About AFC
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Meet Our Coaches
Tom Hill
Head Coach
Coach Tom brings 17 years of fencing experience to the team, supporting fencers both competitively and recreationally. He has experience mentoring fencers from their start as youth beginners through their high school graduations. Coach Tom is passionate about making the art of fencing accessible to everyone in the Austin community, from youths to adults.
Blake Ruffner
Competitve Foil & Epee Coach
Coach Blake has experience as a competitive fencer in both Foil and Epee. He competed as a Division I Collegiate athlete with UIW and qualified for the NCAA championships. He’s been coaching with AFC for 5 years, and leads the Epee program.
Kasia Lachman
Foil Coach
Coach Kasia is a former member of the Polish National Team (2010–2021), European Championship U23 Medalist, and an NCAA Division I athlete from St. John’s University. Kasia coaches Foil fencers both competitively and recreationally, and gives the majority of lessons for the AFC youth fencers.
Meet Our Founder
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Eric Mallet
Founder
A graduate from France's prestigious Ecole Nationale de Maîtres d'Armes, Coach Eric has coached countless Austin area fencers to success at all levels since moving to here in 1991
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Where We’re At:
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E: Send us an email by filling out the form on this page
P: (512) 270-1965
4425 Red River Street*
Austin, TX 78752
*AFC trains in the gym of the Red River Church. The gym is the 2-story brick building connected to the 45th Street parking lot*