by Doug Nichols | Aug 19, 2019 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Halberstadt, Hans, Lane, Arthur, Mayer, Helene, Snyder, Al |
Typically, US National Foil Champions are reasonably well documented, particularly in their home town. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Alfred R. Snyder, 1944 US foil champion. Andy Shaw, the USA Fencing Historian and owner/proprietor/chief dog rescuer at the...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers P - T, Mori, Torao, Okawa, Heziburo, Shurtz, Skip |
During an otherwise very pleasant Italian meal I shared with two-time, two-weapon National Champion and Olympian Sewall “Skip” Shurtz and Andy Shaw of the Museum of American Fencing, Andy mentioned that he’d come to appreciate, late in life, a difficult-to-like fencer...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Halberstadt, Hans, McDougall, John, Selberg, Charles |
Of the 13 million Germans mobilized for the First World War, over half were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Hans Halberstadt and other survivors jumped into the Roaring Twenties with gusto. A decorated war hero, Hans came back home to Offenbach en Main and the...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog Post, Calvert, Delmart, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, McDougall, John, Okawa, Heziburo, Selberg, Charles |
I drove from my Bay Area home last week to attend the memorial service for much-loved fencing master Delmar Calvert. He passed away a few months ago at the venerable age of 94 years, well loved, well cared for, and visited frequently by friends and former students...
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 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...
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