Tournaments & Exhibitions
The Buchwald Open #1
Alan Buchwald, if memory serves, sponsored The Buchwald Open in honor of his grandfather. While not a fencer, Alan said his grandfather would have appreciated the energy of the fencing
1980 Cabrillo Invitational
In 1980, Len Carnighan, then coach at Cabrillo Community College in Aptos, CA, hosted a tournament seeded with three of the top fencers in the area.
1980 Olympic Trials at San Jose State University
I had two rolls of 35mm film, 36 exposures each, and was using a borrowed camera. Never having shot a fencing tournament before, I didn’t have much clue as to what was best to capture.
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