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Lu Bu – Loyalty Like Sand

Lu Bu was a dynamic man who played an important part in Chinese history. A cunning warrior, his martial prowess was nearly unmatched. However, wh...

Kunoichi: Female Ninjas

Kunoichi is a modern term used to refer to women who served as Ninjas in medieval Japan...

Honjo Masamune – The Best Katana Ever Made

Masamune and Muramasa are credited as being the two best Japanese swordsmiths who ever lived.Their blades were so good that they were often describ...

Tsukahara Bokuden - the Wandering Swordsman

Tsukahara Bokuden was a famed duelist who lived in the 15th – 16th centuries. Living almost 80 years before Miyamoto Musashi, he is considered one...

Wu Zetian – Sole Female Chinese Emperor

Empress Wu is the only recognized female Emperor in all of Chinese history, and the first of only two women to wear the yellow robes of the Emperor...

The Knifemaking Legacy of Seki

Seki (sometimes Romanized as Sakai) is the home of the top knifemakers in all of Japan. This knifemaking legacy actually draws its roots from a su...

Chinese Women Warriors

Besides Hua Mulan, there have been many other Chinese warrior women throughout history. Today, we are going to take a look at 3 very special women...

Roman Empire vs the Mongol Empire (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series comparing the Roman and Mongol Empires, we took a brief look at the rise and fall of these two great empires. In Part 2, ...

Roman Empire vs the Mongol Empire (Part 1)

Both the Roman and Mongol Empires were juggernauts of their times. With vast swaths of territory and tens of millions of conquered peoples living ...

Longsword vs Broadsword

The words “Longsword” and “Broadsword” are commonly used to describe different types of swords. However, their modern definitions are quite differ...

The Swordmaking Legacy of Longquan

Legend has it that an ancient ruler of China, King Chu, once called the greatest swordsmith of the land to make him a few masterwork weapons. That...

The Notorious Opera Duelist of Paris - Julie d'Aubigny

Few women have achieved the notoriety throughout their entire lifetime that Julie d'Aubigny acquired in just two short decades. Famous for her ins...