by Doug Nichols | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, McDougall, John, Nottingham, Jack, Selberg, Charles |
Some time back, I wrote a story about Boffers: (Boffing Article!) Designed by fencer/coach Jack Nottingham, they were the Rolls-Royce of polyethylene toy swords. They could be found for sale via mail order from the Whole Earth Catalog, the 1960s version of Google,...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 6, 2020 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Craus, Polly, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Jan York, Lane, Arthur, Nadi, Aldo, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
I love running across old photos of fencers. It doesn’t matter who’s in them or what condition they’re in for me to be fascinated with the discovery and the challenge of putting names to faces. Sometimes, although not very often, I get the...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Richards, Ed |
Ebay can be tricky to navigate. Not in a general sense. However, sometimes real gems can be found that are hidden between the lines when sellers don’t have a clue about what they’re selling. Case in point; today’s subject. I was able to purchase...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
One of the great features of all the scrapbooks created by Hans Halberstadt is the inclusion of ephemeral media. Hans would post cartoons, news clippings and magazine articles, interspersed with snapshots and portrait photography. That’s not including...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 16, 2020 | Angell, Tommy, Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Calvert, Delmart, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, D'Asaro, Michael, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, King, Harriet, Mitchell, Maxine, Nonomura, George, Posters, Posters California, Posters National, Schools/Clubs, UC Berkeley, Uyttenhove, Henri |
The 1971 US National Championships were held on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, commonly known as Cal. The locals did pretty well, too! Carl Borack from LA made the finals in all three weapons and the Women’s Foil finals had 6 women from...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, McDougall, John, Selberg, Charles |
Time flies when you’re having fun and it’s been almost 4 years since I shared any of Charles Selberg’s Instructional Film Loop series, so let’s dive back in! Since it has been so long, here’s a little review of just what in the world...
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