by Doug Nichols | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, De Jong, Duris, Duff, John, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Lane, Arthur, Mayer, Helene, Uyttenhove, Henri |
I’m not sure of the original source for the story, but it goes like this. In the early days of the AFLA, precursor to today’s USA Fencing, the East Coast was in charge. They had more fencers, more coaches, more clubs, and darn it, they started the...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 2, 2020 | Artifact |
Plaque for the Selberg Fencing Academy. After graduating from San Francisco State College in 1960, Charles Selberg began his teaching career just a bit to the south of San Francisco at a Redwood City public school. He also taught fencing for his friend John...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Piller, George |
The above picture has been assumed to be Hans Halberstadt for a very long time. I thought so myself, even after scanning it (thanks Kathy Krusen!) at high resolution and having every opportunity to review it with a critical eye. If you’ve ever been inside the...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 25, 2020 | Artifact |
Gold medal, US Women’s Foil National Championship, 1974. Won by 19 year old Gay Jacobsen, representing the Halberstadt Fencers Club.
by Doug Nichols | Jun 22, 2020 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers P - T, Johnson, Stacey, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs |
My first impression of Peter Schifrin was formed by my reaction to seeing his sculpture work used in a poster for a fencing tournament. It was a photo of his sculpt of his teammates, Vinnie Bradford and Stacey Johnson, and I was fascinated by it. Both were...
