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Unforgettable: Jan Romary | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Oct 24, 2016. Janice Lee York Romary was the US National Foil Champion ten times in a span of 18 years from the first win to the last. She represented the United States at the Olympic Games a then-record six times. She finished just off the medal stand twice, taking fourth in consecutive (‘52, ‘56) games. Very few fencers in the history of US fencing have come close to achieving a similar record of success. An undated photo, but probably from around 1945. In 1948, in a...
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Posters | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. 1983 D’Asaro Women’s Foil. Fencing Center Grand Opening. 1985 Obrien Circuit Event. 1983 D’Asaro Women’s Foil. National Fencing Championship 1986. 1970 Fencing Masters World Championship, London. Americans in Poland, 1961. A Lifetime of Lessons. Fencing and the Summer of Love. Flea Market, Budapest Style. Fencing Times Reports on the 1981 World & National Championships. TFC MF, June 1984. Do you have posters? Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools.
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The Selberg Instructional Series, Part Two | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. The Selberg Instructional Series, Part Two. Oct 26, 2015. One of the first stories published here on the West Coast Fencing Archive was about the how-to-fence series of film clips that Charles Selberg put together with his former employer, Bill Snyder of Bill Snyder Films, based in Fargo, ND, Charlie’s home town. You can see the first entry here:. Http:/ www.westcoastfencingarchive.com/2015/01/09/the-selberg-instructional-series/. Let’s move on to Loop #2: On Guard.
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Let’s Review! | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Jan 25, 2016. I like statistics. Not the kind you learn about in school really. More the kind that come about when you ask yourself questions like, When will I get THAT done? And How many Aldo Nadi stories did I write last year? With Webmaster Greg’s valiant assistance, we put up 67 stories in calendar year 2015. For this year going forward, I’m looking to expand into some stories and histories that I haven’t yet touched on. There are quite a few people that are li...
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The Hans Box | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Jan 8, 2015. Mark Headley and I hold the distinction of having dismantled the salle d’armes that Charlie Selberg put together in the woods of Southern Oregon. On the outside, it looked like this:. On the inside, like this:. Taking it all down for transport to Berkeley and safety, looked like this:. After we’d pulled down all the books, what remained was above the bookcase on a little ledge. Knickknacks, posters, photos. and a box:. Here’s how the conversation went:.
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San Jose State Unknown Tournament in B & W | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. San Jose State Unknown Tournament in B & W. May 21, 2015. 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, George Nonomura! Peter Burchard, ready for his next match. John Nonna, member of the 1972 Olympic team. Heizaburo Okawa checks Michael Marx’s foil. Yves ...
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Doug Nichols | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Fencing Times Reports on the 1981 World & National Championships. Oct 31, 2016. Between my own collection and some donations to The Archive over the last couple of years, I think I have every edition of the Fencing Times that were published beginning, I believe, in 1980. It was nominally the So Cal Division newsletter, but for those of us that. Oct 24, 2016. Oct 17, 2016. TFC MF, June 1984. Oct 10, 2016. I confess that it has been hard to sit down and find the wherewit...
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Americans in Poland, 1961 | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Americans in Poland, 1961. Jun 4, 2015. Let’s see a show of hands. Who here can read Polish? I can’t. I can pick out a word or two here, like szable for sabre and Zablocki for Wojciech Zablocki , the great Polish sabre fencer. A few other names. That’s about it for me. Polish news headline from 1961. Something about Pawlowski here. The Americans are named about 2/3’s of the way down, but if they’re winning or losing I can’t tell. I’m guessing they’re losing. Fantastic ...
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Flea Market, Budapest Style | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Flea Market, Budapest Style. Nov 14, 2016. The first four are from a paper called the Pesti Hirlap , which Google Translate tells me means The Herald . A very newspapery title. From July 29, 1928. From August 14, 1928. From December 31, 1929. From April 20, 1932. Another police tournament. Referencing Google Translate again, it seems to indicate that Rendortiszti Atletikai Club would be Police Officers Athletic Club . From February 27, 1934. From August 15, 1936. The f...
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1979 All Cals | West Coast Fencing Archive
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Masters & Coaches. Clubs & Schools. Jan 17, 2015. Since all the photos here came from Charlie Selberg, there is the entirely natural occurrence that most of the photos are of the Santa Cruz contingent. However, some of the coaches in attendance also got some coverage. For instance:. Rob Handleman and Heizaburo Okawa. Zoltan Von Somogyi, the Hungarian-born coach at UC Santa Barbara. I know next to nothing about this gentleman. Anyone out there with a story or two? Drop me a note! Now deceased, I have know...
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