Coach Lehfeldt at the 2012 London Olympic Games with Student Suzanne Stettinius
Preparing for the London OlympicsDamien is an epee coach at Nova Fencing Club. Damien is a previously A-rated Epeeist and a certified Maitre D’Épée via the United States Fencing Coaches Association. He is currently serving on the USA Fencing Board of Directors as an elected At-Large Director (2023-2026). Additionally, Damien currently serves as the Director of Strategy and Analytics for the USA Men’s Epee Team where he responsible for creating data-driven tactics to plan and execute against the most elite opponents around the world.
Damien was the coach of a London 2012 Olympian in Modern Pentathlon, a World Maccabi Games silver medalist, and a member of the DC Fencers Club epee squad that took gold in the 2012 North American Cup. He was a four-year starter and co-captain at Brandeis University, where he was an intercollegiate fencing association (IFA) gold medalist.
To contact, email Damien@thefencingcoach.com.
You are the man! Wish I could be you!
Hi, Coach Lehfeldt, would you please tell me how to beat deep lunge or low lunge in saber fencing? Thank you.
Hello Damien, I’d like to be in contact with you via email. Tnx
When I fenced foil 50 years ago our stance was a lot less open than what I observed in the Olympic competition. What has changed this?