by Doug Nichols | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Vince, Joseph |
To fulfill a request made by a concerned reader of our website, I now present… Fencing! It is, after all, what the website is purportedly about, yet I do tend to get caught up in personalities and storylines. Blame my upbringing. Still, a little fencing tournament...
by adminGreg | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael |
One of the things, we are also collecting here at the West Coast Fencing Archive, besides medals, blades, and posters is stories. We have a rich fencing tradition on the West Coast, but it is mostly known through oral tradition. In effort to preserve those stories,...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Marx, Michael, Mori, Torao, Nonomura, George, Okawa, Heziburo, Shurtz, Skip |
Where Have We Been? What a crazy bunch of weeks! It may still take a bit to get back up to speed with regular stories, but the reason will hopefully be made clear as I describe recent events. First, Nationals. That would be the US Fencing National Championships,...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog Post, Craus, Polly, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Huddleson, Demi, Mitchell, Maxine, Shurtz, Skip |
Maxine (McMasters) Mitchell. Four time Olympian. Finished 5th at her first Games. Four time US National Champion. An “A” rated fencer – with each hand. And growing up, she could whip any boy in the neighborhood. Maxine Mitchell, around 1955 It’s interesting,...
by Doug Nichols | May 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
Gyorgy Jekelfalussy Piller has gone down in history as one of the most successful competitors and coaches. If his name is unfamiliar, let me give you a brief run-down. He competed for Hungary in the 1928 Olympics on the Foil Team and reached the semi-finals,...
by Doug Nichols | May 21, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, Need Help, O'Brien, William, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Continuing on with the same topic as our last post, we return again to the Women’s Gymnasium at San Jose State University. There have been a number of comments from the previous set with some corrections that I’ll tweak when I get a second – thanks for the notes,...
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