by Doug Nichols | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Somewhere along the line, Andy Shaw, Headmaster, Dean and El Jefe of the Museum of American Fencing, acquired a digital file with headshots of all the Olympic fencers. Since Andy was kind enough to grant me access to the file (I’m on his Board of Directors), I...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Nadi, Aldo |
It’s entertaining, reading through Nadi’s ruminations on his life and career as a competitive fencer. That he possessed a finely honed ego – to which he admits in one section – is obvious. In addition, he clearly has an excellent memory to remember so vividly events...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Aldo Nadi was a great fencer. He… well, let’s let the back of his business card explain: High praise, and not misplaced. Nadi was an Olympian for Italy in the 1920 games, winning gold in all three fencing team events and an individual sabre silver medal,...
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...