Khalil Thompson | (Olympian) (Saber)

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club is proud to welcome Olympian Khalil Thompson to our coaching team for the 2025–2026 season! Khalil will bring his Olympic experience and passion for teaching to students across all three TMFC locations—coaching in Port Chester on Mondays and Wednesdays, at our Manhattan West Side location on Tuesdays, and at our East Side location on Thursdays and Fridays. In addition, he will be on the road with our athletes, supporting TMFC fencers at competitions throughout the season.

Khalil Thompson is from Teaneck, NJ. He first picked up a blade at age nine through the Peter Westbrook Foundation, inspired by his sister and drawn to the fast-paced art of saber.

He was an Olympian for Team USA at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in addition to being a multi-time senior world team member. Khalil’s was alsonmember of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Pan American Championships team and the U.S. Senior World Championship team in 2019.

Eric Ruiz (Saber) | School Programs and Class Coordinator

Coach Eric began his fencing journey at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club’s Upper West Side location in 2016 while attending Democracy Prep, which was the first school to partner with Tim Morehouse’s 501(c)(3) initiative, Fencing in the Schools. Since then, he has remained a dedicated member of the TMFC community, working across all club locations to support youth camps and classes throughout college.

A graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Athletic Coaching, Eric was deeply involved in student mentorship, peer advising, and leadership development through the Office of Equity & Inclusion. A native of the Bronx, he fenced in multiple TMFC competitions throughout his university career as well as contributed to the Oneonta club team. In 2024, he was selected for the inaugural Fencing Corps internship, an immersive summer program that trains collegiate fencers in the business of coaching and club operations.

Eric currently leads Fencing in the School’s afterschool programs which are held at our clubs for several NYC public and charter schools that lack gym space, and he assists lead coaches with all youth classes and day camps at our Upper West Side location. Eric hopes to eventually utilize what he’s learned from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club to earn his Master’s in Sports Psychology.