Category Archives: Swords
The swords of the Toledo series
After seeing the first episode of Toledo in antenna 3 I've already hooked. Apart from palatial disputes and other contributions holywoodienses, I loved the staging of everyday life at a troubled time lived in one of the Spanish cities most charming medieval. Nothing to say [...]
Historical swords of Marto
Toledo is a city famous for its history, his art and his "steel". The fame of the old Toledo steel was the mastery with which craftsmen managed the art of hardened steel without any technical knowledge, Neither instrument capable of remotely measuring high temperatures applied to steel in this magical transformation [...]
Roldán, the Commander of Charlemagne
Roldan (died the 15 in August of 778) It was a military leader of the Franks under the command of Charlemagne, It became one of the main figures in the literary cycle known as the matter of France. Historically, Roldan was military Governor of the Breton March, with the responsibility for defending the [...]
Swords Celtic
The Celts were not only good warriors, but that made an art of war. They grouped in clans with a strong family concept. They come to the Iberian Peninsula to the 8th century BC, rather than the Greeks. Celts and Iberians, they develop an original cultural fusion. The Celts were especially expert in primary work [...]
Swords for Kung-Fu
Kung-Fu is one of the techniques of fight in China and began to be known in the West at the end of the 19th century. But who most helped to spread it at the present time was the great Bruce Lee, who taught us with master of Kung-Fu as form of personal defense and effective method for the [...]
Swords for Tai Chi
The sword for Tai Chi has the straight road with edge on both sides and at the end; It must be perfectly balanced to be able to be used in Chinese martial arts, also, should be treated with utmost care. this sword is suspended horizontally in equilibrium on the palms open with whom the [...]
Sword Henry V of England
Henry V was King of England during 9 years, from 1413 until 1422. It became popular for his victorious military campaigns against France. He was born in Monmouth Castle in August or September of the year 1387 He was son and successor of Henry IV. And 1403 He commanded the Royal Army which defeated the rebellious family [...]
