers.com.

 

Maestro Tomek Amborski

Tomek Amborski has been involved in fencing for over 40 years. While fencing competitively in his native Poland, he was three times National Champion (foil team), vice-champion (foil individual), and fenced in many international tournaments in all 3 weapons. After completing Warsaw University of Technology (with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering), he earned his Fencing Master diploma in 1978, along with his International Referee certificate. In early 80’s he was Polish National Junior coach. He moved to California in 1996 and helped build the Sacramento Fencing Club, with students winning medals in several World Cup tournaments. One former student fenced at the 2008 Olympics, bringing home a silver medal for the saber team event. During this time, Tomek refereed at several World Cups, University World Games, and World Championships, including gold medal matches.

Tomek moved to the Bay Area in 2003, and was involved in teaching fencing at GGFC (foil and epee). In 2004 he began assisting Anthony Joslin, at that time Provost, at Coastside Academy of Fencing. For two years Tomek was the Chair of Northern California USFA Division. Besides teaching at the academy, his activities also include refereeing, running training courses and examining new referees.

Maestro Amborski's email is maestroamborski@coastsidefencers.com.

Testimonials

"Fencing is so much fun. I enjoy it a lot. I enjoy it more when I win a medal. It's a lot of hard work though. Maestro Anthony and Maestro Tomek willreally make you work so hard during classes that sometimes you feel that your entire body is sore. They said this will help you prepare for competition, especially the Nationals. You know what? They are right! I won a Bronze medal!"
—Justine Pascual, age 11

"This sport is so cool. I wish I started fencing when I was younger. I love competing and I love learning new ways to attack and defend myself on the strip. My coaches seem to know what adjustments I need to do and, after two years, I was able to win a medal at the Nationals! Maestro Anthony and Maestro Tomek are two to the best fencing coaches there are. I have learned a lot from them and I know I will continue to learn a lot more. I have not seen my parents to be so proud of my sister and I. This is something I love to do and won't mind working even harder to reach my other goals in this sport."
—Johannes Pascual, age 12

"Our community is very fortunate to have the talents of Maestro Anthony to teach our youth. You know, of course, that he has the highest ranking a fencing teacher can have, which earns him the title Maestro, and he is himself an excellent swordsman. Moreover, his teaching style is patient, encouraging, yet exacting. Many of his students are already ranked highly by national fencing standards. I expect that some of his students may be prospective Olympian champions."
—Mrs. William (Lesley) Gilchrist