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    “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” contains several different examples of these two aspects. Archery is viewed as an important skill in the war against the Huns. Besides explosives, it is the main source of weapon the soldiers have. In order to be effective, the user has to be accurate in hitting the desired target. Part of this song is designated to the teaching of archery. Skill and quickness are also displayed in another training technique as well. In this technique, soldier balance…

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    The girls and I were climbing up this steep hill to get to our archery class. I started crying and saying with short breath I couldn’t walk any longer. My counselor thought it was a joke at first and kept telling me to keep walking. With tears in my eyes I collapsed to the ground. I was scared and didn’t know what was happening to me, my counselor picked me up and took me back to the cabin to relax. While the other girls went on to archery class, I was laying down at the bottom of my bunk hoping…

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    (MIP-2) There were certain requirements for a knight/vassal. A knighty had specific duties. The knight has been bred since babyhood to fight and become a knight. He would have to perform specific duties and tasks in order to become a knight (Bishop, Morris 77). The purpose of a night is “To protect the Church, to fight against treachery, to reverence to priesthood, to fend off injustice from the poor, to make peace in your own providence, to shed blood for your brethren, and if he must, to lay…

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    A much recent conversation has been going around, centering the topic on how McDonald’s is on the same boat as cigarettes. Both of these luxuries appear to be in people’s everyday lifestyle despite the harm and bad condition that it put people bodies in. Many questions come to mind when thinking about the two with one in particular: what is really worse for you? Smoking cigarettes or eating McDonald’s? In the image, in my opinion says two main things: McDonald’s is just as unhealthy as…

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    because they could not afford to train the birds. Tournament sports were an often fan favorite of both the upper and lower classes. Although also considered a tournament sport, archery contained skills used in battle ( Alchin ) . Since most the lower class consisted in the army, these people often participated in the archery events ( Maxwell, Carey ). Dog and chicken fighting was also a favored sport amongst these people. Even though some of the sports in the Elizabethan era are different than…

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    we are one of the best Colorado elk hunting outfitters with more experience that enables you to make a trip at flexible budgets. As a visitor, you can access the elk spots with our vehicles to hunt them with ease. But, we limit your elk hunts with archery and muzzleloader whey they live with families. All our elk hunting takes…

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    Under the control of Genghis Khan, a remarkably brilliant military leader whose strict diplomatics are indeed remembered to this day, a nomadic clan consisting of skilled fighters rose from the ashes to the throne. Blood was shed and the whispers spread through everyone’s core like wildfire by the sole rumored actions of these soldiers. They were otherwise known as the ferocious Mongols, who conquered every steppe tribe from across Asia. Thus, creating the largest reinforced empire in history! I…

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    19th century America showed both the destruction and growth of a nation. A major role in this change was guerrilla warfare, a method of abnormal tactics centered around the freedom of combat. Raids and ambushes were key against traditional military, seeing mobility as a way to disorient their enemies. Bushwhackers and Texas rangers used these tactics from heavy influence of Native Americans. There newly found warfare saw the bolster of the southern borders defenses. Overall guerrilla warfare was…

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    Howard Pyle’s book The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Robin is first known as Robin of Locksley before he becomes an outlaw. The story of how he becomes an outlaw starts off with him traveling to Nottingham at the age of eighteen to compete in an archery competition. On his way he comes across some of the King’s foresters who were eating and getting drunk in the forest. They’re job was to protect the King’s forest and make sure no one was hunting the King’s deer. Once they spotted Robin one of…

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    next day when Harley woke up, she got dressed and headed to breakfast with the rest of the Hermes cabin. After breakfast they studied ancient Greek with Annabeth, and it was the first time Harley could read anything without trouble. Next they had archery with the Apollo cabin counselor and Harley hit the bullseye every time with her bow and arrows, making the counselor look at her with concern. They went to lunch where Harley got to know some of the Hermes' cabin better. She met with Annabeth…

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