by Doug Nichols | Jun 4, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael, Need Help |
Let’s see a show of hands. Who here can read Polish? I can’t. I can pick out a word or two here, like “szable” for “sabre” and “Zablocki” for “Wojciech Zablocki”, the great Polish sabre fencer. A few other names. That’s about it for me. Polish news...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog Post, Northern California, Posters, Schools/Clubs, The Fencing Center |
One of the ongoing projects at the West Coast Fencing Archive is the restoration of fencing posters. This was started through the great work of John McDougall, who took it upon himself to restore a number of posters that were in his hands or with Charlie Selberg. One...
by Doug Nichols | May 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
Gyorgy Jekelfalussy Piller has gone down in history as one of the most successful competitors and coaches. If his name is unfamiliar, let me give you a brief run-down. He competed for Hungary in the 1928 Olympics on the Foil Team and reached the semi-finals,...
by Doug Nichols | May 25, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Halberstadt, Hans, Publications, Visconti, Edward |
I return to the pages of The Fencer today, to reprint (actually, re-type) an article written by Pierre Paret for the February, 1948 issue. A portrait of Hans Halberstadt. Behind the Mask Some years ago, a man who had taken a few lessons at the Young Italian...
by Doug Nichols | May 21, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, Need Help, O'Brien, William, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Continuing on with the same topic as our last post, we return again to the Women’s Gymnasium at San Jose State University. There have been a number of comments from the previous set with some corrections that I’ll tweak when I get a second – thanks for the notes,...
