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  • Thumbnail for Tessenjutsu
    Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a hero of Japanese legend, is said to have defeated an opponent named Benkei by parrying the blows of his opponent's spear with...
    5 KB (549 words) - 05:22, 28 October 2024
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    a more aggressive variation of the parrying weapon kusarigama. It can be used to strike or entangle the opponent as well as to parry his blows and to...
    3 KB (367 words) - 20:49, 20 March 2024
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    were primarily delivered downwards either directly or at angles. Parries of blows to the legs were done either by lifting the leg away from the line of...
    12 KB (1,455 words) - 11:23, 17 April 2024
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    away, dropped the pistol and drew a dagger, and attempted to stab Rathbone in the chest. Rathbone parried the blow by raising his arms and Booth slashed...
    19 KB (2,185 words) - 22:54, 31 October 2024
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    ceremony (ritual challenge to a party of visitors). In full view of the visiting party, a selected warrior would parry invisible blows and strike down unseen...
    10 KB (1,281 words) - 07:57, 16 July 2024
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    magnate, useful hack, or a dozen things besides. A great blow was delivered against English music when Parry was appointed to succeed Sir George Grove...
    41 KB (5,249 words) - 05:46, 6 November 2024
  • from critics, it was a moderate box office success. In the town of Ipswich, four high school boys – Caleb Danvers, Pogue Parry, Reid Garwin, and Tyler...
    11 KB (1,306 words) - 18:06, 22 November 2024
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    possible as well. For instance, if the defendant could successfully parry all blows delivered by the agent until sundown, the defendant would be considered...
    44 KB (5,402 words) - 16:43, 26 October 2024
  • Red (2008 film) (category Articles to be expanded from September 2015)
    car. Danny confronts him and, needled by Ave, tries to hit him with his bat. Ave parries the blow and knocks Danny down; Ave points out that, as Danny...
    8 KB (958 words) - 04:44, 8 October 2024
  • Tienbou's fate to Gwanbou. After a stunning series of parries and blows by Gwanbou, Tienbou is defeated and eventually killed when he falls upon a bundle of...
    11 KB (1,427 words) - 23:14, 22 November 2024
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    Alexander von Kluck (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
    First Battle of the Marne. Kluck parried the blow by borrowing two corps in the space between the First and Second army. A surprise attack on 8 September...
    10 KB (1,291 words) - 21:36, 22 May 2024
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    times, and she parried the blows with her arms. He was shot dead by security forces while she was taken to a hospital. The bolo serves as a symbol for the...
    19 KB (1,672 words) - 00:25, 30 October 2024
  • armed with a knife, began stabbing Diaz. Wounds on Diaz's left arm indicated that he may have tried to parry the blows, but a knife thrust to his throat...
    11 KB (1,292 words) - 10:26, 5 August 2024
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    was entitled to the first blow at the shields. The opponent could parry the blow and counter with his own strike; only one strike at a time was allowed...
    33 KB (4,870 words) - 14:22, 15 October 2024
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    numerous feints to deceive their opponent into parrying and then disengage around the blade. As a preparation for an attack, fencers may execute a prise de fer...
    10 KB (1,370 words) - 00:40, 29 July 2024
  • parry A parry that moves from a high line to a low line, or vice versa. The parry can also cross the body. The parry must be made in a semicircle to provide...
    56 KB (8,178 words) - 17:20, 25 August 2024
  • I was glad (category Compositions by Hubert Parry)
    Hubert Parry: "I was glad" (1902) Parry's anthem, written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.. Problems playing this file? See media help. 'I...
    11 KB (1,209 words) - 17:43, 19 November 2024
  • received a sabre wound in the wrist whilst parrying a blow which one of those soldiers had aimed at his head. On their arrival at the rock, a court-martial...
    8 KB (1,062 words) - 12:25, 15 November 2024
  • the rear window of the vehicle, partly parrying the blow from the weapon (which gashed Gillian's forehead) while a firearms officer named Frank Pell fired...
    57 KB (7,318 words) - 00:23, 17 November 2024
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    Captain Pambila attacked the Spanish officer, but the latter was able to parry the blow and shoot the native leader dead. When municipal governance was instituted...
    54 KB (4,981 words) - 10:56, 9 November 2024
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