06-24-2008, 11:18 AM
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| Photos of American Fencing Masters
Here is a link to some photos of past and present American Fencing Masters.  American Fencing Masters
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06-24-2008, 02:51 PM
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| Terrific!
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06-28-2008, 01:40 AM
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| That's really great to see. Some of the younger fencers won't know who they all are, but it's nice see the old masters get their due respect. | 
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06-28-2008, 06:38 PM
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| What about the guys like Dick Oles and Ron Miller who are, from what I've heard, members of the first group of American masters actually trained in the US?
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06-28-2008, 07:23 PM
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07-02-2008, 12:08 AM
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| It's always nice to see Maestro Schmitter among the lists... our club at MSU still benefits from his teachings through Fred Freiheit, who was the last varsity coach of the Spartan team. The Great Lakes Sword Club in Leslie, Michigan hosts a Schmitter Memorial tournament in epee each year; I think Walt Dragonetti won it in '08.
Schmitter's also responsible for one of the largest collections of fencing literature in the US; the Schmitter Collection is in our Special Collections at the MSU Libraries. Wonderful works, treasures of the fencing world. Had to toot our horn. 
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07-02-2008, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bigdawg2121  What about the guys like Dick Oles and Ron Miller who are, from what I've heard, members of the first group of American masters actually trained in the US? | no, no, you've got it all wrong. They're too young to have those nostalgic black and white pictures up there.
Good point nonetheless.
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07-02-2008, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kuroutesshin It's always nice to see Maestro Schmitter among the lists... Schmitter's also responsible for one of the largest collections of fencing literature in the US; the Schmitter Collection is in our Special Collections at the MSU Libraries. Wonderful works, treasures of the fencing world. Had to toot our horn. | I also agree that it's nice to see Maestro Schmitter get his due respect... He was the first American-born fencer to receive the prestigious Fencing Masters Diploma from Accademia Nazionale di Scherma in Naples, Italy and actually learned to speak Italian so that he could take the test. He was a founding member of the National Fencing Coaches Association and a member of the Olympic Commitee for the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and was the Pan American Fencing Coach in 1959. He was also elected the First NCAA Fencing "Coach of the Year". On top of all of that, he was an approachable down-to-earth person who would teach beginners or world class athletes w/o discrimination. Just wanted to toot Maestro Schmitter's own horn... | |
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07-05-2008, 12:29 PM
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| Nice work.
Here are a few more:
Masters Emeric DeGall, Csaba Elthes and Michel Sebastiani.
Master Daniel Nevot.
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07-06-2008, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by kuroutesshin It's always nice to see Maestro Schmitter among the lists... Schmitter's also responsible for one of the largest collections of fencing literature in the US; the Schmitter Collection is in our Special Collections at the MSU Libraries. Wonderful works, treasures of the fencing world.
[/size] | Just got back from nationals. I learned a lot about Maestro Schmitter during my research ...USFCA History for the new website...due out in August.
Andy Shaw sent me these pictures for the US Fencing Museum online
I need to visit the library at MSU soon.
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