Word: swordsmanship
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Impassive as wax, His Majesty gave ear. There had been another of those patriotic assassinations. The respected Army swordsmanship instructor, Lieut-Colonel Aizawa, after praying devoutly at the Imperial Family's Meiji Shrine, had called on the chief executive officer of the Japanese Army, Lieut-General Tetsuzan Nagata, Director of Military Affairs, and proceeded to run him expertly through the vitals...
Anthony's mother was the wife of Machiavellian Don Luis da Vincitata, but Don Luis was not his father. His mother died in the wintry Alpine inn where she bore him; his reckless young father saw the point of Don Luis' swordsmanship too late. The nameless orphan was deposited anonymously by Don Luis at a Livorno convent. After a peaceful childhood there he was adopted by old John Bonnyfeather. Scottish merchant in Livorno and actually his grandfather. Both suspected their relationship but neither, out of respect for his mother's memory, ever openly acknowledged it. Anthony...
...play of the swordsman--and there is no group of sportsmen anywhere more loyal to their game than fencers--the resignation of the man who has directed Harvard fencing for eight years means the passing of a well loved personality. Fresh from the schools of France, where swordsmanship is still the gentleman's exercise, M. Danguy brought to Harvard a knowledge of the sport which his Gallic fervor quickly imparted to his pupils. His success became apparent in the records of his teams, but even more in the devotion of the ever-increasing number of men who came to learn...
...University fencing team auspiciously opened its season by defeating Bowdoin 8 to 1 in the Hemenway Gymnasium last night. Although the swordsmanship was not of mid-year form, the University men exceeded expectations in their performance, and a team of the first calibre is insured...
FENCING.- F. W. Lister, formerly superintendent of Harvard Gymnasium, teacher of Swordsmanship. Residence, No. 26 North Harvard Street, Allston...