Swordsmanship

made sure that only the people with royal seal could enter it. The rest 16 wards were divided into three subdivisions, 5 wards in each subdivision. Each subdivision was fortified by a huge brick wall, as for the 21st ward, It was new expansion. Swordsmanship was the pride and joy of Brasill city; Brasill city had produced many famous swordsmen who shook the world by their might. The greatest swordsman of them all was Magnus Yayati, and he wielded the legendary sword ‘Joyeuse’, henceforth the royal

Onward, into the deadening mist. Braving the foreboding elements with nothing but flesh, leather and steel. He has said his prayers, and now, as always, he is ready to face his gods with sword in hand. He mused to himself “If I do not return, I will be feasting in the halls of my father’s gods, if I do return, I will be feasting on the juiciest boar that gold can buy.” In either case the glory that Steiner had always dreamed of is now his for the taking. Ever since Steiner was a young man, and

In the fractured fairy tale The Princess Bride by Simon Morgenstern, the character Inigo Montoya is portrayed by three primary attributes: his vengefulness, his dexterity of swordsmanship, and his addiction to alcohol. First of all, Inigo is depicted as a character who needs revenge in his flashback. It reveals that the six-fingered nobleman killed Inigo's father, Domingo Montoya, over a sword that the nobleman did not want to pay for. The ten-year-old boy Inigo "‘...[challenged the nobleman],

Act II, Scene IV of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, opens with an exchanged between Romeo’s companions, Benevolio and Meructio. Having attended Capulet’s party the night before, Benevolio informs Meructio that Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin and sworn enemy of the Montague’s, has sent Romeo’s father a letter. Meructio declares it a challenge, asking, “… is he a man to encounter Tybalt?” Benevolio retorts, “Why, what is Tybalt?,” Meructio elaborates by declaring: “More than Prince of Cats. Oh, he is the coura-

Kyuzo is a very interesting character in Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954). Kyuzo is first introduced to the audience during a duel with another Samurai. Kambei’s eyes are locked on Kyuzo as he shows tremendous swordsmanship, skills not many samurai would accomplish in a lifetime. Kyuzo at first rejects the offer of joining the samurai, however, he later changes his mind. Through his serious, cold face it is hard to breakdown Kyuzo’s character, nonetheless, we soon see the true qualities

strong and works hard. It tells of how he works for his family and how he takes whatever kind of work is needed. It shows how he is an honest man just working his trade. It also links to the third poem by saying how the ‘titan’ was trained in swordsmanship by a blacksmith. The poem includes a variety of techniques such as emotive language, metaphor, simile and a rhyme scheme. Emotive language is shown when the blacksmith wipes a tear from his eyes remembering his deceased mother. The similes are

include swords, daggers and knives, and polearms. One key weapon in the middle ages was the sword. A sword is a long, sharped edged piece of forged metal that is used for a cutting or thrusting weapon. The basic purpose and physical properties of swordsmanship have remained fairly consistent throughout the centuries, but the actual techniques have varied throughout cultures and time. Most people in the middle ages admire the sword as being one of the most important weapon. Other weapons used in the

It was a starry night in the middle of autumn. The streets were calming down from the earlier festival. The stone bricks of the streets were covered in leaves and confetti as I passed the white house's edged with spruce wood. I got farther and farther away from the Melting Dragon-Smith, strolling the same parade passage I was assigned earlier to safeguard the King’s float. I was carrying the new sword and shield I had purchased. The smith, Garash and I were childhood friends. The sword I had gotten

distinctive as well. From the dress of these people, we could initially estimate their identities and classes. The second element works well for me is the way that the fight was conducted between the two men. The men in white pant with better swordsmanship pressed hard against the other man. His constant attack forced the other man to the upstairs. During the fight on the upstairs, the

and others do not like that. He also spent his lifetime fighting for the Montegue family; he picked fights with Capulets on the street frequently. This shows when he dramatically exclaims, “That braggart punk villain who fights like he learned swordsmanship from a manual!” (3.1.97). This also shows his self-confidence. He was sure he could pick the fight with Tybalt, so he went ahead