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Michael D'Asaro Sr.
Michael D'Asaro Sr. (March 14, 1938 – December 12, 2000) was an American fencing master and coach. D'Asaro was a Pan American Games, U.S., and World Military Sabre Champion, and had the particular distinction of being perhaps the last top-level three-weapon competitor. He was also a fencing coach at San Jose State University. Accomplishments Sabre * 1960 Summer Olympics – 4th place US team. * Pan American Games – 1st in individual and team, 1963. * Nationals – 1st, 1962, medalist in '60, '66, and '67. * NCAA – 1st 1960. Foil Nationals – 3rd, 1963, 1st (team) 1959. Épée Pan American Games – 2nd (individual), 1st (team), 1959. Martini-Rossi – 3rd, 1963. Coaching Olympic Coach and member of the National Coaching Staff: 1976 Olympics, 1977 World University Games, 1975 and '79 Pan American Games, and 1973 and '74 Junior World Championships. Honors D'Asaro was inducted into the USFA Hall of Fame in 2002. He finished his coaching career at Westside Fencing Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
