RIP Delmar Calvert

[Greg]

I only know Delmar Calvert from editing the interviews HK did with him. So, I don't know him well. But I do regret not getting more of his story. He lived a fascinating life.

[Drunk Monk]

I almost ended up training under him when I was at UCSC. I went by the gym where he had his Salle many times, but the hours conflicted with my Kung Fu and Iaido classes.  He was always very friendly and invited me to come train with him many times.  

My proposed PhD thesis was based on differences between fencing masters and novices, and he and D'Asaro were the only actual fencing master subjects that I got to run through my experiment.  The experiment involved memory tasks - looking at photos of artists mannequins posed in meaningful and random fencing positions (tg was the photographer for those actually).  It was modeled after experiments done with chess boards and chess masters, using completion time as a measure.  Calvert wasn't a great subject. He kept getting distracted and launching into stories.  I really liked him though.  He was very charming and quite the gentleman.  I regret not training under him.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

They do not make them like that any more. Always a gentleman, very witty, 100% Class.