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Archaeological excavations dated the oldest sword in Japan from at least as early as second century B.C. [2]: 4 The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (History of Japan), ancient texts on early Japanese history and myth that were compiled in the eighth century A.D., describe iron swords and swordsmanship that pre-date recorded history, attributed to the mythological age of ...
Pages in category "Martial arts anime and manga" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Mai Shiranui (Japanese: 不知火舞, Hepburn: Shiranui Mai, alternatively written しらぬい まい) is a character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK.
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network affirmed the quality of animation in these scenes does drop somewhat over time, but the action still looks better than the average fighting anime. [23] Both the Japanese and English voice acting are considered to be good, but the English dub at times can be a little uneven. [ 37 ]
In the light novel and anime Juuni Taisen, while fighting the younger Tatsumi Brother's reanimated corpse, Tora identifies a stance he takes as belonging to snake-style kung fu. In the manga Kengan Omega, Yuzaki Mumon is a master of snake-style kung fu, and uses it against Tokuno'o "Nitoku" Tokumichi in a Kengan fight. However, this Yuzaki ...
Pankratiast in fighting stance, Ancient Greek red-figure amphora, 440 BC. In martial arts, stances are the distribution, foot orientation and body positions (particularly the legs and torso) adopted when attacking, defending, advancing, or retreating. In many Asian martial arts, the most widely used stance is a shallow standing squat. This ...
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Leifang (Japanese: レイファン, Hepburn: Reifan), originally stylized as Lei Fang, is a character in the Dead or Alive fighting game series by Koei Tecmo.Introduced in the original 1996 video game Dead or Alive, she has since appeared in every subsequent game as well as spinoff titles and media related to the franchise such as the Dead or Alive Xtreme series.