by Doug Nichols | Jul 13, 2020 | Angell, Tommy, Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Halberstadt, Hans, Huddleson, Demi, Mori, Torao, Vince, Joseph |
When I struggle with ideas for writing about fencing history for this site, I have a couple of favorite fallback topics. If you’ve been reading for awhile, you can probably guess most of them. Aldo Nadi, Helene Mayer, Hans Halberstadt. All three of those...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 22, 2020 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers P - T, Johnson, Stacey, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs |
My first impression of Peter Schifrin was formed by my reaction to seeing his sculpture work used in a poster for a fencing tournament. It was a photo of his sculpt of his teammates, Vinnie Bradford and Stacey Johnson, and I was fascinated by it. Both were...
by Doug Nichols | May 25, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Craus, Polly, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Schools/Clubs, Shurtz, Skip, Southern California |
Back in December, I took a trip through Southern California to do some research, have conversations, scan a scrapbook and collect some fencing memorabilia. It was an extremely successful tour. (Read about it here!) One of my stops was at Gryphon Fencing in...
by Doug Nichols | May 18, 2020 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Calvert, Delmart, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Massialas, Greg, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs, The Fencing Center |
Ever wondered who has the “fencing.com” URL? Yup, it’s the Silicon Valley original, The Fencing Center. Proximity and foresight; a powerful combination. The past two weeks of “Shelterinplace Con – 2020″ have been all about San...
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...
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