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with the Arts of War sculptures Valor and Sacrifice on either side of the road by Leo Friedlander in Washington DC
My FIRST Figma figure. Black Swordman - Guts!!! (Berserk movie 2012 version)
Very awesome figure!!!!!!!!!!
I prefer the cape is made of cloth rather than a piece of paper and i'm so disappointed that this is no crossbow unit comes with the figure... besides, the hand joints are not strength enough to hold the Dragon Slayer .... and the most important is that he is not match with the other figure of my collection.... the size is too small... >_<
Anyway, with the sophisticated face sculpt and paint details, it should be the best figure in these few months, even it is not 100% perfect to me, anyway, I love it!!
This figure makes me more dare for "Millennium Falcon Arc" version Guts & Berserker Armor Guts.... (seems Art of war is give up the action figure line of Berserk... so poor)
The Ninja novel was written in 1980 by Eric Van Lustbader and is a tale of revenge, love and murder. The author blends a number of known themes together: crime, suspense and Japanese martial arts mysticism. The book is divided into five parts, called "rings," as an apparent homage to Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings.
Plot summary
It is initially set in Japan following the end of World War II and follows the story of Lustbader's hero Nicholas Linnear, a man raised by Anglo-Chinese parents.
As a youth, Linnear is introduced to the world of aikido, kenjutsu, and iai-jutsu at a local dojo of the Itto Ryu also attended by his cruel and violent older cousin Saigō. Linnear is a natural and soon becomes adept, much to the annoyance of Saigō. During a training exercise Nicholas and Saigō duel and Nicholas defeats him. Saigō is enraged and leaves swearing revenge.
When they next meet Saigō is a considerably more skilled martial artist than Linnear and defeats him quickly. Later we learn Saigō has joined a Kuji-kiri ryu in order to learn black ninjutsu and has become a ninja.
Linnear himself soon becomes introduced to Aka i ninjutsu, or the red, ostensibly "good" side of ninjutsu, through the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu.
The ninja are introduced not as magical or almost mythical people, but rather as supreme martial artists who have reached the highest level and seek to progress further. It is suggested that by becoming ninja they strive to advance to an even higher plane, gaining skills such as haragei, or sensing the surrounding world in a different manner. However, we soon learn this is not without a high personal cost.
Many years later, Linnear has moved to America and leads a peaceful academic existence. After quitting his job in advertising, he meets a beautiful, if disturbed, woman called Justine with whom he falls in love. This peace is shattered when a prominent local businessman is murdered in an extremely unusual manner (by a poisoned ninja shuriken). The local police are baffled and consult Nicholas as he is known to be an authority on oriental studies. Linnear quickly realises that a ninja is the murderer and the next target is his new girlfriend's father, Raphael Tomkin, whom he begins working for as a bodyguard, although not without persuasion. Linnear also befriends Lew Croaker, a local detective.
Linnear's investigations reveal Saigō is the ninja and this puts him on a deadly collision course with his older cousin.
Characters
Linnear and Saigō are portrayed as opposites. Linnear is a little cold, hero and Saigō is a violent and dangerous foe. Both are equally skilled in their disciplines, differing only in the philosophy that drives them. Both men are troubled. Saigō battles with his inner demon of self-doubt, often resorting to mind-expanding drugs, whilst Nicholas is a man torn between two worlds and feeling he belongs to neither.
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Esta é minha concepção de capa (design + ilustração) para o clássico A Arte da Guerra, de Sun Tzu, que acabo de ilustrar para a L&PM Editores. O miolo fartamente ilustrado tem mais 22 desenhos. Um luxo!
Grooms cake for a serious fan of Sun Tzu's, Art of War book. I did some research and discovered that one of the original writings was done on bamboo so I decided that would be kind of cool to do instead of just another book cake.
The model of Sun Tzu is RKT with fondant. I did him in the style of a terracotta warrior. Bummer that the picture isn't the greatest but this was a tough cake to photograph.
Many thanks go out to my friend Grace for planting the seed that led to the raised table.
Thanks for looking :)
"All warfare is based on deception.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Sun Tzu - The Art of War
Romp!: Art of War performance by Suddenly Dance Theatre, at Centennial Square, Victoria, BC, Canada, 5 July 2014.
Fuji X-T1, XF56/1.2 lens.
Ninjas - They travelled in disguise to other territories to judge the situation of the enemy, they would inveigle their way into the midst of the enemy to discover gaps, and enter enemy castles to set them on fire, and carried out assassinations, arriving in secret. ~ Hanawa Hokinoichi
Chris takes his ninja job quite seriously ;)
I still have this one in a frame. I "borrowed" the organic shapes from Aubrey Beardsley. The black has just about faded to gray and the yellow has faded. Cheap markers I guess. A many years of sunshine.
Lots of time to "kill", lots of time!
We all know what a Jay is, right? Sorry Pablo and Chagall, it would have been interesting to see this as a color illustration.
Lots of time to "kill", lots of time!
“She was known as Scarlett.... Her hair was auburn, neither ginger nor brown, but deep and burnished copper-colour, and it fell to her waist in tresses that men would kill for, and indeed often had. Her eyes were a startling orange. She looked twenty-five, and always had.... Scarlett grinned. People were always fighting, over her, and around her; it was rather sweet, really.”
-Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
One of the Four Horsemen, War, leaves a trail of dead through history.
Built for the Art of War contest hosted by Siercon and Coral . A big thanks to them!
Plan B or show off your hackepreneur skills
The YC email arrives ...
GEEK #1: So read the message. Did we get in?
NERD: READS EMAIL, looks dejected, tears streaming from eyes. Starts blowing on sleeve. Honking sound.
'... We're sorry to say that we can't accept your proposal for funding. Please don't take it personally, because most of the proposals we rejected, we rejected for reasons having nothing to do with the quality of the applicants ...' [0]
GEEK #2: "So did we get in?"
NERD : "No, we didn't get in."
GEEK #2: "Why, do you think it had something to do with me saying, 'I wanted to give it a try for 3 months then go back home and continue my PhD.?'" [1]
GEEK #1: "You what?"
NERD : "I told you, first we do the startup, make a good product, then the PhD., then we party, not before."
GEEK #1: "What about this?" ... interesting offer, "show off hackenpreneur skills?"
GEEK #2: "Isn't 'hakenpreneur' one of the Thunderbirds?"
NERD: "Thats Hacken - backer" [2]
ALL: Read article, mouths words, absorb information [3]
GEEK #2: "You do almost the same thing, same place, similar money, coding! LOOK! They even give you a idea to start working on."
GEEK #1: "Sun Tzu says: 'a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store.'" [4]
NERD : "Hmmm. What about our idea?"
NERD : You know. Our idea to revolutionise the storage and retrieval of unstructured data across the Internet. We have a demo, we've launched, got great feedback, users. We have what it takes. It will probably change. We can adapt.
GEEK #2: "Goggle stopper!"
NERD : "No, Google stopper."
GEEK #2: "Thats the code name, 'Goggle Stopper'."
GEEK #1: "Sun Tzu also said 'when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity' [5]
GEEK #2: Ancient Art of War, I love that game. If you get enough knights, take the bridge you can ...
NERD : But if we work for something else, we miss out on working on our own stuff, the people stuff, the business stuff. We could always go home, scrape some money together, polish our idea, skills and pitch again?
GEEK #1: "Sun Tzu also reminds me that, 'our men must be roused to anger; that there may be advantage from defeating the enemy, they must have their rewards'". [6]
NERD : Every day we aren't working on our own product, is a day wasted. Nothing will stop us!
GEEK #2: You're right. Why would we want to work on other peoples ideas? We're street wise. We do things on our own terms.
NERD : Working for a boss, sucks.
GEEK #1: Right. [5]
GEEK #2: You tell 'em boss.
Reference
[0] I read this straight off a 'mauricecheeks' post ~ news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=9464 It is by far the best current Plan B that I have read.
[1] I know someone who did exactly this. Sad story.
[2] Really Brains name is "Hiram Hackenbacker" ~ www.google.com/search?q=hiram+hackenbacker
[3] Dharmesh Shah, "Why Not All Great Hackepreneur Get Picked By Y Combinator"
[4] Sun Tzu, "Mit Classics, II. Waging War, #15" ~ classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
[5] Sun Tzu, "II. Waging War, #4", Ibid.
[6] Sun Tzu, "II. Waging War, #16", Ibid.
[7] Straight out of 'Alien', Brett.
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The Queen of Sheba. Although paint damage has obscured her face a little, she is actually quite lovely-- see the "all sizes" for a better view. Most scans are so poor that they only show her eyes, and that's not true to the manuscript at all.
Staatsbibliothek Göttigen: Cod. Ms. philos. 63 (In the Public Domain). Although manuscripts are not copyrighted, this image is provided for reference purposes only; if you intend to reproduce this item please courteously contact the holding library.
The Greek and Macedonian Art of War, by F.E. Adcock. 1957; 1979.
This slim edition was published by the University of California Press and purchased at the University of California, Irvine Student Bookstore.
I founded my own Headquarters today, just to be ready in case the dust bunnies are planning something. I have all the useful things a headquarter needs: Lots of reading material, a stick, maps, a rolling pin and a funny documentary to keep the morale high.
If the dust bunnies see that, I’m sure they will be very impressed and won’t dare to try anything.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs 29:9 King James Version
Kobenhavns kommune is a shareholder of a rehabilitation centre on the Costa del Sol called Monte Bello. Many patients with cancer spend time there.
Statue of Sun Tzu in Enchoen, Yurihama, Tottori, Japan.
Sun Wu, better known as Sun Tzu, (c. 544 BC-c. 496 BC) Ancient Chinese military general and strategist and philosopher who is traditionally believed to have authored The Art of War.
Enchoen in Yurihama, Tottori, Japan, is a Chinese Classical Garden (zhōng guó gǔ diǎn yuán lín), a place for solitary or social contemplation of nature.