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    18th century and the start of the 19th century. The movie shows how desperate the Samurais became to preserve Japanese culture during the era of globalization in Japan and the struggle between thousand year old traditions of a Samurai soldier using a sword as his weapon‚ with the establishment of modern day weapons in Japan. During this time period the Japanese started to exchange modernized products and education with various other cultures such as the European’s and the American’s. This change became

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    Arthur is "The Sword in The Stone‚" and "Arthur becomes King of Britian." The two stories each have the same ideal‚ but overall are vastly different. This esssay will compare and contrast the two stories. For those who have no idea‚ the two stories are about King Arthur. One of the major things that are different from the two tales‚ is that in "Arthur becomes King of Britian‚" Arthur is a servant and is looking for Sir Kay’s sword. They’re going to England for an attempt to pull the sword out of the

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    each holding a sword establish an aggressive and violent tone for the piece. The six dancers performed down stage at unison with the swords in fighting movements creating the suspense and drama. After a few more movements with the swords‚ they placed the swords on the floor. The six male dancers danced in unison including a series of leaps. A low piano music started playing‚ all six dancers picked up their swords and conducted a few slow turns until they all again placed the swords on the floor and

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    Unlike swords‚ axes‚ lances‚ and daggers‚ bow and arrows and crossbows allowed the user to kill people from afar. Bows were used strategically behind lines of knights to rain arrows upon the enemy. However‚ the crossbow succeeded in a different form of fighting:

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    life.They faced many battles which lead to death and won and would win the fight against the knights. Knights had valuable weapons but not enough to defeat the Samurais. Samurais carried a bow‚ the sword‚ a spear‚ and their most prized possession was the ‘Katana’. “ The Katana was a long‚ curved sword. It had a single edged blade and a long handle”. {SOURCE#3} With these kinda weapons you couldn’t compete with the Samurais. Knights’ armor had many layers for protection‚ but all these layers weighed

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    The Sword in the Stone Text only version “It’s just not fair‚” grumbled the youth to himself as he stomped through the undergrowth in the woodland. “I am just as good as Kay‚ even if he is a knight and a year older. Why should I have to be his squire? Why can’t I be a knight and fight too? Hmmph! Bet I’d beat him - I usually do.” That thought made his eyes sparkle in his handsome young face. Unseen‚ an odd looking old man smiled into his long white beard‚ as he hid nearby. “It’s definitely

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    “EVERYBODY UP!” Josie shouted. The sword maidens were on their feet‚ swords in hand‚ in a second and a half. They formed a protective circle around Brock as Neph snarled and growled at the intruders‚ trying to keep himself between them and the sword maidens. A voice in the dark said‚ “Hello ladies‚ no need for any violence‚ you’re out numbered six to one anyway. Lower your swords and let’s talk like civilized intelligents.” The sword maidens kept their swords raised and Gertrude spoke‚ “What do

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    not attempt to pull the sword from the stone. “Come on son try it‚” his father pleaded. Yet still he would not move. Our strongest people tried first‚ then our weakest tried. Neither group was successful. So it stood there gleaming like a star‚ untouched by nature and untouched by man. Our governors met quickly to decided on the fate of the sword‚ ¨We shall hold a tournament‚ the winner of this tournament shall be granted the sword and be its paramount protector the sword‚¨ The governor’s exclaimed

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    New weapons that changed the way of the samurai A Samurai Sword symbolizes and means the Samurai’s prestige and his skills in battle. It is a measure of his stature in society. To all samurai it’s their prize possession and it is worn proudly by its master – until the teppō was introduced. The samurai considered it as dishonorable to tradition. This changed the way samurai fight and changed their view to samurai swords. The teppō is an example of a weapon that changed the way of samurai –

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    “Simple Mission Detora. The possible location of the rumored underground city‚ Damancia‚ is marked on your phone’s map. Your mission is to find‚ confirm‚ and retract the original Damascus sword.” said Ely Kyal( codename: Kyll). “ Isn’t that the sword that can cut through anything?” asked Mason. “ Correct. This sword‚ and its possible wielder can be immensely dangerous‚ too dangerous. If this artifact gets in the wrong hands‚ it could prove cataclysmic‚ especially so with the armour still out there.

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