by Doug Nichols | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog Post, Calvert, Delmart, Coaches, Coaches A - E |
Dateline: February, 2014. My afternoon with Delmar Calvert, French-trained fencing master, winner of the French Croix de Guerre, former member of the Foreign Legion, and all around nice guy, was a wonderful experience and we’ve finally found a nice bit of the...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches P - T, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Shurtz, Skip, Tronchet, Louis |
I like statistics. Not the kind you learn about in school really. More the kind that come about when you ask yourself questions like, “When will I get THAT done?” and “How many Aldo Nadi stories did I write last year?” (Correct answer for the second question is...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980 |
It’s a holiday weekend around here, so I won’t write much. I just thought it might be nice to show a couple more bouts from the ’79 Junior Worlds, recorded on video by Len Carnighan. If you missed the first story, it’s here: 1979 Junior World Championships,...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E |
The truth is, I’ve been saving this one. Not for any particular reason, but this competition holds a great deal of personal significance for me. Not because I was in it; I’d barely been fencing a year, nor did I ever get close to this level of ability by any stretch...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 12, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Mori, Torao, Okawa, Heziburo, Vince, Joseph |
If you’ve been following along, you know that we (Archive helpers Jamie Douraghy and Greg Lynch doing the dirty work) salvaged material relating to the Joseph Vince Studio, Salle Mori and Heizaburo Okawa that had found its way to a dumpster. Some of the larger pieces...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Uyttenhove, Henri |
Captain John Duff. In some circles, his name still resonates. He won the second ever 24 hours of Le Mans auto race and was known as one of “The Bentley Boys”, the early drivers who, with their numerous victories all over Europe, put the Bentley...
