Our Mission

Coach Jon began fencing at the University of Florida with Coach Bruce Capin, quickly gaining a spot on the competitive team, and earning many medals in college, division, section, and national tournaments.  After graduating from the University of Florida he became Assistant Coach at Santa Fe College with Coach Bob Lightner, helping to grow the club program into a competitive collegiate program.  Later while at the University of South Florida, Coach Jon created the club fencing program at the school and served as Head Coach.  Through his years there, the program actively grew into a nationally competitive collegiate program, traveling across the country for collegiate invitational and open competitions.

In 2006, Coach Jon earned his USFA Officials credentials and began refereeing at national competitions.  That same year he transferred to Rutgers University where he fenced on the newly formed club fencing team and helped to grow the program from an administrative level.  After graduating from Rutgers, Coach Jon came back to be Head Coach for the team, leading to two national titles for Club Sports.  After leaving Rutgers, Coach Jon took on the Head Coach position for the College of New Jersey for their newly formed team, until Covid.  During this time, the team grew exponentially, in size and skill, earning several conference titles.  Most recently, Coach Jon has been Visiting Coach for North Hunterdon High School, initially working with their sabre program and growing to all three weapons, elevating the sabre squad to State squad medals, and the team consistently improving and placing in the State tournament.

For refereeing, Coach Jon has been consistently growing in national and international recognition, currently a high level sabre referee in the country and an internationally certified referee for parafencing.  He is also a Certified Referee Observer, with a personal focus on promoting the sport and refereeing, and developing local referees to succeed at a Regional and National level.