Stephen Reyna

Stephen Reyna:

Assistant coach Stephen Reyna's interest in fencing started at an early age.Growing up on weekend matinees featuring Zorro or the Three Musketeers, it was inevitable he would be a fencer.His father took him to the library so he could find information on the sport since fencing schools were hard to come by in San Antonio in the 70's.He finally realized his childhood dream his freshman year at San Antonio College in a PE class.The class was taught by Les Bleamaster, a 1964 Olympian in Modern Pentathlon, whom Stephen respectfully refers to as his fencing father.
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Stephen took to the class with gusto, finally able to practice the sport which had previously existed only in encyclopedias and reference books.Stephen has now taken over Bleamaster's class at SAC.He also works for San Antonio College in the math department.In 1998, San Antonio secured a USOC grant, and Stephen established the only YMCA recreational program in San Antonio.

Stephen coached at the YMCA for four years.He is one of the few Prevost d' Arme in San Antonio, an international ranking just below Fencing Master.

Stephen Reyna - DFY & CODP fencing coach

Stephen Reyna , DFY & CODP Fencing CoachStephen coaches Epee, Foil, and Saber - Provost d'Armes.Stephen's interest in fencing started from an early age.He realized his childhood dream during his freshman year at San Antonio College in a PE class.Les Bleamaster, a former Olympian ('64 Modern Pentathlon), was his coach and encouraged Stephen to teach the next generation of fencers.
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Stephen coached for the YMCA for four years where he continued to elevate his coaching certification in the United State Fencing Association (USFA) and the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA).He currently holds a Level 3 certification in the USFA, Level 5 being the highest.He is a Prevost d' Arme, an international ranking just below Fencing Master.He started his own fencing PE class at Our Lady of the Lake University.He is the Dreams for Youth program's epee coach.Stephen works for the San Antonio College Math Department and takes fencing classes every semester.

Dreams for Youth fencing coach Stephen Renya has been named adjunct professor in the department of kinesiology at San Antonio College. In this capacity he will teach the fencing classes, taking over for long-time professor Olympian Les Bleamaster.

Reyna has been teaching epee for the San Antonio Sports Foundation for a year. He is one of the few Prevost d' Arme in San Antonio, an international ranking just below Fencing Master. In addition to teaching fencing classes, Renya is a math instructor at the college.

Dreams for Youth coach Stephen Reyna's interest in fencing started at an early age. Growing up on weekend matinees featuring Zorro or the Three Musketeers, you could say it was inevitable he would be a fencer. His father took him to the library so he could find information on the sport since fencing schools were hard to come by in San Antonio in the 70's. He finally realized his childhood dream his freshman year at San Antonio College in a PE class. The class is still taught by Les Bleamaster, a 1964 Olympian in Modern Pentathlon, who Stephen respectfully refers to as his fencing father.
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Stephen took to the class with gusto, finally able to practice the sport, which had previously existed only in encyclopedias and reference books.

Stephen now works for San Antonio College in the math department, but every semester he participates in the fencing classes.
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San Antonio secured a USOC grant, and Stephen established the only YMCA recreational program in San Antonio.

Stephen coached for the YMCA for 4 years. He is one of the few Prevost d' Arme in San Antonio, an international ranking just below Fencing Master. He credits Les Bleamaster, former Sports Foundation Community Olympic Development Program (CODP) coach Vinnie Bradford , current CODP coach Wendell Kubik , and the Pan American Fencing Association for their guidance and instruction.

Stephen joined the Dreams For Youth program as an epee coach last fall. This brings him full circle in his fencing career: started as a young want-to-be swashbuckler, found his first opportunity later in life in college, and now helping the other young day-dreamers enter the sport. For Stephen, the following quote sums it up:

The Sports Foundation's Dreams for Youth head fencing Coach José Sanchez (left) , and Assistant Coach Stephen Renya (right), participated in a saber coaching clinic lead by Ed Korfanty (middle), Olympic fencing coach.
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José and Stephen learned effective training methodologies and brought them back to the DFY Training Center.

• Coaches Stephen Reyna, Kos Kalofonos, Pablo Carranza and Wendell Kubick;