Toronto Fencing Center
50 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto, Ontario,
Monday to Friday, 4:30 to 9:30pm
416-847-0333 | 1855-847-0333 | 647-272-5438
Email: info@tfc.on.ca
Coaches
High Performance Training
Peter Ho (Coaching – Epee and Foil)
Peter is one of Canada’s premiere coaches. He has been coaching for 27 years both in Hong Kong and Canada. Highlights include coaching: the Canadian National Women’s Epee Team for the Pan Am games (1999); the wheelchair fencing team for the Paralympics (Barcelona 1992/ Sydney 2000). He was voted Coach of the Year by the Fencing Academy of Canada Women’s Epee 1996/1997. He has coached 13 National Team Fencers since 1993. NCCP Level III coach in Epee and Foil. Learning Facilitator for CBET.
(Home) 416-502-0938 (Cell) 647-272-5438
peter.ho@tfc.on.ca
Andrew Hu (Coaching – Epee and Foil)
With 20 years of fencing experience, Andrew was a member of the Chinese National Fencing Team for over 4 years and won several medals in both Asian and World competitions. He was the Assistant Coach for the Chinese National Epee Team between the years 2001 and 2004: one of his students winning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since immigrating to Canada 5 years ago, Andrew has coached at both universities and clubs; successfully coaching several Canadian National Team Fencers.
(Cell) 416-887-9961
andrew.hu@tfc.on.ca
Alice Lu (Coaching – Foil)
With 20 years of fencing experience, Alice was a member of the Chinese National Fencing Team and won several medals in both Asian and World competitions. In 1999, she took the Ontario Fencing Tenement Champion and The Ottawa Shield Wome's Foil Champion as well. She was the Assistant Coach for the Tian Jing Provincial women's Foil Team between the years 1993 and 1997.
Annie Sun (Coaching –Epee)
Annie is a former head coach of women epee in Beijing Fencing Team and three times China national champion. She graduated from Beijing Sports University. She worked for 2008 Beijing Olympic Game Fencing organizing committee and was the proficient of fourth level. In 2006, she was the epee coach for the national wheelchair fencing team, from which two of the fencers got medals in 2008 Paralympic Games. In 2009, she immigrated to Canada with her fencing profession background. She is exceptionally good at training young beginners. Now she is coaching at York University fencing club, Toronto French School and Toronto fencing club.
Jimmy Ko (Coaching – Foil)
Youth Knight Program
Thomas Masmejean (Coaching – Epee)
Thomas has been fencing since he was seven years old and has been coaching since he was twelve. He was on the French National Fencing Team for three years qualifying for the World Cup events in Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. He fenced at the World Championships in Prague. In 2008 Thomas came to Canada and began coaching at TFC. In 2009 qualified for the Canadian Nationals representing the TFC team.
Beginner Program
Ducasse Jean (Coaching – Epee and Foil)
(Cell) 416-391-3154
ducasse.jean@tfc.on.ca
William Wong (Coaching – Epee and Foil)
William has been fencing since 1964. In the early 70’s he was the Hong Kong Foil Camp. In 1971 he was a member of the Hong Kong/Taiwan/Philippine Triangular All Arm Championship Team, from 1972 to 1974 he was the H.K.A.F.A. treasurer. He has coached foil in school and communities in Hong Kong and more recently in Canada. He is the current foil coach at York University and coaches both foil and epee at TFC.
Sebastien Dubois-Didcock
(Coaching – Epee)
Sebastien has been fencing for six years and coaching for three. As a fencer he has qualified for the Ontario Winter Games twice, been a member of the Ontario Elite Team, the National Cadet Team and qualified for the World Cadet Championships in Belfast (2009).
(Cell) 416-453-2659
dubois.didcock@tfc.on.ca
Alexis D. Anna Rudkovska
(Coaching – Epee)
Alexis has been fencing for only three years but in that time she has received a Provincial Silver medal, a Junior National Gold medal (CSC) and represented Canada in the Heracles Junior World Cup in Budapest, finishing with the best Canadian Women's result.
Chris Granert (Coaching – Foil)
Chris Granert started fencing in 1997 in his early 20's. He qualified for the Philippine National Games that year and placed 8th in the mens individual epee. He then helped start and was the assistant coach of the University of the Philippine's Fencing Club the first fencing club in the Philippines outside the capital city of Manila. In 1999 he moved to Florida and joined the Jacksonville Fencing Club becoming the assistant coach there. He also gained his B rating in epee during his stay in Florida. In 2004 he moved to Toronto and continued teaching at the Metro Blades Fencing Club.