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 | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Oregon, Schools/Clubs, Studio of American Fencing |
If you’ve been checking in here regularly, you’ll know I frequently haunt the corridors of that virtual thrift store known as Ebay. Sometimes I find things of fencing interest, sometimes I don’t. It’s a mix of disappointment and fascination. ...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, Nonomura, George, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980 |
I had two rolls of 35mm film, 36 exposures each, and was using a borrowed camera. Never having shot a fencing tournament before, I didn’t have much clue as to what was best to capture. I knew I couldn’t use a flash, so I’d have to be steady. Also had to expect the...
