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Sliding the Feet in Contact With the Ground
Some techniques in hapkido are practiced with a foot sliding along the ground or remaining in contact with the ground. For example, in a sequence we call a stepping pattern, it isn't uncommon to step ...
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Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers: 17th century French Rapier
In "Les Trois Mousquetaires", we have a lot of sword fights. We have a dozen different people who are described as really good sword fighters. What sword schools were active during the 17th century ...
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Thrusting Targets in the Leg
In George Silver's Paradoxes of Defense he makes the following comment:
And again, the thrust being made through the hand, arm, or leg, or in many places of the body and face, are not deadly, ...
