by Doug Nichols | May 23, 2019 | Artifact |
First Place medal for the 1959 Pacific Coast Championship Men’s Foil Team, won by the Pannonia Athletic Club: Biagini, Green, Lucas, Baker
by Doug Nichols | May 20, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Magay, Daniel, Mitchell, Maxine, Nadi, Aldo, Orley, Schools/Clubs, Southern California, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
No, not the classic Bob Welch era Fleetwood Mac album, although that does contain one of my favorite songs of all time, “Hypnotized”. The mystery to me today is fencing master John McKee from Southern California who trained hundreds and hundreds of fencers over...
by Doug Nichols | May 16, 2019 | Artifact |
The first place trophy, won by Salvatore Giambra. 1947 was the premier occurrence of the annual Halberstadt Sabre competition which was held until the late 1960s. Giambra won the event five times.
by Doug Nichols | May 13, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Craus, Polly, Domolky, George, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Magay, Daniel, Mayer, Helene, Nadi, Aldo, Orley, Piller, George, Shurtz, Skip |
As many times as I’ve mentioned the Halberstadt Scrapbooks on this website over the years, I was shocked to realize that I have not, until now, written a defining story about what they are and (to me, at least) their significance. Today you can stop in at just about...
by Doug Nichols | May 9, 2019 | Artifact |
Believed to be a Participant’s Medal from the 1929 European Military Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary. The sabre event was won by Hungarian Jekelfalussy Piller György and was the beginning of his four-year domination of sabre. He won the 1930 and 1931 World...
