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Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing , but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword.
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Capitalization of song titles and album titles should be consistent with the guidelines for composition titles; in particular, capitalize the first and last word and all other words except: coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor; also for, yet, so when used as conjunctions)
By the Sword, a series by Sanami Matoh in 2000; By the Sword (and song) by Emilie Autumn in 2001; By the Sword, a book by Richard Cohen on the history of sword fighting in 2002 "By the Sword" (song), a 2010 single by Slash; By the Sword!, a 1982 board game purported to be derived from a Nordic poem
Example of an illustration of half-sword, c. 1418: Islan the monk executes a half-sword thrust against Volker the minstrel (CPG 359, fol. 46v). fol. 2r of the Cod. 44 A 8, depicting two fencers in the vom tag and alber wards. Illustration of a half-sword thrust against a mordhau in armoured longsword combat. (Plate 214) Codex Wallerstein.
The fight occurs in Akashi, not Edo, and Gonnosuke wields a staff four shaku in length and reinforced with steel rings. After his defeat, he then went to Mount Hōman-zan in Chikuzen (near Fukuoka ), where he practiced considerably, changing his preferred weapon to four shaku and two sun in length – 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) as compared to 1.21 m (4 ...
The character Sanada Genichirō, a tennis player with a kendo background from the manga series Prince of Tennis employs a set of techniques in his style of tennis named after the Furinkazan; "Fū" is an extremely fast swing that is based on a sword-drawing technique that makes the ball invisible to the eye, "Rin" is a slice that neutralizes the ...