by Doug Nichols | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches U - Z, Vince, Joseph |
A bit of a double meaning here. Just a quick update for the website today, as it’s a busy week in the land of the West Coast. The San Jose World Cup Men’s Foil event is taking place as I write this, so the weekend will be a busy time of avidly watching the...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 12, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Mori, Torao, Okawa, Heziburo, Vince, Joseph |
If you’ve been following along, you know that we (Archive helpers Jamie Douraghy and Greg Lynch doing the dirty work) salvaged material relating to the Joseph Vince Studio, Salle Mori and Heizaburo Okawa that had found its way to a dumpster. Some of the larger pieces...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Okawa, Heziburo |
Heizaburo Okawa has been quite a few places and seen a lot. And accomplished a fair bit in the process. Let’s run it down, shall we? Three time Olympian for Japan: 1960, 1964 and 1968, competing in all three weapons in 1964. Three time Japanese National Foil...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Vince, Joseph |
To fulfill a request made by a concerned reader of our website, I now present… Fencing! It is, after all, what the website is purportedly about, yet I do tend to get caught up in personalities and storylines. Blame my upbringing. Still, a little fencing tournament...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
After a too-long hiatus from posting to the site, I figured I’d start simple. But, like everything, there’s a bit more to the story. Over the summer, Friend of The Archive Jamie Douraghy had the excellent idea of calling me to let me know that retired fencing master...
by adminGreg | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, McDougall, John |
The language in the following cautionary tale is NSFW. It is also not suitable for youngsters. But it is an exemplary tale of why you should not draw the ire of your coach or maestro. The effect of such misjudgment can reverberate for a long time to come. Sit back and...
