Knives – T. G. Shepherd https://tgshepherd.com Fights, Flights, and High Fantasy Wed, 26 May 2021 21:13:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 https://i0.wp.com/tgshepherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tgshepherd-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Knives – T. G. Shepherd https://tgshepherd.com 32 32 137681805 12 – Combat https://tgshepherd.com/2021/05/25/12-combat/ Wed, 26 May 2021 00:05:16 +0000 https://tgshepherd.com/?p=431 Frank rolled to his feet and saw … A flash of motion, as Mockingbird landed on the walkway in front of him, several dozen paces away. The sway had been caused by her landing. He drew one of his knives and raced towards her, intent on stopping her cold before she realised he was there. He almost made it, his first strike sending her scrambling backwards, nearly stumbling. Her batons came up in...

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]]> 431 30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 23: This Isn’t A Fight (1:29:30-1:31:00 plus a bit more) https://tgshepherd.com/2020/03/25/30-seconds-of-wick-chapter-23-this-isnt-a-fight-12930-13100-plus-a-bit-more/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tgshepherd.com/?p=283 This last fight isn’t really a fight. It’s a Shakespearean tragedy played out in minutes of screen time. So I’m going to do the whole thing in one post. There isn’t a great deal about it that’s interesting or sophisticated fighting, not like Wick’s desperate war with Perkins or his slaying of Kirill. This isn’t a fight. It’s fate. Things I skipped over: John taking his somewhat anticlimactic...

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