January 20, 2016

Don King posing with two of the best fighters he ever worked with, former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali. The picture was taken in Las Vegas before a WBA-WBC lightweight championship fight on October 29, 1988.

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The Crossbow: Medieval and Modern Military and Sporting

January 18, 2016

Title: The Crossbow: Medieval and Modern Military and Sporting.

Date: 1840-1845.

Source: Costumes of Mediaeval Christendom.

Information: The kneeling and seated figures in this diagram illustrate how a crossbow is first drawn and then loaded. This is contrasted by the standing figure, who shows how much more rapidly a conventional bow can be fired.

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Capoareira Mestres Pastinha and Jorge Amado

January 18, 2016

Capoareira Mestres Pastinha and Jorge Amado, 1961.

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Garcia Afonso - the King of Kongo

January 17, 2016

Garcia II Nkanga a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba, also known as Garcia Afonso, was the king of Kongo from 1641 to 1661. He is considered by many as Kongo's greatest ever leader for his religious piety and his near expulsion of the Portuguese from Angola.

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Karate Kick

January 17, 2016

A karateka breaking bricks with a front kick.

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Ronda Rousey

January 16, 2016

Ronda Rousey

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Between the Idea and the Reality

January 16, 2016

Between the idea and the reality, Between the motion and the act, Falls the Shadow!

~ T.S. Eliot ~

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Cassius Clay Vs. Tony Madigan

January 15, 2016

Cassius Clay aged 18 fighting Tony Madigan of Australia during the light heavyweight boxing semifinals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

Source: telegraph.co.uk

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