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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.

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

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

Coach Esther Wong
Masters in Sports Mgt
5 years coaching experience