Head Fencing Instructor

Name: Nick Johnson

Education: BS in Mathematics Education, MA in Education, Moniteur in Foil

Biography

Nick hales from South Dakota.  He grew up on a farm in the southeastern part of the state near the Missouri river.  After graduating from high school he attended the University of South Dakota.  He would go on to graduate from the university with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education.  While there he received his first exposure to fencing.  His instructor was Brian Bagley.  He was involved with the fencing group there for two years.

After graduating from the university he took a job teaching mathematics at Zion-Benton Township High School where he continues to teach.  He and his wife moved to Kenosha and in 2003 began to take fencing lessons at the YMCA.  In 2004 he took over the fencing program there.   In the summer of 2005 he met with Alexis LaJoie of the Classical Fencing Society Scoula de Armes (CFSSDA).  Nick has been a student there since the winter of 2006 and continues to receive instruction from Alexis LaJoie.  In the summer of 2006 he sought and received accreditation as a fencing instructor from the United States Fencing Coaches Association under the tutelage of Maitre de Armes Anthony Gillham.