• 2X OLYMPIC TEAM CAPTAIN
• 2X OLYMPIC REFEREE
• NBC OLYMPIC FENCING ANALYST
• FIE RULES COMMISSION 2000-2008
• INTERNATIONAL COMPETITOR
When: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017 - UDPATED!
• SEMINAR from 8:30 to 4:30
• PRACTICAL EXAMS 5:00-7:30
Where: ROCHESTER FENCING CLUB
3335 Brighton Henrietta Town Line RD
Who: All referees, parents, coaches, and fencers are welcome
What: The official USAF Fencing Officials Commission (FOC) referee seminar
• 40+ years of real life experiences and anecdotes
• Common sense approaches to refereeing
• Tactics and techniques needed to reach the next level
• Jeff’s #1 secret to gaining the fencers’ confidence
• Making sense of the rules
Cost: $75 for the seminar as mandated by the USFA’s FOC
$10 per practical exam per weapon
THE WRITTEN EXAMS MUST NOW BE TAKEN ONLINE!!!
• Go to http://www.usfencing.org
• Go to “Officials” drop window in the middle of the upper task bar
• Go to the 4th line down, “Visit the USA Fencing Officials Commission Web Site”
• Go to “Become a Ref” on upper task bar
• The rulebook and study guide will be linked
• The process will be explained
• Jeff Bukantz is one of our country’s most experienced and successful referees
• Refereed his first NCAA gold medal foil bout in 1978, at the age of 21.
• Refereed his first USFA National Championship gold medal foil bout in 1980, at the age of 23
• Qualified as a competitor for 3 World Championship teams, the World University Games team, the Pan American Games team, and 3 World Maccabiah Games teams
• Refereed at the Olympic Games in 1984 & 1996
• Refereed at 8 Junior, Senior, and Veteran World Championships
• Refereed the finals of the Olympic Games in Men’s Foil in 1996
• Chair of the Fencing Officials Commission from 2002-2004
• Captain of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Fencing Teams
• NBC Olympic Fencing Analyst 2012 and 2016
• Member of the FIE Rules Commission from 2000-2008
• Member of the USFA High Performance Committee (1988-2008)
• Member of Fencing Officials Commission 1993-2008
• NCAA Head Referee 2005-2010; NCAA Referee 1978-2010
• Ivy League Head Referee 2010-present
• ACC Head Referee 2015-present
• Critically acclaimed author of “Closing the Distance”
• American Fencing Magazine Rules/Referee columnist
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