by Doug Nichols | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, D'Asaro, Michael, McDougall, John |
There are a number of versions of the story behind Michael D’Asaro the Elder’s decision to follow the advice put forth at 1967’s Human Be-In by Timothy Leary. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out) The short version, the one I like best, is that he...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog Post, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Hey, welcome back! As promised, here is Part 2 of the 1981 World University Games Men’s Foil Final, held in Bucharest, Romania, videotaped and narrated by Michael D’Asaro, Sr. (If you missed Part 1, go back a post before continuing. It’s worth it!) Let’s get right...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog Post, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
For those of you brought up in a digital world with your Googles and YouTubes, I’d guess it’s hard for you to imagine a time when finding information about fencing was near impossible. In these days of live video feeds of world cup competitions and up-to-the-minute...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches P - T, Richards, Ed, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
The mastermind behind the ultimately triumphant performance of the US Masters team at the 1970 World Fencing Masters Championships was, without doubt, Raoul Sudre, head coach at Cornell University. A year and a half prior to the event, he began calling prospective...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
Hans Halberstadt, who taught fencing in San Francisco from the time of his arrival in the city in 1940 until his death in 1966 at the age of 81, was trained by Arturo Gazzera at the Offenbach am Main fencing club. He competed for Germany at the 1928 Olympics in...
