Stephen Anthony Rubino Fisher
Owner & Head Coach
Istruttore Nazionale, ANS/AAI
Prevot d’Armes, USFCA/AAI
Coach Stephen Fisher has 28 years of experience in all aspects of the sport including Paralympic fencing. He has been a competitor (rated fencer in all weapons), internationally recognized coach, certified referee, he also served as secretary for the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA), and as the tournament committee chairman of the Kentucky Division of USA Fencing.
In addition to his dedication to the Olympic sport, he is an amateur fencing historian, a collector of antique fencing weapons, gear, and texts. Several pieces of his collection have been donated to Maestro Giancarlo Toran, of which are on display in the “Agora” Museum of Fencing, located outside of Milan, Italy in the town of Busto Arsizio.
Coach Fisher was also an editing and translation contributor to the following fencing books:
About Fencing, by Max Longo (available from Leon Paul USA) and The Collected Works of Masaniello Parise, translated by Christopher Holzman (available through Lulu.com)
Credentials
Istruttore Nazionale di Schema
Accademia Nazionale di Scherma (ANS), Naples, Italy
Academie d’Armes Internationale (AAI)
Prévôt d’Armes
U.S. Fencing Coaches Association ( USFCA)
Academie d’Armes Internationale (AAI)
* via reciprocity from the International Academy of Arms, AAI
Prevot de Fleuret (2013), Moniteur de Fleuret (2011), Moniteur d’Épée (2012), Moniteur de Sabre (2014)
Secretary
United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA)
2016-18
Tournament Chairman
USA Fencing Kentucky Division
2013-Present
Coaches Training
Association of Italian Fencing Masters (AIMS)
Chianciano Terme, Italy
2014-16