by Doug Nichols | May 25, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Halberstadt, Hans, Publications, Visconti, Edward |
I return to the pages of The Fencer today, to reprint (actually, re-type) an article written by Pierre Paret for the February, 1948 issue. A portrait of Hans Halberstadt. Behind the Mask Some years ago, a man who had taken a few lessons at the Young Italian...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
While looking through all the photographs the Archive has amassed of Hans Halberstadt, two things become clear. First, he got around. He clearly traveled a great deal. There are pictures of him all over his European playground. Second, he really enjoyed people. ...
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...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans, Selberg, Charles |
Mark Headley and I hold the distinction of having dismantled the salle d’armes that Charlie Selberg put together in the woods of Southern Oregon. On the outside, it looked like this: On the inside, like this: Taking it all down for transport to Berkeley and...
