by adminGreg | Jan 11, 2016 |
Arthur Lane Arthur Lane learned and taught fencing in the San Francisco, area and was an avid researcher of the local history of the sport. He began his fencing with Hans Halberstadt after a stint in the Army. He fenced locally and had some success but seemed more...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 1, 2020 |
Ferenc Marki Ferenc Marki was a Hungarian trained fencing master from the Toldi-Miklos military academy, in the same graduating class as Julius Palffy-Alpar and Istvan Danosi. A native of Szeged, he established a very successful club there, training Junior World sabre...
by adminGreg | Jan 12, 2015 |
John McDougall John McDougall took up fencing while attending Stanford University in the mid-1950s. He decided early on that he would dedicate his life to the sport and focused on becoming a fencing master. He opened his first fencing club, the San Francisco School of...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 31, 2019 |
Torao Mori Torao Mori was a successful kendo champion in his native Japan before moving to the United States in 1938. Once there, he took up western fencing under the tutelage of the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s Henri Uyttenhove and quickly rose through the...
by adminGreg | Feb 15, 2015 |
Aldo Nadi Aldo Nadi, the son of a fencing master from Livorno, Italy and brother of Olympic record setting fencer Nedo, was a six foot tall rail-thin explosive dynamo of fencing. After winning three Gold and one Silver Olympic medal in 1920 (Nedo won 5 medals in 1920,...
