FORT CARRE
Michel Alaux as a student at Le Fort Carré d’ Antibes from which he graduated in 1947. The Fencing Master’s degree program - arguably the most rigorous in the world - consisted of practice and theory six days a week, eleven months a year for a minimum of three years.
Please read more about topics related to Fort Carré at the section Bulletin des Maitres D’Armes.
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Fort Carré, Antibes
France |
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Michel’s student notes
at Fort Carré |
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Michel Alaux at Fort Carré (Detail) |
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Michel Alaux at Fort Carré |
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MICHEL ALAUX AND CHRISTIAN D'ORIOLA
Michel Alaux’s most famous pupil, Christian d’Oriola, towers as one the Greats in the history of fencing. A cerebral fencer, d’Oriola’s brilliant technique and lithe, elegant style dazzled opponents and spectators. Between 1947 and 1956, d’Oriola won four world titles and six Olympic medals.
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Christian d'Oriola
in Montpellier, France
c.1951 |
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Michel Alaux in
Montpellier, France
c.1951 |
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Christian d'Oriola
Individual and Team Gold Medalist, Helsinki Olympics
1952.
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Michel Alaux and
Christian d'Oriola
in Montpellier, France |
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Michel and Christian in
Montpellier, France, with
members of the
“Association Jean Louis”
fencing club |
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Christian visiting Michel in New York after the Melbourne Olympics and being welcomed by members of the NY Fencer’s Club, 1956 |
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USA
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US Photo Shoot
courtesy of Andy Shaw, US Fencing Historian
c.1959 |
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Michel Alaux
c.1959
“… [he] could be taken seriously for a matinee idol.” The New Yorker |
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Modern Fencing
Back Cover Photograph
1974
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Drawing of Michel
from Sports Illustrated Fencing,
1960
Copyright by Edward Vebell |
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Michel Alaux with
daughter Patricia at The World Games in Vienna, 1971 |
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Cover of American Fencing
Michel Alaux, "In Memorium".
March/April 1975 |
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