UFA Winter Foil Camp with Olympic Fencers/Coaches

Intensive camp program. Amazing sparring partners. Great opportunity to fence Olympians Race Imboden, Ysaora Thibus. Training program includes: Warm-up Conditioning/Strength Training Stretching/Coordination Fencing Drills/Footwork Blade Work/Strategy Structured Bouting The fencers will be grouped according to their age, skill level and competition experience. Coaches: Vadim Ayupov Ayupov has had an extensive and notable career in foil fencing, which includes membership on the internationally renowned Russian National Fencing Team. Winner of World Championships, European Championships, World Cups, and Universiade Games. From 2005 to 2009, Ayupov was the Junior Head Foil Coach for the Russian National Team. In 2001, Ayupov was awarded the International Master of Sport in fencing due to his numerous awards and the recognition he received as a competitor in fencing. Since 2006, he became a Certified International Referee approved by International Fencing Federation (FIE). In 2014, Vadim Ayupov and his wife, Julia Khakimova, opened United Fencing Academy. Maurizio Zomparelli Zomparelli was a member of the Italian National Foil Team from 1982 to 1988. After his fencing career, Maurizio Zomparelli became a world-renown coach and has worked with athletes on the highest level. From 2004 to 2012, he was responsible for the Physical Conditioning and Training Program of the Italian Olympic Foil Team. During that period, the Italian Men’s and Women’s Foil Team won countless medals in World Championships, European Championships, World Cups, Universiade Games, GOLD MEDALS in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, and ALL THREE MEDALS in the Olympic Games in London 2012. In 2012, Zomparelli was invited to be the Physical Conditioning Coach and Assistant Coach for the Russian Men’s and Women’s Olympic Foil Teams with two other world-renown Italian coaches, Stefano Cerioni and Giovanni Bortolaso. Working with the Russian Men’s and Women’s Foil Teams, Zomparelli achieved the highest results for his athletes - first place in the international rankings, gold medals in World Championships, European Championships, World Cups, Universiade Games, and TWO GOLD and BRONZE MEDALS in the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. For both the Italian and Russian Olympic Foil Teams, Zomparelli was responsible for physical training, rehabilitation and recovery and team/individual physical training program development. SPECIAL GUESTS Race Imboden Two-time Olympian - London 2012, Rio 2016 (BRONZE MEDAL) Three-time Champion of the Pan American Championship Silver medalist at the World Championship 2013 Winner of the 2014 - 2015 World Cup Silver medalist at the World Championship 2017 Gold medalist at the Anaheim Grand Prix 2018 Current member of the USA Men's foil team Ysaora Thibus Summer Olympics in London 2012 Silver medalist at the World Championships 2013 and 2018 Bronze medalist at the World Championships 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Silver medalist at the European Championships 2012 and 2013 Bronze Medalist at the European Championships 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Current member of the French Women's Foil Team Alely Hernández and Raul Arizaga 1st place in Mexican National Ranking Bronze medalists at the Pan American Championship 2016 Bronze medalists at the Pan American Championship 2015 Multimedalists at the Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Camp Hours: 9 am - 3 pm, Wednesday - Sunday Cost: $600/5days Daily rates available - $150/day PRIVATE LESSONS are available for an additional charge. Registration deadline December 21, 2018. Registration is not complete until paid. No refund after December 15. REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT via AskFRED More information info@unitedfencingacademy.com | 818.835.3388