Coaches

Katya was born in the fencers family so she has been dedicated to fencing since 1981, first as an athlete, then as a coach and founder of My Fencing Club. Katya’s coaching is focused on youth development, helping students to become better athletes and people by valuing challenge, passion, the will to achieve and team work. For the past 25 years she have worked with high performance athletes and coaches at Provincial and National level, including ON Summer & Winter Games, Canadian and US National events and Junior World Cups. She coached a member of the national women’s foil team that won the first gold medal for Canada at a World Cup event (Poland 2012). Her experience includes working with multiple USA and European fencing clubs.

Allison has a vast background of working with youth and adult students in multi-sports. She is dedicated to creating a positive environment where students can thrive, build confidence and awareness, nurture both their personal and athletic development. As an osteopathic student, she brings a unique approach to coaching by integrating her educational training to enhance crucial athletic abilities such as agility, balance, and coordination – skills, essential for motor development.

Caroline has been a student of the club since she was 11 years old. She quickly grew to love the sport and began competing in two disciplines. She appreciated the fact that fencing was not only physical, but a mental sport that needed planning and strategy. Fencing gave her an opportunity to stay active, improve her mental and physical skills, and make long lasting relationships within the community.

Ryan is a Toronto based certified trainer whose focus is training for functional movement, aligning athletes’ fitness goals a balanced approach to health and well-being.  Ryan’s training philosophy boils down to core concepts surrounding the quality of one’s own movement by examining the starting foundations of the client first, to better understand the work required for the client to achieve their fitness goals. In this way, Ryan seeks to guide his clients towards gaining a greater sense of self through movement.  In building a solid, intuitive base, the expanded limits of the body can be tested: in any art form, any discipline, any sport, and in any way the individual wishes to express themselves through movement.