by Doug Nichols | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Ah, Aldo Nadi. I get itchy if I don’t publish something about him every now and again, so let’s get settled in for a fun little bit right from the source. I’ve used The Fencer magazine as a source previously. It was a 2-plus year endeavor by a number of fencers...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980 |
It’s a holiday weekend around here, so I won’t write much. I just thought it might be nice to show a couple more bouts from the ’79 Junior Worlds, recorded on video by Len Carnighan. If you missed the first story, it’s here: 1979 Junior World Championships,...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E |
The truth is, I’ve been saving this one. Not for any particular reason, but this competition holds a great deal of personal significance for me. Not because I was in it; I’d barely been fencing a year, nor did I ever get close to this level of ability by any stretch...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Doug's Stories |
Here are some pictures of some of my favorite fencers that have come from France. Not in any order, other than the order by which I came across them. Christian d’Oriola Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement. Pascal Jolyot Jean Buhan...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
I return this week to one of my favorite haunts. It being just past Halloween here in the US, it seems an appropriate time of year to do so. Thus, back in time we go to the Halberstadt School of Fencing – which is how the sign read that was painted on the door in...
