by Doug Nichols | May 25, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Halberstadt, Hans, Publications, Visconti, Edward |
I return to the pages of The Fencer today, to reprint (actually, re-type) an article written by Pierre Paret for the February, 1948 issue. A portrait of Hans Halberstadt. Behind the Mask Some years ago, a man who had taken a few lessons at the Young Italian...
by Doug Nichols | May 21, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, Need Help, O'Brien, William, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Continuing on with the same topic as our last post, we return again to the Women’s Gymnasium at San Jose State University. There have been a number of comments from the previous set with some corrections that I’ll tweak when I get a second – thanks for the notes,...
by Doug Nichols | May 18, 2015 | Blog Post, California, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Johnson, Stacey, Massialas, Greg, Need Help, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Tournaments |
I’ve got two sets of pictures from the same event, courtesy of the Charles and Julie Selberg collection of fencing memorabilia. One set is black & white film, the other color slides. Today, in photo essay form, I present the best of the color slides. I can...
by Doug Nichols | May 14, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches P - T, Tronchet, Louis |
Back in January I posted a story about the match between Generoso Pavese and Louis Tronchet in San Francisco that took place in 1899. (http://westcoastfencingarchive.com/2015/01/08/tronchet-vs-pavese/) This time I’d like to focus on the San Francisco career of Louis...
by Doug Nichols | May 12, 2015 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Craus, Polly, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Mitchell, Maxine, Nadi, Aldo, Publications |
After a week’s hiatus, I return to the WCFA with another new story about old stuff! (And between us, the combination of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival matched with moving house is not a recommendation I can endorse for others who wish to keep both their...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Ok, kind of a short post today, because there’s a mystery that needs to be solved and I haven’t had any luck on my own. The subject of Aldo Nadi has come up on the WCFA several times already in our short life so far. Check out what we’ve said so far here: ...
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