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History of The Japanese sword
Archaeological evidence indicates that swords have existed in Japan for its entire historical period. Short straight swords imported from China and Korea are among the earliest weapons found in historical…
What is Iaido?
Iaido is the art of reacting to a surprise attack by counter attacking with a sword. An in-depth reading of the Japanese characters for Iaido is: "I = being, AI…
Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do is a relatively new martial art, developed by the martial arts master, Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee began his martial arts career studying Wing Chun Kung Fu under…
Kendo: History, Philosophy and Culture
Early records The sword has been a part of Japanese culture since the earliest surviving records of that country. References to swordsmanship can be found in the Kojiki (Record of…
Archeology in Lithuania
The first cultural relics found on the territory of Lithuania are dated 10,000 BC. It was then that suitable conditions for people to settle down first appeared. The earliest settlements…
How To Find an Aikido Dojo
Aikido cannot be learned from books or from teachers who have learned from books. To study Aikido, one needs to find a qualified teacher probably, to join a school. And,…
History of Beer
Brewing is almost certainly the most ancient manufacturing art known to man, and is probably as old as agriculture. Beer is also as old as bread - in fact it…
Did Jesus turn water into beer?
Did people worry that the spoken word would die when the cleverest among them started to make pictograms on clay tablets? I wonder. The written word has in my lifetime…
How Bert Grant Saved The World
Bold beers were the perfect weapon Never before was there such a selection of beer-styles in the English-speaking world. Nor is it likely that there were ever such assertive flavors…
Canadian Beer History
Recognizing a plentiful supply of beer close at hand would keep money in the country instead of purchasing liquor from France and would promote the consumption of the abundance of…
Looking for the King of Beers…
...in the lagering cellars of Budapest, Hungary The fathers of modern lager beer, Gabriel Sedlmayr II and Anton Dreher Sr, are gaining new recognition - not in Germany or Austria,…
Estonian, Finnish…and Orcadian
The are few feelings better than suddenly finding a drinking vessel in one's hand. Is it really necessary to wonder how the vessel arrived there? Not really, but to drink…
AB Utenos Gerimai
People need beer just as they need bread. Lithuanians have been brewing beer since the 9th century. Many brewers in Aukstaitija, the northeastern part of Lithuania, have kept their recipes…
From Leeds to Lithuania for mushy pea beer
Does a lager brewed in part from peas constitute a style? As a small boy on the way to visit my grandparents, I rode the Leeds trains and puzzled over…
History of Beer in Lithuania
Reprinted, with permission from Vytis - The Knight Written by Stephany Gutauskas Editor's Note: The article begins with a history of beer, but I wanted to include only that part…
History of tattoos
By Vince Hemingson Their is ample anthropological and archeological evidence to show that women have been altering the appearance of their breasts in order to enhance their attractiveness since the…
An Introduction to Deployable Recovery Systems
The first known written account of a parachute concept is found in da Vinci's notebooks (cl495). The sketch he drew consisted of a cloth material pulled tightly over a rigid…
Parachutes
By Mary Bellis Leornardo DaVinci Parachute drawing Credit for the invention of the first practical parachute frequently goes to Sebastien Lenormand who demonstrated the parachute principle in 1783. However, parachutes…
Stefan Banic 1870-1941
Stefan Banic, a Slovak inventor, constructed a prototype of a parachute in 1913 and tested it in Washington in front of the Patent Office and military representatives by jumping from…
Driven Wild Boar Hunting – Lithuania
Shoot : This is a 15% discounted package we have negotiated on your behalf. We can arrange for small groups or individuals looking to take guns up for this shoot…