Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Isao Machii (町井勲, Machii Isao, born August 20, 1973) is a Japanese Iaido master (Shūshinryū Iaijutsu hyōhō, Shūshin-kan head master) in Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan. [1]
The swords of Masamune possess a reputation for superior beauty and quality, remarkable in a period where the steel necessary for swords was often impure. He is considered to have brought to perfection the art of " nie " ( 錵 , martensitic crystals embedded in pearlite matrix , thought to resemble stars in the night sky) .
Reinhard is the strongest character in the series, while Reid is one of the strongest, and is actually more skilled with the sword than Reinhard. In-universe, "Sword Saint" is a title and power held by the Astrea Family. It's given to those who have the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint, though Reid, the first, did not have the Divine ...
The Sword of Triton - Blackbeard's sword, later wielded by Hector Barbossa with magical properties that first appears in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. According to the film's visual guide, the Sword of Triton was forged in the lost city of Atlantis as well as commands and channels unearthly and mystical power that ...
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 ...
Tsumehirameki: From Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, a katana that Hajime Nagumo gives to Shizuku Yaegashi as a gift. Murata-Tou: A guntō crafted by Tsuneyoshi Murata of the Imperial Japanese Army and given to Saeko Busujima in Highschool of the Dead. Golden Sword of Fire: One of the Four Golden weapons from Lego's Ninjago ...
A U.S. watchdog is suing Capital One for allegedly misleading consumers about its offerings for high-interest savings accounts — and “cheating" customers out of more than $2 billion in lost ...
As of 2017, the term is widely-recognized among Japanese sword connoisseurs. For example, the national institute uses the word in an explanation for Mikazuki. [3] Although some researchers claim the term dates back to the Muromachi period (1333–1573), [2] its origin is unknown.