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Lioness Devouring a Man, Phoenician Ivory Panel, c. 9th-8th century BCE. From the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq.

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Mary, a pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary, in her gear and Spitfire, c. 1944

The archives don’t say anything else about her, but she’s awesome looking.

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Bolo Yeung as Chong Li during a training scene in Bloodsport. Frame captured during production. The physique says more than the pose.

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Young Jackie Chan on the set of Dragon Lord 🐲

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Gavel Moss Bronze Dagger Blade and Two Axe Votive Hoard, 1750 to 1550 BCE, Gavel Moss, Renfrewshire, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow

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Bronze Winged Helmet of Phrygian-Chalcidian design, 4th century BC

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Not the sharpest arrow in the quiver

Is it just me, or is carrying these umbrellas onto the archery range just asking for trouble?

Wonder what @blumineck would think of this...

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Gret Stott, a 24-year-old Judo instructor at the Penge Academy of Judo on February 1958.

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Dakota Ditcheva KOs Cornelia Holm in the 3rd - PFL Paris

Great weekend for body shots

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The picture above by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) depicts the death of Nobunaga Oda in Flames at the Temple of Honnoji, though some believe he died by seppuku after being betrayed and attacked by one of his generals, Mitsuhide Akechi.

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January 20th, 1995 | Jomhodlek Rattanachot (red) vs Phetnamnueng Por Chatchai (black) - Lumpinee Stadium (117 lbs)

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"Although many had accepted Christianity when it first arrived in Japan in the 1540s, Hideyoshi Toyotomi took a dim view of the new religion and decided to expel some of its members in 1587. He believed that Portuguese traders were taking Japanese citizens as slaves and some Jesuits were pushing for the persecution of priests from the native religions, Buddhism and Shintoism.

The expulsion was not actually enforced much until 1597, when twenty-six Christians were mutilated and crucified in Nagasaki, leading to them becoming known as the Nagasaki Martyrs (depicted above). After this, the law against Christianity was not particularly enforced again as a result of the lucrative trade he enjoyed with the Portuguese and other foreign nations."

The Azuchi-Momoyama Period

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Lo Meng, Wai Pak - The Kid With The Golden Arm (1979)

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If you’re gonna step onto my turf, there are some things you should know…

This is a message for Sellsword Arts, but it also applies to anyone else who’s looking to take up acrobatic archery!

(And don’t forget, you can find tutorials for some of these pole and archery tricks on my Patreon)