by Doug Nichols | Nov 11, 2019 | Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, King, Harriet, Marki, Ferenc, McDougall, John, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Piller, George, Visconti, Edward |
There is nothing in the world quite like Jerry Biagini’s greeting to me when I visited him about two weeks ago. Me: “Mr. Biagini, how are you?” Jerry: “I’m 90 years old and cranky!” As it turned out, he wasn’t so cranky as...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Piller, George, Uyttenhove, Henri |
When I have the opportunity to visit someone who has fencing memorabilia that I can scan for my collection, I often don’t get a chance to thoroughly take in the significance of everything I’m working with. I work fast, replacing one item from the flatbed...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Mayer, Helene, Uyttenhove, Henri |
There are many ways in which the scrapbook of Erich Funke d’Egnuff is a gold mine, not least of which are the amazing variety of newspaper photos of fencers. The scrapbook covers the years 1934 to about 1942 and the fencers of that time had a style all their...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Visconti, Edward |
There is a great photo hanging on the wall at the Halberstadt Fencers Club on South Van Ness in San Francisco that I’ve always admired. It shows four fencing masters sitting and watching a tournament at the Funke Fencing Academy when it was housed in the...
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 | May 27, 2019 | Angell, Tommy, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Halberstadt, Hans, King, Harriet, McDougall, John, Mitchell, Maxine, Northern California, Romary, Schools/Clubs, UC Berkeley, Visconti, Edward |
Tommy Angell was the type of person who overcame obstacles. It doesn’t seem to matter how challenging things may have been; she simply took them on and beat them. Not just took them on; she seems to have sought them out and demolished them. Here’s a quick list: UC...
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