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The traditions of Korean bladesmithing and swordsmanship have served a central place in the military history of Korea for thousands of years. Although typical Korean land battles have taken place in wide valleys and narrow mountain passes, which favor use of spears and bows, [1] the sword found use as a secondary, close-quarters weapon, in addition to far more prominent role during sieges and ...
Three-section staff. The three-section staff, three-part staff, triple staff, originally sanjiegun (Chinese: 三節棍; pinyin: sānjiégùn; Jyutping: saam1 zit3 gwan3) or sansetsukon (Japanese: さんせつこん), three-section whip, originally sanjiebian (Chinese: 三節鞭; pinyin: sānjiébiān; Jyutping: saam1 zit3 bin1), is a Chinese flail weapon that consists of three wooden or metal ...
Hrunting and Nægling – Beowulf 's magical swords. Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar – Legendary Persian sword. Skofnung – sword of legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki. Thunderbolt – as wielded by various mythological deities such as Zeus. Vajra – A composite weapon made from the bones of a willing sage used by Indra.
Arturo Muñoz. Debut. January 1, 2014[1] Dragon Lee (born May 15, 1995) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand and is a member of the Latino World Order. Dragon Lee's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked ...
Posthumous promotion to Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō-daijin) in 1582. [3] Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ (ꜜ)naɡa] ⓘ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. 'person under heaven')[a] and regarded as ...
Scabbard / sheath. Lacquered wood. A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana). [1] In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken (ja:剣) is used as a term for all sorts ...
Japanese swords. Two tachi with full mountings (middle and bottom right), a sword with a Shirasaya -style tsuka (top right), a wakizashi (top left), and various tsuba (bottom left). A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan.
Master Juba (ca. 1825 – ca. 1852 or 1853) was an African-American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. His real name was believed to be William Henry Lane, and he was also known as " Boz's ...