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Official FOC Referee seminar By Jeff Bukhantz
REGISTRATION
Register at askfred.net or contact Jeff at: bukieboy@aol.com
Hosted by JEFF BUKANTZ
• OLYMPIC TEAM CAPTAIN
• OLYMPIC REFEREE
• INTERNATIONAL COMPETITOR
• FIE RULES COMMISSION 2000-2008
When: SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010
• SEMINAR (8:30-4:30)
• WRITTEN EXAMS (4:30-6:30)
Where: Freehold Fencing Academy
56 Thoreau Drive; Freehold, NJ
Who: All referees, parents, coaches, and fencers are welcome
What: The official USFA Fencing Officials Commission (FOC) referees’ seminar, written exams, and practical exams
• Over 30 years of real life experiences and anecdotes
• Common sense approaches to refereeing
• Tactics and techniques needed to reach the next level
• Jeff’s #1 secret to gaining the fencers’ confidence
• Making sense of the rules
Cost: $50 for the seminar as mandated by the USFA’s FOC
$25 for the practical exams as mandated by the FOC
How: If you plan to take any written test, you must prepare by diving headfirst into:
PREPARATION
THE USFA RULES BOOK
http://www.fencingofficials.org/documents/rules/2008%20USFA%20Rules%20-%20Sept.pdf
THE STUDY GUIDE
http://www.fencingofficials.org/documents/National_Referee_Examination_Study_Guide_October_2008_Edition_10-14.pdf
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About Jeff
- Jeff Bukantz is one of our country’s most experienced and successful referees
- Started refereeing in the mid-1970s at Metropolitan Division Opens and at NYC high school dual meets
- Refereed his first NCAA gold medal foil bout in 1978, at the age of 21.
- Refereed his first USFA National Championship gold medal foil bout in 1980, at the age of 23
- Qualified as a competitor for 3 World Championship teams, the World University Games team, the Pan American Games team, and 3 World Maccabiah Games teams
- Refereed all three weapons at the Senior World Championships
- Refereed at the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1996
- Refereed at 5 Junior World Championships
- Refereed the finals of the Olympic Games in Men’s Foil in 1996
- Chair of the Fencing Officials Commission from 2002-2004
- Captain of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Fencing Teams
- Member of the FIE Rules Commission from 2000-2008
- Member of the USFA High Performance Committee (1988-2008)
- Member of Fencing Officials Commission 1993-2008
- NCAA Head Referee since 2005; NCAA Referee since 1978
- Critically acclaimed author of “Closing the Distance”
Preregistration opens on 12/25/2009.
Preregistration closes on 03/06/2010.
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