by Doug Nichols | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, California, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, D'Asaro, Michael, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Johnson, Stacey, National Tournament, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Everything has a first time and 1982 was the year of the first Women’s Foil championship for the NCAA. Held at my now-alma mater San Jose State University, thus putting me at the time in close proximity to the goings on, I remain in the dark as to why exactly the...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog Post, California, Fencers K - O, Marx, Michael, Massialas, Greg, National Tournament, Nonomura, George, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
I confess that it has been hard to sit down and find the wherewithal to come up with a story in the past weeks. Since the death of my first coach, Len Carnighan, it’s been frankly a challenge. For those of you who don’t know, we here at the West Coast Fencing...
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,...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Massialas, Greg, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
There is a small cadre of people, myself included, who take credit – unrelated and unbeknownst to the actual founders – for setting the stage for the creation of the San Jose Fencing Center. It’s an odd tale that culminated in the 1982 Pacific Coast Championships...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog Post, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Hey, welcome back! As promised, here is Part 2 of the 1981 World University Games Men’s Foil Final, held in Bucharest, Romania, videotaped and narrated by Michael D’Asaro, Sr. (If you missed Part 1, go back a post before continuing. It’s worth it!) Let’s get right...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog Post, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
For those of you brought up in a digital world with your Googles and YouTubes, I’d guess it’s hard for you to imagine a time when finding information about fencing was near impossible. In these days of live video feeds of world cup competitions and up-to-the-minute...
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