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Biographies

Our instructors are all experienced fencers and ⁄ or fencing coaches, with many also having extensive corporate experience. They can therefore tailor games and activities to your needs, helping you to get the most from your corporate events, team building days and training sessions.

Nick Payne
The founder of Sword Fighting International, Nick has fenced since he was 10 years old. Former British No1 and England Captain, he was reserve for the Barcelona Olympics and is a Commonwealth bronze medalist. Now retired from competitive fencing, he is an International Referee and was one of the assistant referees for the Men's Foil Final at the London 2012 Olympics.

Nick also has plenty of corporate experience, working in Business Information, Anti-Money Laundering and Risk Management in some of the world's largest financial centres. He therefore knows how important the skills that fencing can develop are: focus, precise goals and determination have helped him to both fencing and corporate success.

Sam Stevenson
Lead Instructor and Marketing Consultant, Sam has over 20 years' experience in marketing, events management, training and development. She is a qualified practitioner of the behavioural profiling tool PRISM, and qualified fencing coach. Sam leads our Get the Point! experiential learning programme.

Ben Morel
Ben has worked with Sword Fighting International since our launch. As well as being an instructor, he is also one of our Marketing Executives specialising in SEO and PPC. With a background in offshore finance, Ben has coached fencing at several clubs across the South East and in the Channel Islands.

Top GB Athletes who have worked for SFI include:

Richard Kruse – Men's Foil GB No 1
Team GB London 2012
Athens Olympics Final 8
Beijing L16 (lost by one hit to World Champion)
Venice World Cup 2010 1st

Anna Bentley – Women's Foil
Team GB London 2012
3 times British Champion

Mary Cohen – GB Women's Epee Team 7 Times National Champion
Currently 8th in GB Senior Ranking – 2016 hopeful

Jenny McGeever – GB Women's Epee Team
Currently 6th in GB Senior Ranking – 2016 hopeful
2011 U20 GBR ranking 1st

Hannah Bryars – 7 Times National Foil Champion

Video clips - from recent team building events
SFI in the press
Team building flyer

Investec

"Very enjoyable - good to laugh together"

Merrill Lynch (now BlackRock)

"Fun! Surprising and different."

BAT

"Excellent staff and approach. Highly recommended for team building."

Trading Partners

"I would always recommend you to anyone looking for a fun and different challenge."
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BT Financial

"Something different - great fun"

Spotless

"The Sword Fighting was the highlight of the conference. It was unique and very well run" Click here for pictures

Fortune 100 IT Company

"Great fun and well organised"
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SeeFilmFirst on behalf of Disney

"The whole event was a resounding success"

www.samsales.com.au

"Interesting and challenging... We certainly recommend Sword Fighting International to organizations seeking a professionally managed team building and business coaching event with a difference!"

Action Focus

"I can now see how fencing can help me keep fit as well as develop my strategic skills."

Merchant Cash Express

Enjoyable and informative great session, great fun thanks!
Thoroughly enjoyed it Director and Team - Merchant Cash Express

Recent quote from olympic sponsor BMW:

Thanks so much for all your hard work and support in Spain. It was a great pleasure to meet you and I know that the media will remember for a very long time (as will I) those fencing battles in the courtyard. Superb. Your enthusiasm and eloquence ensured that everybody got maximum enjoyment out of the encounter with a new sport. I have since been inspired to watch some of those YouTube fencing clips which you suggested. Amazing stuff."