Dedicated to the Sport of Olympic Fencing
Coaching Staff
Maitre Leon
Auriol Foil, Epee, Sabre- Maitre Auriol has been a fencing master for almost 50 years and is the namesake of our club. He is from Toulouse, France and moved to the US in the early 1960s. He is a past US National coach, US Pentathlon coach, Pan American Team coach, and Canadian Olympic coach. His students have many national and international medals to their credit, both individual and team. Maitre Auriol is a three weapon master (foil, epee, and sabre) and teaches fencers of all ages.
- Marshall Hibnes Foil, Epee
- Marshall is the President of Salle Auriol Seattle, serves as the Chair of Coaching Programs for the club and is a protege of Maitre Leon Auriol. Under the guidance of Maitre Auriol, Marshall has coached various Salle Auriol Seattle fencers to nine World Championships. Marshall's students have earned more than 150 national and international medals, including several National Championships. Marshall teaches foil and epee to youth, junior, and adult fencers.
- Bill Nary Foil
- Bill Nary has fenced competitively since 1996 in foil and coached foil since 2000. He is a Division 3 foil national bronze medalist, and has represented Salle Auriol Seattle at the national championships on numerous men's foil teams. Bill focuses his coaching efforts on beginning classes and training adult foil fencers for regional and national competition.
- Mitch Kief Foil, Epee
- Mitch has been fencing at Salle Auriol since 1989 and teaching beginning classes since 1992. Mitch likes working with beginning and recreational fencers.
- Russ Redding Foil, Epee, Sabre
- Russ has over 35 years of fencing experience and is a member of Salle Auriol Seattle's Board of Directors. He has been the Washington State champion in foil, epee, and sabre many times. In addition to competing, he teaches and coaches all three weapons. Russ is certified as a level four coach by the USFA Fencing Coaches College. Russ has worked as an assistant NCAA coach and has taught a number of collegiate and community fencing classes. He works with both recreational and competitive fencers of all ages, from youth to adult.
- Nikita Sakhanenko Sabre
- Nikita began fencing twenty-two years ago at the age of eight in Novosibirsk. From 1986 to 1998 he studied sabre under the tutelage of Alexander Mashin and Andrey Butakov. From 1994 to 1995 he was a member of the cadet saber fencing team of the Novosibirsk region of the Russian Federation, during which period he participated in a number of national and international competitions. After attending university he continued to practice and compete locally. In 1997 he acted as assistant youth coach at his club, "Victoria". In Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Nikita later attended school, he became personal coach for several sabre fencers, although there was no fencing club at the time. In 2005 he joined the newly established Duke City Fencing Club as a sabre coach. Nikita taught sabre fencing classes for adults and youth, giving private lessons, and teaching fencing footwork classes. In 2008, Nikita moved to Seattle and began coaching at, and competing for Salle Auriol.
- Stewart Stremel Foil, Epee, Sabre
- Stewart Stremel has fenced since 1989 in foil, epee, and sabre. Stewart has been coaching foil and sabre since 1994 and epee since 2004. Stewart works with both recreational and competitive fencers of all ages.
- George Tidrick Foil
- George Tidrick started fencing 1999, and actively competes in foil and epee. He has coached foil since 2002. George coaches beginning and intermediate classes, as well as training foil fencers for recreational and competitive fencing.
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