by Doug Nichols | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
So says, more or less, this article from a San Francisco area newspaper, dated November of 1934: The woman to beware of is, as mentioned, the great Helene Mayer. To say that her competitive record is impressive is an understatement. Olympic Gold Medal at the age of...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Greco, Anthony, Halberstadt, Hans, Huddleson, Demi, Magay, Daniel, Mayer, Helene, Orley, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
San Francisco State University was founded as the “San Francisco State Normal School”. Take that, all you who believe the City By The Bay to be populated by nothing but the socially irregular! SF State has been graduating the scholarly since 1901 and has a proud...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers F - J, Johnson, Stacey, Okawa, Heziburo, Selberg, Charles |
Ah, San Jose, California in the summer. In the late 70’s, that meant two things: heat and smog. However, for a few years it also meant fencing at the University! Sometime prior to the summer of 1977, Michael D’Asaro and Charles Selberg devised a plan to create a...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Nonomura, George |
We caught up with George Nonomura at the US Nationals this past summer. I’ll let George take it from here:...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog Post, Calvert, Delmart, Coaches, Coaches A - E |
Dateline: February, 2014. My afternoon with Delmar Calvert, French-trained fencing master, winner of the French Croix de Guerre, former member of the Foreign Legion, and all around nice guy, was a wonderful experience and we’ve finally found a nice bit of the...
