by Doug Nichols | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
Aldo Nadi was a great fencer. He… well, let’s let the back of his business card explain: High praise, and not misplaced. Nadi was an Olympian for Italy in the 1920 games, winning gold in all three fencing team events and an individual sabre silver medal,...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, D'Asaro, Michael, McDougall, John |
There are a number of versions of the story behind Michael D’Asaro the Elder’s decision to follow the advice put forth at 1967’s Human Be-In by Timothy Leary. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on,_tune_in,_drop_out) The short version, the one I like best, is that he...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches P - T, Richards, Ed, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
The mastermind behind the ultimately triumphant performance of the US Masters team at the 1970 World Fencing Masters Championships was, without doubt, Raoul Sudre, head coach at Cornell University. A year and a half prior to the event, he began calling prospective...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
Hans Halberstadt, who taught fencing in San Francisco from the time of his arrival in the city in 1940 until his death in 1966 at the age of 81, was trained by Arturo Gazzera at the Offenbach am Main fencing club. He competed for Germany at the 1928 Olympics in...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches U - Z, Northern California, Schools/Clubs, UC Berkeley, Uyttenhove, Henri |
It’s fun to come across something that looks straightforward but winds up proving to be mysterious. At least in this case, I think it’s mysterious. I just hope it’s not mysterious for very long. I came across a series of four photographs that were dated November...
by adminGreg | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Orley, Piller, George |
Daniel Magay was a member of the Olympic Gold medal winning Hungarian sabre team at the 1956 Melbourne games. Along with many other Hungarian athletes who wished to escape re-occupation of Hungary by the Soviet Union, which happened while the Olympics were underway,...
