Speaking, coaching, and brand partnerships
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For fencing parents
Back your fencer without becoming the second coach.
Two decades coaching athletes to World Championships, NCAA programmes and national teams — and three fencers of my own at home. Practical help for the people behind the performance.
30+
NCAA & Ivy League recruits developed through Premier Fencing Academy
2006
Premier Fencing Academy founded with Coach Kristiyan Hristov
World
Champions, medalists, and USA National Team fencers coached
1st
Bulgarian National Champion in saber
Free guide
The 5 mistakes fencing parents make.
If your kid can carry a phone, they can carry their own fencing bag. This guide covers the five habits that quietly hold a fencer back — and simple ways to hand back ownership of their gear, their routine and their results.
The Joys of the Journey
The honest conversations behind achievement.
Ambition, identity, pressure, coaching and parenting — talked through with the people who have lived it.
Guests have included Olympic champions, World No. 1s and national team athletes — among them Lee Kiefer, Alexander Massialas and Misaki Emura.
Speaking
Also available for your club, school or conference.
Practical, human talks for audiences navigating pressure, ambition and the long road to meaningful achievement.
The Competitor’s MindHow athletes perform under pressure when talent alone is not enough.
Raising Confident CompetitorsHow parents can support ambition without becoming the second coach.
Beyond the ScoreBuilding resilient athletes, healthy leaders and meaningful lives through competition.
Partnerships
Brands that serve fencing families.
I work with companies whose products genuinely reach this community — equipment, nutrition, athletic wear and youth-sports education.
Who you would reach
Parents of competitive fencers, the athletes they are raising, and the coaches around them.
Where they find me
Instagram, TikTok, the Joys of the Journey podcast, and inside Premier Fencing Academy.
What works
Honest recommendations for things families actually use at tournaments and in training. Nothing I would not hand my own three.
Start with the free guide.
The five mistakes fencing parents make — and what to do instead.
