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It wasnt secret. My father knew the doyles when he was a kid and knew they did this. It wasn't started by some murky ancestor in the distant past, it has an actual lineage of transmission starting in 1867 with edward doyle who immigrated from Ireland. I'm inclined to believe his claims...

This is an actual documented family style of irish shillelagh fighting that came to newfoundland in the mid 1800's and was passed down in the family. The current family head got permission from his old man to teach it to the public.

Rapiers and daggers are great duelling weapons against humans. But to kill the immortals in highlander you need to cut off their heads. Rapiers and daggers are thrusting oriented weapons, which wont kill an immortal.

For personal protection as a highlander? Something much smaller and handier with excellent cutting power to lop off the heads. A katana or sabre is actually a good choice for that..but they are rather difficult to conceal. Hrmm..perhaps something concealed in a heavy walking stick. I dont...

Oakeshott XVIIIb longsword. Specifically this one http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/nextgen/sword-medieval-munich-xviiib.htm It has incredible agililty and balance making it an excellent duelling sword.

Take a look at the proud boys arms though, he was wearing some king of forearm protection. Smart lad.

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Most swords are fairly useless against armour. Katanas were infantry sabres. They were not armour bashing weapons. They stab just fine. Keep in mind that curved single edged swords were very popular in europe as well.

In battle you dont need to quickdraw. In duels, you already had your sword drawn. There are techniques for drawing in some of the manuscripts. Fiore shows techniques for using the sword IN the scabbard to protect against surprise attacks, and talhoffer shows certain techniques for covering an...

No one was dual wielding in the time period in question, esp in armour. If you want offense, you used a pollaxe.

Dooku lost to Anakin in ROTS but he is still has the most style

I remember loling at that. One look at a spinsosaurs jaws will tell you what it ate.

There is a grand old bar in Ottawa known as the Chateau Lafayette, Its been continuously open since 1849 in various incarnations. Its been a favorite of prime ministers, businessmen and celebrities. Back in the day It was a true dive..served only alcohol. Wanted food? Too bad. Craft beer? It...

Its a myostatin issue.

They are low trust societies. In low trust societies families and groups operate to maximise their own benefit at the expense of everyone else. As a result corruption becomes endemic and a few familes/groups will control most of the wealth. Low trust also leads to chaos in the lower classes who...

Pop culture has reoriented itself around the internet. The subcultures are online now.

Where did you get that idea? Freed slaves often had children and thier children could become citizens

Depends. Berbers are a very mixed population. The deeper into the Sahara you go, the blacker they get due to centuries of mixing with their slaves. The ones near the Med can often show features that look northern European from centuries of mixing with Europeans.

He wouldnt have studied Jujutsu, because it didnt exist in his time. He would have studied its precursor, Kumiuchi. In any case, every man in the samurai class would have a training in grappling. (Europe was the same..it had its own jujutsu-like combat styles. the Europeans believed all...