by Doug Nichols | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, D'Asaro, Michael, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Johnson, Stacey, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Northern California, Oregon, Richards, Ed, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs, Vince, Joseph, Washington |
A number of things have come my way recently through various paths. Taken individually, they add to the collection in nice ways, but don’t necessarily give me the grist to crank out a full story around them. I thought it might be fun to drop them instead in a...
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 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 | May 6, 2019 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs |
Carl Borack was something of an enigma to me when I first encountered him in 1979. By that time, he had traveled the world, won the US Nationals (foil), been on an Olympic team and produced his first feature film in Hollywood. After 2 years at Cabrillo Community...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 8, 2019 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Nadi, Aldo |
I’ve never seriously considered getting a tattoo, but maybe the title of this website entry would be the one. I can’t seem to get more than two or three entries along on this site before Aldo Nadi’s name pops up. Keeps happening. However, the motivation for...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches P - T, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Shurtz, Skip, Tronchet, Louis |
I like statistics. Not the kind you learn about in school really. More the kind that come about when you ask yourself questions like, “When will I get THAT done?” and “How many Aldo Nadi stories did I write last year?” (Correct answer for the second question is...
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