![]() ![]() He also represented a direct link to one of the greatest fencing schools of the 19th century.īorn Aug. At a time when carefully groomed preconceived notions, paired with a few snippets of Victorican fencing historiography, passed for expertise among fencing history aficionados (including myself), Bill not only was an authority. A mild and tolerant man, Bill had commented on an article in which I had picked on the form exhibited by Aldo Nadi during his duel with Contronei. My acquaintance with Bill Gaugler dates back to the mid-1990’s, when I had just started to publish Hammerterz Forum. And his article Teaching Fencing: Curriculum and Diploma (although written several years ago for the last edition of Nick Evangelista’s FQM) was the last fencing-related article by him to be published during his lifetime. It turns out that this was the last correspondence I was to exchange with Bill Gaugler. ![]() I was given only a few months to live, beginning in January this year.” ![]() I have great difficulties writing, so I cannot reply easily. “Thank you for your good reply and for publishing my article on Curriculum and Diploma,” he wrote to me on September 15, 2011. Gaugler, died of cancer in Sunnyvale, California. On December 10, 2011, one of the great fencing masters, scholars, and authors of the 20th century, Maestro William M. FencingClassics bids a fond farewell to an old mentor, friend, and adviser: ![]()
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