by Doug Nichols | Jul 5, 2016 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Marki, Ferenc, Shurtz, Skip, Visconti, Edward |
A couple of Fridays past, I was able to spend an hour speaking with Gerard Biagini. Now, if his name is not familiar to you, it really should be. He’s been a mainstay of fencing in the Bay Area since before most of us were born. I first became aware of Mr. Biagini...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers F - J, Johnson, Stacey, Okawa, Heziburo, Selberg, Charles |
Ah, San Jose, California in the summer. In the late 70’s, that meant two things: heat and smog. However, for a few years it also meant fencing at the University! Sometime prior to the summer of 1977, Michael D’Asaro and Charles Selberg devised a plan to create a...
by Greg Lynch Jr | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O |
We all give deference to our fencing coaches by calling them Maestro. But did you know that in order for your fencing instructor to call himself a Fencing Master he must be accredited? It’s true. Fencing Masters must take a degree program just like a Doctor in...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, McDougall, John |
I know I’ve written about John McDougall in the past, but can you say too much about John? I’m thinking that you really can’t. Let’s run through the highlights. Started fencing at Stanford in the mid-1950’s. Trained with Aldo Nadi and George Piller. Hired Julius...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Lane, Arthur, Uyttenhove, Henri, Visconti, Edward |
The year now gone we knew as 2015 saw the passing of long-time fencer, fencing master, fencing club founder and all around gentleman, Arthur Lane. Harold Hayes, another excellent gentleman who used to share teaching space with Arthur at his Pacific Fencers Club, came...
by Doug Nichols | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Ah, Aldo Nadi. I get itchy if I don’t publish something about him every now and again, so let’s get settled in for a fun little bit right from the source. I’ve used The Fencer magazine as a source previously. It was a 2-plus year endeavor by a number of fencers...
