Here is the teaser trailer for the upcoming Janosik movie.
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Just a short video clip as promised a few posts back. 1. Parry with the poll side of the axe. 2. Parry with the cheek or side of the axe or shaft. 3. Direct block with lead edge then turning to attack. 4. Direct stop with the head of the axe, best done on their [...]
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A Polish dance troupe dancing the Zbojnicki…a bandit dance.
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If the Kanasz possesses a hut made out of branches, the brigand becomes his companion for the night. His relations with refugees and vagabonds of the forest are the result of circumstances ; he is their spy, their sentinel. In return for his services the brigands respect the animals he guards, and for which he [...]
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Chrisna was still speaking when, from the thickets which bordered the valley, from the angles in the rocks, from the caverns of the mountains, in every direction around them, issued men of divers mien, arms, and costumes. Some were coiffed with those tall, cylindrical hats, forming an elbow after ibc fashion of a stove-funnel, others [...]
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