Doug's Resume
Douglas Jacobs - Started fencing: Bates College Fencing Club Fall 1984.
Teaching Positions
Worcester Fencing Club (Worcester, MA)
- Owner/Head Coach: January '98 - Present
Higgins Armory Museum (Worcester, MA)
- Instructor: September '96 - Present
Wellesley College
- Head Coach: May 2001 - April 2002
- Assistant Coach: October '98 - May - '01
- PE Instructor: Fall 2000, 2001
Blackstone Valley Fencers (Woonsocket, RI)
- Head Coach: November '97 - June '01
Camp Habonim - Worcester Jewish Community Center
- Instructor: Summer 2000 and 2001
Tenacre - Dana Hall Sports Camp
- Coach: July '99
Wheaton College Fencing Club
- Coach: September '98 - May '99
Woonsocket Fencing Club (Woonsocket, RI)
- Assistant Coach: March '96 - October '97
Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
- Fencing P.E. Instructor 1985-1987
Administrative Positions
- New England Division USFA Executive Committee: August '01 - Present
- Division Secretary: August '98 - July '01
- Executive Committee: August '97 - July '98
- Bates College Fencing Club Club President 1985-1988
Credentials
Teaching Certifications
- 8/02 USFCA Moniteur (examined by Steve Khinoy, and Jerry Benson) '03
- AAI Moniteur de l'Académie d'Armes USA - 8/99
- USFA Coaches College (Sabre Level II - under Maestro Ed Richards) 8/99
- USFA Coaches College (Epee Level II - under Maestro Alex Beguinet) 8/98
- USFA Coaches College (Foil Level II - under Maestros Alex Beguinet and Ed Richards) - 7/98
- USFA Coaches College (Sabre Level I - under Coach Sara Solomon & Maestro Ed Richards) 8/97
- USFA Coaches College (Epee Level I - under Maestro Abdelmonem Salem) 6/96
- USFA Coaches College (Foil Level I - under Maestro Ed Richards)
Referee Ratings
- Foil: 7-98 (observed by Bill Shipman, 8 Feb '98)
American Red Cross Certifications:
- Adult & Child CPR: 5 August, 1999
- Sport Safety Training: 22 July, 1998
- Standard First Aid: 9 March, 1998
Memberships
- USFA (Coach)
- USFCA [Lifetime Member] (Moniteur)
- SAFD (Friend)
Stage Combat/Choreography
- Fight Director: Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen, contact Judy Abrams
- Fight Director: Romeo and Juliet, Spring 2010, Stage Loft Theatre, Sturbridge, MA. Contact Ed Cornely
- Fight Director: King Lear Spring 2006, Stage Loft Theatre, Sturbridge, MA. Contact Ed Cornely
- Fight Director: Richard III Spring 2004, Stage Loft Theatre, Sturbridge, MA. Contact Ed Cornely
- Fight Director: I Hate Hamlet, Winter/Spring 2003, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA. Contact Tom Saupe
- Student: Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship, Higgins Armory museum, Christian Tobler, July 20, 2002
- Fight Director: Hamlet, Spring 2002, Stage Loft Theatre, Sturbridge, MA. Contact Ed Cornely Fight Director:
- 15 Minute Hamlet, Hopkington Highschool, Hopkington MA, Winter 2002. Contact: Penelope Sanborn
- Fight Director: Macbeth, Burncoat Highschool, Worcester; Fall 2001, contact Ms. Bobbie Pierce [MOVIE CLIP]
- Fight Director: Hamlet, Wellesley Shakespeare Soc., Fall 2000, contact Elizabeth Hamilton. Student:
- Late Medieval Sword Combat Workshop: Spring 2000 at Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester; with Keith Ducklin, Senior Interpreter at the British Royal Armouries Museum
- Fight Director: Higgins Faire, Higgins Armory Museum (6/99); Contact: John Monfredo
- Fight Director: Romeo and Juliet; Worcester South High School, MA (5/99); Contact: John Monfredo
- Actor: Balthazar in Romeo and Juliet; Worcester South High School, MA (5/99); Contact: John Monfredo
- Fight Director: Hamlet; Wheaton College, (5/99); Contact: Joe LaDow
- Actor: Hamlet in Hamlet; Wheaton College, (5/99); Contact: Joe LaDow
- Fight Director: Romeo and Juliet; Rebel Shakespeare Company, Marblehead, MA (8/98); Contact Keri Cahill
- Student: Course in stage combat, Spring 1994 (Harvard University with Mark Millman)
- Fight Director: Pirates of Penzance; Bates College (5/88)
Current/upcoming projects:
- Nothing at this time.