18 Second KO

May 16, 2014


A devastating left roundhouse kick from Ivica Trušček, that KO'd  Leonardo Zecchi after
just 18 seconds of their bout at the Final Fighting Championship 9.

totalprosports.com

 

Hazel Ying Lee

May 16, 2014


Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese American woman to fly for the United States military, became a licensed pilot in 1932. She flew fighter aircraft to their destinations as they poured out of American factories for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). After 12 years of service, Lee was tragically killed at the age of 32 when she was involved in a mid-air collision while piloting a P-63 Fighter.

nwhm.org
 

A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club, 31 March 1919

May 15, 2014



Title: A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club, 31 March 1919.

Date: 1919.

Artist: William Howard Robinson.

Information: This painting depicts the end of a fight between Welshman Jimmy Wilde (who won the bout on points) and American Joe Lynch. After the fight, the Prince of Wales (who later became Edward VIII) stepped in to the ring to shake the hand of the Welshman. In doing so, he became the first member of the British Royal family to officially enter a boxing ring, giving the sport a new air of legitimacy in the country that it had previously lacked.

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Samurai at the Sphinx

May 15, 2014



In 1864, a group of samurai diplomats travelled to France in order to negotiate for the renewed isolation of Japan, a mission that was destined to fail. En route, they visited Egypt and posed for a photographer to produce this unique picture of a group of samurai warriors in full gear, standing in front of the Giza Sphinx.

Via Tumblr
 

A Poem by Tei Junsoku

April 6, 2014



No matter how you may excel in the art of te,
And in your scholastic endeavors,
Nothing is more important than your behavior
And your humanity as observed in daily life.

A poem by the seventeenth century Okinawan scholar Tei Junsoku
 

Thirteen Iaido Kata

April 6, 2014


A demonstration of thirteen Iaido kata.
 

Ancient Korean Sparring

April 5, 2014


This mural was painted at Kak-Je Tomb in Koguryo, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea. Produced in the age of San-Sang, the tenth king of the realm who ruled Koguryo from 197–227 CE, it shows combatants sparring in the early Korean martial art Soo Bak-Gi, a precursor to modern taekwondo.

taekwondo.edu.sg
 

Morihei Ueshiba

April 4, 2014


Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido.

Source
 

A Crossbow from the Wubei Zhi

April 4, 2014


An illustration of a crossbow from the Wubei Zhi (Treatise on Armament Technology),
a comprehensive Chinese military guide written sometime in the early 17th century.

Source
 

Julius Caesar on Fear

April 4, 2014


It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

~ Julius Caesar ~
 
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