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Swordmaster (band)
A swordmaster is a person skilled in the art of swordsmanship Swordmaster or Sword Master may also refer to: Characters * Carla the Swordmaster, a character in the video game series ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' * Sword Master (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character * Swordmaster (Soul series), Swordmaster (''Soul'' series), a character class in the video game series ''Soulcalibur'' * Sword Master, a List of Afro Samurai characters#Sword Master, character in the manga series ''Afro Samurai'' * Swordmaster, a fighting style of Dante (Devil May Cry), Dante in the video game series ''Devil May Cry'' * Sword Master, a ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' character subclass Other uses * Sword Master (film), ''Sword Master'' (film), a 2016 Chinese film directed by Derek Yee * Sword Master (video game), ''Sword Master'' (video game), a 1990 video game * ''The Swordmaster'', the official publication of the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association * "Swordmaster", a song by Battlelore from their 2002 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. The formation of the English word "swordsman" is parallel to the Latin word ''gladiator'', a term for the professional fighters who fought against each other and a variety of other foes for the entertainment of spectators in the Roman Empire. The word ''gladiator'' itself comes from the Latin word ''gladius'', which is a type of sword. Europe Classical history The Roman legionary, legionaries and other forces of the Roman military, until the 2nd century A.D., used the gladius as a short thrusting sword effectively with the ''Scutum (shield), scutum'', a type of shield, in battle. According to Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vegetius, the Romans mainly used underhanded stabs and thrusts, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla The Swordmaster
''Monkey Island'' is a series of adventure games. The first four games were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. The fifth was developed by Telltale Games with LucasArts, while the sixth was developed by Terrible Toybox with Lucasfilm Games and Devolver Digital. The games follow the adventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley. The plots often involve the mysterious Monkey Island and its secrets. ''Monkey Island'' was created by Ron Gilbert. Gilbert worked on the first two games before leaving LucasArts. Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer, co-writers of the first two games, had success on other games before they both left LucasArts. The rights to ''Monkey Island'' remained with LucasArts, and the third and fourth games were created without direct involvement from the original writing st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Master (Marvel Comics)
S'Byll S'Byll (sometimes spelled S'byll) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. S'Byll is a Skrull that was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Super-Skrull of his disease. Silver Surfer used some of his Power Cosmic to help S'Byll restore the Skrulls' shapeshifting abilities as she temporarily wielded a portion of the Power Cosmic. Because of this, she was later sworn in a Skrull Empress. Sabra Sabreclaw Sabreclaw (Hudson Logan) is a character a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics who first appeared in ''J2 (comics), J2'' #8 (May 1999). He is the half-brother of Wild Thing (comics), Wild Thing and son of Wolverine (character), Wolverine. The character has claws (similar to Sabretooth (character), Sabretooth), a healing factor, and enhanced physical capabilities. His healing factor allows him to rapidly regenerate damaged or destroyed areas of his cellular structure an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swordmaster (Soul Series)
is a fighting game franchise developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. There are a total of seven main installments and various media spin-offs, including music albums and a series of manga books in the Soulcalibur series. The first game in the series, ''Soul Edge'' (or ''Soul Blade'' outside Japan), was released as an arcade game in 1995 and was later ported to consoles; the widespread success of its second main installment ''Soulcalibur'' in 1998 led to ''Soulcalibur'' becoming the name of the franchise, with all subsequent installments also using the name onwards. More recent games in the series have been released for consoles only and have evolved to include online playing modes. The central motif of the series, set in a historical fantasy version of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, are mythical swords, the evil weapon called "Soul Edge" and the subsequent sword used to oppose this evil, "Soul Calibur" (parsed as two words, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Afro Samurai Characters
This is the list of the characters that appear in the 2007 manga and anime miniseries ''Afro Samurai'', the television film '' Afro Samurai: Resurrection'', the video game adaption and other related media. Main characters Afro Samurai Child Afro Samurai Teenager Afro Samurai Adult Afro Samurai Afro Samurai is the main protagonist of the series, who mourns for his father as a child and wears the Number Two headband on a quest to kill Justice and reclaim the Number One. As an adult, he often smoke hand-rolled cigarettes, drinks lemonade, and has a deep calm voice. Ninja Ninja Ninja Ninja is Afro's partner, who mostly speaks in a normal voice while Afro refuses to reply in conversations. Ninja Ninja wears a ninja motif and has white hair. As the series progresses, Ninja Ninja watches Afro seeking vengeance. At the beginning of Episode 5, it is revealed that Kuma apparently kills Ninja Ninja who saves Afro. About halfway through the episode, Afro confronts Justice who states th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante (Devil May Cry)
is a character and the protagonist of ''Devil May Cry'', an action-adventure game series by Japanese developer and publisher Capcom. Introduced as the protagonist of the Devil May Cry (video game), 2001 game with the same name, Dante is a for-hire demon hunter who is known for his cocky and easy-going attitude. Alongside his twin brother Vergil (Devil May Cry), Vergil, Dante is one of the two sons of the heroic demon Sparda (Devil May Cry), Sparda, inheriting devil, demonic powers which he uses with a variety of weapons in the games. The character also appears in several Devil May Cry (novels), ''Devil May Cry'' novels and Devil May Cry 3 (manga), manga volumes and is featured in the Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, 2007 anime television series. Dante has also made multiple guest appearances in crossover games. Since 2005, he has been portrayed in voice acting and motion capture by Reuben Langdon. Named after the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, the character was designed to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeon Fighter Online
''Dungeon Fighter Online'', known in South Korea as ''Dungeon & Fighter'', is a multiplayer beat 'em up action role-playing game, developed and published for personal computers by Neople, a South Korean subsidiary of Nexon, and originally published by Hangame in 2005. The game was originally released in South Korea as ''Dungeon & Fighter'', then in Japan as and then published in China by Tencent. A global version of ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' was released in May 2015. ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' is one of the most-played and highest-grossing video games of all time, with over 850 million players worldwide and over in lifetime revenue as of June 2023. This also makes it one of the highest-grossing entertainment media products of all time. Gameplay ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' is similar to 2D side-scrolling arcade hack and slash/ beat 'em up games, such as '' Golden Axe'' or '' Double Dragon''. Players traverse 2D screens while fighting hordes of monsters. There are a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Master (film)
''Sword Master'' () is a 2016 Chinese 3D martial arts film directed by Derek Yee. The film was released on 2 December 2016. The film made its worldwide and domestic debut at the 11th Rome Film Festival and the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival respectively. The film is a remake of the 1977 Shaw Brothers Studio Hong Kong film ''Death Duel'', which starred Yee. Plot Yen Shisan (Peter Ho), a tattooed swordsman and assassin, having lived his life as a master swordsman in the shadow of Third Master/Hsieh Shao-Feng, and having been asked to kill Shao-Feng by Mu-Yung Chiu-Ti ( Jiang Yiyan), who claims to be Shao-Feng's jilted bride refuses contract, but still goes in search of the only opponent who might be able to defeat him, arriving at Supreme Sword Manor only to be told by Cult Leader Hsieh (Norman Chui), Shao-Feng's father, that Shao-Feng has died but 36 days earlier. Deprived of his rival, dying of an inevitable (but not debilitating) ailment, and possessed of a pill that can cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Yee
Derek Yee Tung-sing () is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor. Early life Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in Hong Kong on 28 December 1957, the son of Yee Kwong (), a film producer from Tianjin, Tientsin (Tianjin), and Hung Wei (), an actress of half Manchu, half Mongol ethnicity. His elder half-brothers Paul Chun and David Chiang as well as his elder half-sister Yim Wai were also actors. Career In 1977, Yee became an actor for Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong and starred in over 40 movies produced by the studio. Yee became a screenwriter and film director. He is known for the 2004 film ''One Nite in Mongkok'', which won multiple awards. His other notable films include ''C'est la vie, mon chéri'', ''Viva Erotica'', ''The Truth About Jane and Sam'' and ''Protégé (film), Protégé''. In 2017, Yee became the chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association. Filmography As director and screenwriter As actor See also * Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Master (video Game)
''Sword Master'' is a 1990 side-scrolling action game developed by Athena and published by Activision for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1992, and PAL regions in 1993. The game is set in medieval fantasy setting and focuses primarily on strategic fighting using shield and sword. The game is also one of the NES games to include parallax scrolling Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene of distance. The technique grew out of the multiplane camera te .... Plot The Sword Master is a knight who was summoned into a kingdom in order to defeat an evil wizard and powerful demon which he summoned. The game follows the knight as he marches through forest, village, and all around the enemy's castle, until both the wizard and the demon are destroyed. Gameplay The player must use sword and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swordmaster
The U.S. Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) is an association of United States fencing coaches, and was established in 1941. It is a national academy of the Academie d'Armes Internationale (AAI), the world organization of fencing masters, which has as members more than 20 nations. It is also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and cooperates with the United States Fencing Association (USFA) in supporting the development of fencing in the United States. Since 2014 the association has been headed by Peter Burchard. Functions One of its major functions is to increase the competency of fencing teachers by testing, certifying, and accrediting three levels: fencing instructors (qualified to teach beginners), prevosts (qualified to coach teams and to teach intermediate-level fencers), and masters (qualified to work at the highest level of national and international competitive fencing). Notable coaches Princeton University Head Coach Michel Sebastiani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Shadows Lie
''...Where the Shadows Lie'' is the first full-length album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2002. The album received good reviews and gained the band a loyal fan base. No singles were released from the album, although a video was filmed for the song "Journey to Undying Lands", used to promote the band throughout Europe. After the release of this album in 2002, guitarist Tommi Havo had to leave the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Jussi Rautio. The album cover features an image of Morgoth, painted by Ted Nasmith in 1998, titled "Morgoth and High King of Noldor" (used with permission). Track listing Personnel ;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki – vocals *Patrik Mennander – vocals *Tommi Havo – guitar *Jyri Vahvanen – guitar *Miika Kokkola – bass *Henri Vahvanen – drums *Maria Honkanen – keyboards ;Guest musicians *Jyrki Myllärinen – classical guitars ;Production *Miitri Aaltonen - producer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
