by Doug Nichols | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog Post, California, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, National Tournament, Nonomura, George, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
I confess that it has been hard to sit down and find the wherewithal to come up with a story in the past weeks. Since the death of my first coach, Len Carnighan, it’s been frankly a challenge. For those of you who don’t know, we here at the West Coast Fencing...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches |
“Do you not know that a man is not dead if his name is still spoken?” – Terry Pratchett My first fencing coach, Len Carnighan, died a week ago today, September 11, 2016. I was in his first class at Cabrillo College in the fall of 1977. It was his first...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches P - T, Piller, George |
I got a very nice phone call from Gerard Biagini this week. He is not digitally connected via the world wide web, but his daughter was kind enough to show him last week’s story that I wrote about my visit. Jerry called to thank me for posting the story. He was very...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 5, 2016 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Marki, Ferenc, Shurtz, Skip, Visconti, Edward |
A couple of Fridays past, I was able to spend an hour speaking with Gerard Biagini. Now, if his name is not familiar to you, it really should be. He’s been a mainstay of fencing in the Bay Area since before most of us were born. I first became aware of Mr. Biagini...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael |
I haven’t posted any missives about my long-time coach Michael D’Asaro (Senior) for a bit now, and I’ve been holding onto this little tid-bit for some time. So, it’s about time, no? This film, a small part of a longer reel, was shot by Max Garret at the 1959 NCAA...
by adminGreg | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog Post, Fencers, Massialas, Greg, Nonomura, George |
At last year’s Nationals in San Jose, I was able to sit down with George Nonomura and chat about his fencing career. Now, George is, and has always been, one of the nicest, friendliest people around. So when I posed the question about who might have been his nemesis...
