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Summer Camps 2023

Bergen Fencing Club is one of the US leading Saber clubs. We have fencers of all ages and abilities, from 5-60+ and from beginner to Olympian; new members of any level – including absolute...

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April NAC

Cadet Women’s Saber: Congratulations to Madeline A. Engelman-Sanz on her GOLD medal , 7th place: Trisha Nath, 8th place: Katie Jeong! It is very unlikely that three fencers of the same club to...

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Summer Camps 2021

Bergen Fencing Club is one of the US leading Saber clubs. We have fencers of all ages and abilities, from 5-60+ and from beginner to Olympian; new members of any level – including absolute...

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Summer Camps 2020

REGISTER Beginners/Intermediate & Elite/Advanced Camps: August 10-14th and August 24-28th. Bergen Fencing Club is one of the US leading Saber clubs. We have fencers of all ages and abilities,...

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Summer Camps 2019

Head Coach Oleg Stetsiv: Saber Coach at Princeton University, an “A”-rated fencer, 5 times NAC Veteran Champion. Oleg also works as a referee, officiating events both in the U.S. and...

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January NAC 2019

Congratulations to Bergen Fencing Club Team:  Celina Merza, Francesca Russo, Eliza Stone and Sapphira Ching for winning the GOLD medal in Senior Team Women’s Saber at the January NAC! Thank...

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Summer Camps 2018

2018 Summer Camps (@ Ho-Ho-Kus location) Pre-Summer Nationals Camp. June 22-26th Suitable for competitive fencers of ALL levels in preparation for the Summer National Fencing Championship (June...

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Our Coaches

Oleg Stetsiv

Oleg Stetsiv

Oleg is three times National coach (2 World Championship and one Pan Americans).

Best students:

Eliza Stone – Olympian

Senior World Champion in Team, Bronze medal Senior World Championship, Pan American Championship Gold medal, Pan American Games Gold medal, multiple medals at Senior World Cup

Francesca Russo- Olympian

Junior World Champion, Cadet Bronze medal at World Championship, Junior and Senior Pan American champion in teams. Two times NCAA individual champion.

Mitchel Saron

Two times bronze medal at team World Championship, Bronze medal in individual World Championship, Gold medal Cadet World Cup. 3 times member of National Junior team for World Champioship and one time Senior World Championship. Multiple National champion at different age categories including Senior.

Caroline Vloka

Junior Team World Champion, Siver Cadet World Championship, Bronze Junior Worlds.

NCAA individual Champion.

Sage Palmedo

Gold and Bronze medal at individual and team World Championship. The winner of all DIV I events in whole season.

Celina Merza

Individual and team Silver at Youth Olympics(the only individual women saber medal in US) , multiple medalist of World Cups and multiple times member of National team at Cadet and Junior World Championships. Multiple winner of national events at all ages including Senior.

Honor Johnson

Silver individual and Bronze at Junior World Championship, member of Senior National team.

Winner of multiple national events in all ages.

Maia Chamberlain

NCAA and Ivy’s Champion.

Ben Igoe

Bronze medal at Gran Prix, member of Senior national team.

Other members of National teams: Andrew Stetsiv, Sarah Merza, Dawson Sieradzky, Ronald Anglade, Ryan Jenkings, Sammy Roberts.

Hundreds of medals at National events and World Cups.

Orest Stetsiv

Orest Stetsiv

Orest is a Professional Fencing Coach and Master. He was the former Soviet Union’s Junior Olympic Coach for over 12 years and is qualified to instruct in all 3 weapons. He is the former Head Coach at the US Military Academy at West Point.

Orest has coached and developed many World and National Champions over his 37 year career and is a welcomed addition to the Bergen Fencing Club staff.

Alexey Kuznetsov

Alexey Kuznetsov

Alexey is a coach with 30+ years of fencing experience. He has represented Ukraine and the Soviet Union in the World Championships and many international tournaments.
In 1994, Alexey earned a Master’s degree in both Physical Education and Fencing from the Ukrainian University of Physical Education and Sports. He trained several Cadet, Junior & Senior Champions in various countries.

He continues to compete and win medals on the United States veteran’s competitions. He is a regular North American Cup medalist with a Bronze Medal in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Veterans NAC 40-49 Mens Sabre events.

In November 2017 coach Alex Kuznetsov won the GOLD medal at the SFC Open and 2017-18 TRI-STATE VET’s SABER CUP and earned an A2017 Rating. Recently at the 2018 National Championships and July Challenge in St. Louis, MO Alexey Kuznetsov won the GOLD medal in Veteran Team Men’s Saber.

Schedule

Monday

2:00pm-10:30pm
Private lessons by appointment
5:40pm-7:00pm
Sabre Beginners Class
7:00pm-9:00pm
Sabre Advanced Class

Tuesday

2:00pm-10:30pm
Private lessons by appointment
7:00pm-9:00pm
Sabre Competitive Class

Wednesday

2:00pm-10:30pm
Private lessons by appointment
5:40pm-7:00pm
Sabre Beginners Class
7:00pm-9:00pm
Sabre Advanced Class

Thursday

2:00pm-10:30pm
Private lessons by appointment
7:00pm-9:00pm
Sabre Competitive Class

Friday

2:00pm-10:30pm
Private lessons by appointment
6:00pm-8:00pm
Sabre Advanced Class

Saturday

9:30am-8:00pm
Private lessons by appointment
9:40am-11:00am
Sabre Beginners Class
12:00pm-2:00pm
Sabre Competitive Class

Bergen FC membership must be active in order to attend classes.
Private lessons are by appointment.
For any Princeton related questions please contact coach Oleg (917) 478-7431

Monday

7-9 pm Group Saber Classes
4-10 pm Private Lessons *Saber *Foil

Tuesday

4-10 pm Private Lessons *Saber *Foil

Wednesday

7-9 pm Group Saber Classes
4-10 pm Private Lessons *Saber *Foil

Thursday

4-10 pm Private Lessons *Saber *Foil

Friday

7-9 pm Group Saber Classes
4-10 pm Private Lessons *Saber *Foil

Saturday

No Classes

The following is the class schedule for July and August.

Advance and Competitive classes in June will end on the 25st in time for the Pre-Summer Nationals camp. After that Advanced/Competitive classes will be combined. They will start July 11th and continue thru the end of August. Beginners classes will run to the end of August.

Beginners Schedule:
Monday & Wednesday – 5:40-7pm
Saturday – 10:40-12:00pm

Advanced/Competitive Schedule:
Tuesday & Thursday 7pm-9pm
Saturday – 12-2pm

Rates and Fees Schedule

Annual Membership – US$ 600

Payment Options:
50% by September 15 ($300)
50% by October 15 ($300)

Special Annual Rate for College Students $400

Payment Options:
50% by September 15 ($200)
50%by December 15 ($200)

Benefits of Membership-

  1. Discounted monthly group payments 
  2. Access to private lessons.

*Membership is recommended to those who will be attending at least 2 group classes per week

Membership fee details-

  • After purchasing a membership there is a monthly group fee that is due at the start of each month.
  • There are 3 Group classes per week for each program.
  • Calendar year for Annual Membership – September to June.
  • For new members only, starting after 1st September membership fee will be adjusted pro-rata till June.
  • Pricing for each program is listed below.
  • Private classes fees are discussed with the coach.

Not interested in Membership?  We have a non-member fees are shown separately, in blue boxes

Beginner members

$400/$500per month or Single class $50, private lesson $50
  • $400 (1 class per week and 4X20min lessons per month)
  • $500 (3 classes per week and 4X20min lessons per month)   

Beginner non-members

$500/$600per month or Single class $60, private lesson $60
  • $500 (1 class per week and 4x20min lessons per month) 
  • $600 (3 classes per week and 4X20min lessons per month)

Advanced members

$400/$550per month or Single class $60, private lesson $50
  • $400 (1 class per week and 4X20min private lessons per month)
  • $550 (3 classes per week and 4X20 min lessons per month)

Advanced Plus (by invitation only)

$600per month
  • $600 – 4 group classes (3 Adv/Comp +
    1 Competitive) per week and 4X20 min privates per
    month.

Advanced non-members

$550/$650per month or Single class $70, private lesson $60
  • $550 (1 class per week and 4X20 min private lessons per month)
  • $650 (3 classes per week and 4X20min lessons per month)

Competitive members

$500per month or Single class $60, private lesson $50
  • $500 – ability to do 6 classes per week (Adv/Comp and Competitive only)   

Competitive non-members

$600per month or Single class $70, private lesson $60
  • $600- 6 classes per week (by invitation only)
  • Floor fee $30 (class after first hour)

Bergen FC members

$450per month or $60 per class
  • 3 group classes per week
  • Private lessons not included

Bergen FC Non members

$550per month or $70 per class
  • 3 group classes per week
  • Private lessons not included

Group classes include 2 hrs of footwork, drills and supervised bouting.

Camp participation and tournaments will be reviewed with Oleg Stetsiv.

Lessons included in the monthly payment must be used within the current month and cannot be transferred to the next month.

Additional private lessons are by appointment 20 min. each $40-50 members (prices vary by coach) $60 non-members

Members can attend group classes in both locations at no additional cost.

Alumni

We’re proud of our fencers accomplishments both on and off the strip. Here are some of the universities our students have headed off to after training at Bergen Fencing Club.

Class of 2023

Mitchell Saron

Class of 2023

Casey Chan

Class of 2023

Nastassja Kuznetsova

Class of 2022

Kevin Callahan

Class of 2023

Sophia Zhuang

Class of 2023

David DeScherer

Class of 2020

Erin Chen

Class of 2019

Katherine Kudryashov

Zoee D’Costa

Class of 2012

Mike Fotinatos

Class of 2018

Francesca Russo

Klaudia Kulmacz

Paul Cepak

Class of 2016

Daniel Kim

Class of 2015

Marybeth Zier

Class of 2023

Meghan Forcellati

Class of 2022

Anika Tsapatsaris

Class of 2021

Dawson Sieradzky

Class of 2013

Woo Chang Chung

Class of 2012

Samantha Roberts

Class of 2023

Ben Levitt

Stephen Chou

Class of 2020

Sarah Merza

Class of 2019

Andrew Herczak

Class of 2015

Celina Merza

Class of 2023

Brian Kim

Jamie Ren

Nicholas Han

Class of 2022

Chloe Chen

Class of 2016

Alexander Martini

Class of 2015

Ericka Persson

Class of 2021

Alexis Browne

Jackie Hua

Isabella Min

Class of 2017

Alisha Gomez

Cindy Oh

Ania Parzecki

Katherine Sachs

Class of 2021

Rochelle Shvartsman

Class of 2021

Lauren Park

Class of 2022

Justin Park

Class of 2021

Dana Chou

Forms

Coach Request Forms

Request for NAC/JO only
Request for all others

Trial Membership Form

Open

Membership Application

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Birthday Parties

Have your child’s next Birthday Party at Bergen Fencing Club

We will keep the kids fully entertained with some fencing instructions and some fencing games, finishing off with some one on one bout. Kids will have an exciting time. Birthday child receives a free gift. Call or e-mail for details. We promise a great time!!!

Adult Lessons

For adults of all levels, with no prior experience.
If you get serious lets go national and even international!

Bergen in the News

Bergen Fencing Club was featured on a Comcast cable show Neighborhood Journal.