Len Carnighan
Len Carnighan learned to coach under the tutelage of Charles Selberg while attending UCSC. After graduation, he took over the Freedom Fencers Club in Freedom, CA, which had been founded by John McDougall. In the fall of 1977 he was hired to teach at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA.
In his five years there, he created an outstanding cadre of fencers and had an extremely dedicated class following. Moving north, he taught in Ashland, OR for a few years before moving to Portland and opening the Studio of American Fencing in 1985.
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Studio of American Fencing Collage #1
I love photo collages of fencers, even when I don’t know who any of the people in the pictures are. Especially if there are lots of faces to look at. I always find myself looking closely and wondering, “Is that….?
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