Mostafa El-Motaz | Coach (Saber)

Saber Coach | Manhattan + Westchester

Coach Mostafa joined Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in 2023 from Egypt. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Business Administration from Helwan University. After starting fencing at 10 years old, he went on to win several national medals in Egypt. As an FIE referee, Mostafa is also on the World Elite Referee Master List for Saber. 

Mostafa hopes to bring the success he has with his students in Egypt to TMFC. He coached both the Egyptian Junior Women’s National Saber Champion and the Junior Men’s National Saber bronze medalist. Internationally, his student won the Junior Men’s African Saber Championship. We look forward to his success with students in the United States!

Babacar Keita | Coach (Saber)

Babacar Keita is a member of the National Team of Senegal. He coaches Youth fencers and leads Youth fencing classes.

Mamadou Keita | Olympian and Elite Coach (Saber)

Coach Mamoudou qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after just 6 years of fencing. In his now 20 years of fencing experience he is a two-time African Individual Saber Champion as well as a three-time silver and bronze medalist at the African Championships. He has a fencing master diploma in 6 weapons from the International School of Fencing Masters and is also an industrial electrical and building engineer. 

Before joining Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in 2022, Mamoudou coached in his native Senegal, Algeria and Saudi Arabia. With his 15 years of coaching experience, he was able to lead Algerian fencers to Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in the African Junior Women’s Championships. He also coached two Algerian fencers to Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2021. We look forward to his similar achievements with our fencers at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club!

Amer Mohammad | Olympian and Coach (Saber)

One of our newest coaches, Mohamed Amer brings his Olympic experience to the TMFC Saber coaching team. He competed in the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Games and is currently training for the 2024 Paris Games while continuing to work with students. 

Mohamed hails from Egypt, where he started fencing at 12 years old. Along with his Olympic credentials, he is a two-time African Zonal Champion and where he has also won multiple silver and bronze medals.  He is also a Junior World bronze medalist as well as the FIE number one ranked Cadet Saber fencer in 2014. In 2015 he became the first African to hold the FIE Junior number one ranking.

Coach Amer looks forward to passing his knowledge gained from training with one of the best Saber coaches in the world on to his students at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club.