by Doug Nichols | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Halberstadt, Hans, Mori, Torao, Northern California, Okawa, Heziburo, Schools/Clubs, Stanford, Vince, Joseph |
I confess, I don’t know a whole lot about Kendo. Outside of the countless samurai films I’ve seen (which I don’t pretend are representative of Kendo), I’ve only been around the sport a couple of times. On my very first fencing team, the best guy had picked up a foil...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Oregon, Schools/Clubs, Studio of American Fencing |
If you’ve been checking in here regularly, you’ll know I frequently haunt the corridors of that virtual thrift store known as Ebay. Sometimes I find things of fencing interest, sometimes I don’t. It’s a mix of disappointment and fascination. ...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 17, 2019 | Alpar, Julius Palffy-, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Piller, George |
My first introduction to Ferenc Marki was at the 1978 Junior College Championships for Northern California. Maestro Marki called us all together at the start of the Men’s Team Foil to explain the format and strip assignments. He spoke for a good 15 minutes and I...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Massialas, Greg, Northern California, Okawa, Heziburo, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles |
It’s impossible to know why these things happen. They can’t be planned for or expected yet I’ve been experiencing more than my share of these types of events since starting this archive and I couldn’t be happier about it. This is simply the latest. I hope talking...
by Doug Nichols | May 6, 2019 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs |
Carl Borack was something of an enigma to me when I first encountered him in 1979. By that time, he had traveled the world, won the US Nationals (foil), been on an Olympic team and produced his first feature film in Hollywood. After 2 years at Cabrillo Community...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 29, 2019 | Alpar, Julius Palffy-, Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, King, Harriet, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Northern California, Orley, Piller, George, Richards, Ed, Schools/Clubs, Stanford, UC Berkeley |
As a member of the Hall of Fame committee for USA Fencing, I get a chance to participate in an annual ritual of determining, in the fairest way possible, who is to be considered for inclusion into that prestigious body. But in the long run, just like every member of...
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