Dave Charles

Dave started fencing in 1982 when he enrolled in a fencing class at Santa Rosa Junior Collage. After that, he started fencing at Letterman Fencing club and trained under William G. O'Brien and Marcos Lucchetti. Highlights of his fencing career include a year fencing in St Petersburg Russia, at the Pioneer Palace and fencing Arnd Schmidt (1988 Gold medallist) and scoring a touch.

Dave is the former coach at U.C. Berkeley and a Prevot d'Armes. His coaching is influenced by the German training program at Tauberbishofshiem and time spent studying under Dr. Zbigniew Czajkowski at the Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland. He currently teaches the Beginning Fencing class as well as the Introduction to Epee class here at Halberstadt and is also available for private lessons.