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 adminGreg | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Orley, Piller, George |
Daniel Magay was a member of the Olympic Gold medal winning Hungarian sabre team at the 1956 Melbourne games. Along with many other Hungarian athletes who wished to escape re-occupation of Hungary by the Soviet Union, which happened while the Olympics were underway,...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
I’ve seldom run across a document that is so thick with interesting historical tidbits, but the low-tech mimeographed California-based fanzine called “The Fencer” is a highlight of its kind. I was fortunate to borrow a bound, complete edition of the entire run from...
