OUR COACHES
Lei Wang
Founder & Head Coach
Coach Wang is an Olympic Fencer from Shanghai, China with over 20 years of fencing experience.
He participated in the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. Coach Wang became the first male Olympic medalist in fencing for China when he won the 2004 Silver Medal in Men’s Épée. In 2006, he won the Men's Épée Individual Champion at the World Fencing Championships.
Coach Wang has been coaching for over 15 years: 8 years as the head coach of Shanghai's Men's Épée Team, 2 years as head coach of China's National Men's Épée Team, and as head coach of Wanglei International Fencing Club. He has coached national and international medalists to great success!
Coach Wang has since immigrated to the United States and settled down in the Princeton area of New Jersey.
Slava Danilov
Coach
Coach Slava is a professional fencing coach and master from Ukraine with over 40 years of experience.
He participated in the 1995 and 1996 European Cup on the Men’s Épée Team. The team took the Gold in 1995 and took the Bronze in 1996. In 1996, he won a gold medal in the International World Championships in Brussels.
He has served as the head coach of Morris Fencing Club in Randolph, New Jersey and also head coach at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, NJ. In the more distant past, he has coached at the Fencing Academy of South Jersey, Medeo Fencing Club, and the Kharkov Fencing Club in Ukraine.
Presently, Coach Slava is an Assistant Coach at the University of Pennsylvania, leading the UPenn Women's Team to becoming 2024 Ivy League Champions and the Men's Team as back-to-back Ivy Champions!
Zoltan Dudas
Coach
Coach Zoltan is a professional fencing coach and current Head Coach of Princeton University's Fencing Team with over 30 years of experience.
As Head Coach, Coach Zoltan has led Princeton Fencing to rise in the NCAA ranks, earning the program's first NCAA Championship win in 2013. Under Dudas, Princeton took the maximum 12 NCAA Championship qualifications every year from 2010-14, returned to all-12 status in 2016 and did so again in 2020. On the women's side, they have won 7 Ivy League titles with Coach Zoltan leading the program.
Outside of colligate fencing, Coach Zoltan also has students rise to the Olympic level, with Kat Holmes, who competed in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, and Susannah Scanlan, who competed in the 2012 Olympic Games.
LeeAnn Choy
Coach
Coach LeeAnn started fencing when she was 9 years old, following the steps of her older brothers, who were both recruited NCAA Division 1 fencers. She has been fencing on the national level for over 15 years.
Coach LeeAnn has reached top 16 on the Cadet and Junior US Fencing National Points Standing and top 32 on the Senior US Fencing National Points Standing. During her New Jersey high school career, she was 3-time consecutive New Jersey Women's Epee Individual Champion. Her fencing career lead her to be recruited to Columbia University, where she was a member of the 2019 NCAA Champion Team, 3-time Ivy League Champion Team, and served as team captain.
Coach LeeAnn now assists at our Livingston location where she teaches our students and gives insight into high school and collegiate fencing. She is also the Assistant Epee Coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Rui He
Coach
Coach Rui He, former saber fencer of the Guangdong Provincial Team and National Master Athlete, brings years of elite training and competition experience to Wanglei International Fencing Club.
Known for his speed, precision, and tactical insight, she has developed a professional saber training system designed for youth athletes. Coach He is dedicated to inspiring and guiding students, helping them grow in skill, confidence, and resilience—preparing them for success in both fencing competitions and academic opportunities at top universities.
