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Behind the Mask, 1948

by Doug Nichols | May 25, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches U - Z, Halberstadt, Hans, Publications, Visconti, Edward

I return to the pages of The Fencer today, to reprint (actually, re-type) an article written by Pierre Paret for the February, 1948 issue. A portrait of Hans Halberstadt.

San Jose State Unknown Tournament in B & W

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

Here below, I’ve culled the best of the black & white negatives that were shot by Charles Selberg. And, fortune of fortunes, the negative pack was taped into a scrapbook that had many of these prints mounted inside.

San Jose State University: Unknown Tournament

by Doug Nichols | May 18, 2015 | Blog Post, California, Coaches, Coaches A - E, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Johnson, Stacey, Massialas, Greg, Need Help, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Tournaments

I’ve got two sets of pictures from the same event, courtesy of the Charles and Julie Selberg collection of fencing memorabilia. One set is black & white film, the other color slides. Today, in photo essay form, I present the best of the color slides. I can...

The Sometime Unfortunate

by Doug Nichols | May 14, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches P - T, Tronchet, Louis

Back in January I posted a story about the match between Generoso Pavese and Louis Tronchet in San Francisco that took place in 1899. (http://westcoastfencingarchive.com/2015/01/08/tronchet-vs-pavese/) This time I’d like to focus on the San Francisco career of Louis...

American Fencing Magazine, Issue No. 1

by Doug Nichols | May 12, 2015 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Craus, Polly, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Mitchell, Maxine, Nadi, Aldo, Publications

I thought I’d focus on another fencing publication, but this time, the granddaddy of them all; American Fencing Magazine. First published in November of 1949, the early issues give a fair rundown of the happenings across the nation.

Nadi’s Instructional Film

by Doug Nichols | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo

There’s a mystery that needs to be solved and I haven’t had any luck on my own. The subject of Aldo Nadi has come up on the WCFA several times already in our short life so far.