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    the addition of new terms such as "great sword", "Zweihänder" (instead of Beidhänder), and "cut-and-thrust sword". Historical European Martial Arts associations...
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    Longsword (redirect from Long sword)
    A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed...
    32 KB (3,523 words) - 15:39, 27 July 2024
  • A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be...
    80 KB (9,657 words) - 21:06, 19 August 2024
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    Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged...
    21 KB (2,682 words) - 13:00, 5 November 2023
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    Claymore (redirect from Scottish sword)
    claidheamh-mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former...
    14 KB (1,496 words) - 12:42, 21 July 2024
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    The Dull Sword (Japanese: なまくら刀, Hepburn: Namakura Gatana) is a Japanese animated short film produced by Jun'ichi Kōuchi in 1917. It was rediscovered...
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    mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the...
    33 KB (3,924 words) - 19:41, 30 July 2024
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    The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development...
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  • Historically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao. A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing, and...
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    A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
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    legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天叢雲剣, "Heavenly Sword of Gathering...
    16 KB (1,971 words) - 12:34, 26 June 2024
  • the free dictionary. A claymore is a two-handed sword, particularly the Scottish cross-hilted great sword. Claymore may also refer to: Claymore, New South...
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  • after Union of Lublin in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Miecznik koronny – sword-bearer of the Crown Miecznik litewski – sword-bearer of Lithuania v t e...
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    Mimung, a great sword that Wudga inherits from his father Wayland the Smith. Nagelring, the sword of Dietrich von Bern. Brainbiter, the sword of Hereward...
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    Damocles (redirect from Damocles Sword)
    appears in a (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by...
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    Ōdachi (category Japanese sword types)
    The ōdachi (大太刀) (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) used by the samurai class...
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    rider's possession of a great sword (μάχαιρα, mákhaira), suggests blood that is to be spilled. As seen in heraldry, the sword held upward by the second...
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    was a great sword [within]. So he took this great sword, and, thinking it a strange thing, he respectfully informed the Heaven-Shining-Great-August-Deity...
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    swords in the White Tower (Tower of London) Zweihänder in Athens War Museum Zweihänder exhibited in Livrustkammaren, Stockholm Claymore Great sword Ōdachi...
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    Swordsmanship (redirect from Sword-fighting)
    Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such...
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