Articles related to "Swordsmanship"

The famous Zorro movie and the lure of excellent swordsmanship is fast making sport fencing one of the more popular teen sports in North America today.

Martial arts from Germany, England, Italy, France and other European countries is alive and practiced today. It focuses on swordsmanship, self defense, and other weapons.

Emerging from the huge cumbersome swords of the middle ages, the slender and sleek rapier became a status symbol and gave birth to the martial art of fencing

Just 15 minutes from Midtown Manhattan is Medieval Times, a show that transports you to Medieval Spain where Kings ruled the land, and Knights protected the innocent.

In the 11th and 12th Centuries AD, Muslim Cavalry was comprised of a limited number of Mamluks - warriors of slave origins - and faris. Faris is Arabic for horseman.

Revered Japanese auteur Beat Takeshi is writer, director, editor and star of this classic film re-make - Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman.

Children can experience life of the early settlers in the Northwest Territory at the Trail of History, the third weekend in October at Glacial Park in McHenry, Illinois.

Tony Jaa's newest action film is a visual treat for martial artists, and combined with exotic scenery, Ong Bak 2 is an entertaining movie.

Sword-style martial arts from Japan have had a great many influences. This article explores one of the strongest ties to the sword arts, the Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu.

The inspiration for John Sturges' Magnificent Seven, classic Japanese film Seven Samurai (Shichi-nin no samurai) still regularly tops best ever foreign film lists.

Leading purveyor of organic poultry, game, French sausages, confit duck, and ambassador of the Gascon "sweetness of life," Ariane Daguin teaches Cassoulet class at NYCE.

The anime equivalent of comfort food, Bamboo Blade is a slice-of-life story that happens to revolve around the Japanese spot of kendo.