MORRIS FENCING CLUB
Slava Danylov
Slava is Professional Fencing Coach and Master with 33 years of fencing experience. He holds Bachelor Degree in Physical Education and Master Degree in Sport Psychology. Slava is 1985 Champion of the World University Games, 1995 European Cup Champion in Team Event, World Cup Bronze Medalist 1996.
Slava is Master of Sports of International Class in Fencing (Highest Classification in Sports in the former USSR). Member of Soviet Union and Ukrainian National Teams. Produced World Junior Championship-‘98 silver medalist; World Championship (Senior) –‘03 silver medalist, Ukrainian National Champion (cadet) 99, Gold medalist at Div IA Summer National Championship ‘03
Tomasz Stusinski
is an Olympic level fencer from Poland with over 21 years of fencing experience. His fencing achievements include winning more than 100 national and international tournaments, being Champion of Poland four times, Champion of Europe, a World Cup finalist several times, a World Champion finalist and participating in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, after which he finished his career as a professional fencer.
Boris Khurgin
Boris is a National Men's Sabre Coach at 2008 Junior and Cadet World Championship. Boris started fencing in 1971 in Kharkov, Ukraine. His sabre coaching career started in 1981 at Fencing School of Olympic Reserve, Kharkov.
Boris started his coaching career in US in 2001 at Polish-American Fencing School in Linden, NJ where he was a saber coach through 2007. In the year 2002 – 2006 Boris produced number of US national champions, medalists and finalists in age group 10-19 and 2 champions in division II.
Since 2004, Boris has students who compete at international level. Boris has students who represented US on 2005, 2006 and 2007 Cadet World Championship. Three of his former students were members of US Junior and Cadet National team at Cadet and Junior World Championship 2006 in Seoul, Korea, and four of his former students were US National Team members in 2007. They won gold medals in team events, bronze and silver medals in individual events. They also became multiple time Junior and Cadet World Cup winners and medalists.
Starting from 2005 and through 2007 Boris has coached at New York Fencers Club and currently Boris coaches at Manhattan Fencing Center - base of the US Men's Sabre National Team.
Boris also coached at Dwight School - a private high school in Manhattan, Nyac High School and at Island Fencing Academy, Plainview, Long Island, where he helped to develop strong saber program.
Notable Students Alumni:
Dagmara Wozniak – US National team member since 2003. Junior World Champion 2006 (team events), 6 place individual event. Multiple time national champion and medalist. Multiple time Junior World Cup winner, and Grand Prix finalist. Memeber of US National senior team 2007.
Alex Ochocki – US National Team member since 2005. Top 10 at Cadet World Championship 2006. Multiple time Junior Olympic and National Champion.
Caroline Vloka – US National Team member since 2005. Junior World Champion 2006 in team event, Silver Medalist in Cadet individual and Bronze Medalist in Junior Individual. World Cup medalist.
Monika Aksamit –– US National Team member since 2007. Top 16 at Cadet World Chamionship 2007, Turkey. Multiple time National medalist and Champion.
Martyna Wechorek – Multiple times National Medalist.
Nicole Daukszewicz – National Champion under Y10 event and top 8 Y14 in 2007
Peter Pak- plac6th place at Summer National Championship 2006. Silver Medalist at Super Regional Youth Circuit Championship 2006
Sara Pak - 6th place at Summer National Championship 2006. Silver Medalist at Super Regional Youth Circuit Championship 2006