A martial art created in Czechoslovakia in the 1930's and adopted by the Israeli military. It favors survival above all else. The rules of attack and defense are simple: be faster, stronger, quicker, natural, and to the point.
Originally taught only in Israel, there is now a school open in Los Angeles.
A Krav Maga master can destroy a Judo master.
A Christian university in South Carolina known mostly for it's former policy of banning interracial dating.
Who in the hell would go to a college named Bob Jones University?
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1. The land promised by God to the Israelites after they left Egypt.
2. An outdoor paintball field in SE Wisconsin.
1. After wandering the desert for 40 years, the Israelites finally reached the Promised Land.
2. Promised Land is the best paintball aprk ever.
1. This is the thing you use to touch things that you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
2. A weapon in the card game Munchkin'
She's so ugly I had to whip out the eleven-foot pole to keep her away.
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A fun card game requiring at least eight people and the more the merrier. One person is the Sheriff, another is the Doctor. At least one person is the Mafioso, though with more people, there can be more. Everyone else is a townsperson. Roles are chosen by card dealing. Another person, who does not actually play, is the Narrator. He runs the game.
The Narrator will tell everyone to go to sleep. Then he will tell the Mafioso to wake up and select a person to kill. The he tells the Mafioso the go to sleep.
Then he will tell the Doctor to wake up and select a person to save. If the Doctor selects the same person the Mafioso selected, the person lives. The he tells the Doctor the go to sleep.
Then he will tell the Sherrif to wake up and accuse a person of being the Mafioso. If he selects correctly, the Narrator will nod. The he tells the Sherrif the go to sleep.
The Narrator then tells everyone to wake up. If a person died during the night, the Narrator will say so.
Then the floor is open for accusations. Everyone but the dead can pick someone to accuse. If someone is accused, they then have the opportunity to defend themselves. The table then votes on whether or not to send them to the electric chair. If they do, that person is also dead, whether they are the Mafioso are not.
The game continues until all the Mafiosos are dead.
Me and my friends often play Mafia at birthday parties.
A sword of Japanese origin, also called a 'nodachi'. It looks like an extra long katana. The sword was notoriously difficult to make and wield and was mainly used for killing mounted cavalry troops.
I got cut in half by an odachi.
The period from the AD 700 to AD 1500 which is considered the Golden Age of Japanese swordsmanship. Katana-style swords were coming into popularity and craftsmanship was at it's peak.
Legendary koto-era swords were made by the swordsmiths Masamune and Muramasa.
