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andros_rex@lemmy.world to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 16 days ago

A gentlemen never uses his teeth

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A gentlemen never uses his teeth

andros_rex@lemmy.world to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 16 days ago
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  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    This technique is referred to as “sword swallowing”.

    • teft@piefed.social
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      During that period most sword maneuvers had german names so it’d probably be like Schwertschlucker or some obscure german pun.

      • python@lemmy.world
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        Der Stahlbläser

    • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
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      Aka, the Gluk Gluk method.

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        “Hawk tuah!” - medieval dude

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    This move is only allowed after the announcer says “Finish him!”

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    In France they refer to that as avoiding la grande mort via la petite mort.

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    “…I guess I can postpone your impending death a little while.”

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    Going for the short sword makes sense

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    “You drew that quite quickly. Well done.”

    “No, I didn’t already have this drawing and just added pants! I mean - what? Oh. Yes. Thank you. I…uh… draw fast sometimes.”

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    Good roommate right there, helping him train!

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    Oh my

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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    So uh…which of the 4 longswords am I supposed to be looking at here?

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    Pretty sure there’s a punchline for an oglaf comic in here somewhere…

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    The gud suk

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      The gud ſuk

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    Here we see one gentleman attacking the other Vom Tag

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    what’s the intended technique here? some kind of leg grapple?

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      BITE HIS DICK OFF!

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