Raúl Gutiérrez Rodríguez has extensive experience in various sports activities. He graduated with a degree in Physical Culture in 1998. He is a high-performance fencing coach in Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States, working with both men’s and women’s teams. He is also a physical trainer in several disciplines and a fencing master. He worked as a professor at a university center in Cuba. He started his sports career very young, participating in national and international events in Cuba, such as the Ramón Fonst memorial in the 1980s. His coaching career began in 1990 at the High-Performance School in Holguín and Guantánamo, achieving significant results, including national champion, runner-up, and various medals in several events. Later, he started his international experience with the teams of Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States, achieving important results at both the international and national levels, multiple times national champion, and winning numerous medals in different gender categories standing out are…
He also contributed to the different national teams in the mentioned countries. He later worked at Team Touche Club in San Diego, California, supporting the performance of various athletes at both the national and regional levels, and similarly at the Phoenix Falcon Club in Arizona.
“Raul Gutierrez is an amazing coach. He is not only great at developing the technique of the athletes, but also strives to give each and every athlete the support necessary for them to grow as human beings so that they can not only be better at fencing, but also at life. With him I won several international titles such as the U13 Pan American Championship, as well as several South American U13 and U15 titles, multiple Peruvian National championships spanning the U11 to U20 categories and my first qualification for the Senior Peruvian National team.”.
Épée differs fundamentally from the other two fencing disciplines in its rules and target area. Fencers can strike their opponent anywhere on the entire body from head to toe
Foil fencing is highly defined by its technical precision and specific rules. Fencers can strike their opponent within the valid target zone which includes the torso, front and back, from the shoulders to the groin.
