swordsmanship

noun
swords·​man·​ship | \ ˈsȯrdz-mən-ˌship How to pronounce swordsmanship (audio) \

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Examples of swordsmanship in a Sentence

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The performances feature a variety of traditional Japanese art forms, including dance, drumming, calligraphy, ink painting and swordsmanship. Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, "New Japanese fest launching in Chicago this summer: Chicago Japanese Matsuri," 17 May 2018 But there is no resting on your swordsmanship so close to an opening. Ruthe Stein, SFChronicle.com, "‘Sesame Street’ star Emilio Delgado picks up the sword as Don Quixote at Cal Shakes," 8 June 2018 For members of this virtual-ninja community, the answer resides in similar processes to those cited in 17th-century Zen texts on swordsmanship, such as Takuan Sōhō’s The Unfettered Mind or Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of Five Rings. Chris Goto-jones, The Atlantic, "Practicing for Enlightenment With Video Games," 27 Mar. 2018 The violence is often numbing, and the translations — the movie is subtitled — are sometimes as deadly as the swordsmanship. Gary Thompson, Philly.com, "Blade of the Immortal," 1 Nov. 2017

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First Known Use of swordsmanship

1834, in the meaning defined above

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