by Doug Nichols | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Mitchell, Maxine, Shurtz, Skip |
Well, I’m on a roll with this footage, so I’m just going to keep on going. We’re back at the 1958 Pacific Coast Championships. This time out, we’ve got the Women’s Foil Finals, pitting Olympic teammates Janice Lee York-Romary against Maxine Mitchell. Jan Romary...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog Post, California, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, Tournaments |
As we here at The Archive continue to mine the amazing things found in the trove acquired from Heizaburo Okawa, I find myself drawn to the filmed elements we had transferred to digital. Like a lot of home movies shot in the days of yore, often the camera was loaded up...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Vince, Joseph |
To fulfill a request made by a concerned reader of our website, I now present… Fencing! It is, after all, what the website is purportedly about, yet I do tend to get caught up in personalities and storylines. Blame my upbringing. Still, a little fencing tournament...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
After a too-long hiatus from posting to the site, I figured I’d start simple. But, like everything, there’s a bit more to the story. Over the summer, Friend of The Archive Jamie Douraghy had the excellent idea of calling me to let me know that retired fencing master...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Marx, Michael, Mori, Torao, Nonomura, George, Okawa, Heziburo, Shurtz, Skip |
Where Have We Been? What a crazy bunch of weeks! It may still take a bit to get back up to speed with regular stories, but the reason will hopefully be made clear as I describe recent events. First, Nationals. That would be the US Fencing National Championships,...
