
Maestros Coaches Honorary Coaches

Z Fencing has the largest team of full time coaches with international fencing credentials, including sports science and youth trainer certifications. As the largest club in Singapore, our coaches are trained to conduct lessons in an inspiring environment to help our fencers achieve top performance in fencing and in life!
![]() | Ralf Bissdorf (Germany) High Performance Director and Elite Coach Olympic Games Silver Medalist, Individual Men's Foil (Sydney 2000) 11 Times World Cups Former World #1 Ranked Fencer Former World Champion German Fencing Legend As part of Z Fencing's efforts towards building a world-class fencing club, we have enlisted Olympic medalist fencer, Ralf Bissdorf, as our full-time High Performance Director to help us realise our goal to produce Singapore's first Olympic Games Medalist in fencing. Together with our team of Elite Coaches, Bissdorf will leverage on his 20 years of world competitive fencing experience to help create Olympic conditioning, tactical & technical development and mental toughness training programmes for all our fencers. |
![]() | Min Xin Sheng Head Sabre Coach Former National Sabre Coach, China More than 15 years of proven, competitive coaching experience Successfully groomed young fencers with no prior fencing experience to top level rankings in Singapore |
![]() | Gabor Kolczonay Elite Epee Coach Degree in Fencing Coaching, Semmelweis University, Hungary Member of Hungarian Pre-Olympic Epee Squad (2006) Top 16 in numurous Senior World Cups Medalists in numerous International Epee Competitions Member of Hungarian Fencing Team in 3 Universiade Games Member of Hungarian Junior, Cadet Fencing Team with numerous winnings in European & World Championships Coach in Hungarian Fencing Club produced multiple medalists in Hungarian National U13 to U17. |
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| Coach Barnabas Csanyi Degree in Fencing Coaching, Semmelweis University, Hungary 10th/11th in National Seniors Sabre Individual 2005/2007 Gold, Championship of Budapest Sabre Individual 2004 Bronze, National Cadet & Junior Champs, Sabre Individual 2001/2004 | Coach Liu Ge Tian China national youth medalist 10 years competitive coaching experience |
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| Coach Joseph Engert 2 Times Former World Cup Juniors Champion Winner of 17 medals at German National Championships (U14, Junior & Cadets Events) Former Foil Coach at Tauberbischofsheim and Bad Mergentheim, Germany | Coach Liu Ge Tian Silver and Bronze Medalist, All China Youth C'ships 2001 Top 10 position for 5 years in China National Fencing C'ships 2000-2005 |
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| Coach Esther Wong Masters in Sports Mgt 5 years coaching experience |