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101Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 — The Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 was a cricket team made up of Australian Aborigines that toured England between May and October 1868, the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas. The first tour by an Australian… …
102Cinquedea — A cinquedea. The cinquedea is a civilian short sword (or long dagger). It was developed in northern Italy and enjoyed a period of popularity during the Italian renaissance of the 15th and early 16th centuries. The name means five fingers , and it …
103Jack Broughton — John Jack Broughton, (c. 1703 ndash; January 8 1789), was an English bare knuckle fighter. He was the first person to ever codify a set of rules to be used in such contests; prior to this the rules that existed were very loosely defined and… …
104Phrase (fencing) — In fencing, a phrase is an any unbroken chain of recognisable offensive and defensive actions, such as lunging or parrying performed by the two fencers. The phrase ends, when a referee has reason to stop the bout, such as corps a corps, a hit (on …
105Burmese martial arts — have a long history, which includes regional influences.OriginsBurma (also known as Myanmar) borders India, China and Thailand. As a result, it possesses a rich martial arts heritage. As with the fabled Shaolin Temple of China, Buddhist monks… …
106Meteor hammer — A double headed meteor hammer The meteor hammer (Chinese: 流星錘; pinyin: liúxīng chuí), often referred to simply as meteor, is an ancient Chinese weapon, consisting at its most basic level of two weights connected by a rope or chain. One of the… …
107Combat knife — USMC KA BAR Combat Knife A combat knife is a fighting knife designed solely for military use and primarily intended for hand to hand or close combat fighting.[1] Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily… …
108Samurai Shodown (series) — Samurai Shodown ( Samurai Spirits in Japan) is the name of a fighting game series by SNK.Despite the name of the series, most of the characters are not samurai in the true sense of the word. In Japan, the name of the series is officially in… …
109Cuisinart — A Cuisinart food processor. Cuisinart is a brand for small kitchen appliances, especially the food processor of the same name, one of the first to become popular in the United States. It was founded by Carl Sontheimer in 1971, and became a… …
110Bollock dagger — Design of a guard for a ballock dagger with top mount of the scabbard, by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536–38 …
