P.S 2 Slapping really? lol 0:22
Janissaries were trained to slap opponents in unarmed combat by slapping huge marble blocks. When they lost their weapons or the weapons were broken, the janissaries would give such a hard slap to the opponants resulting even breaking their skull :) At least, legends say so :)
Post more mindless propaganda videos and we will never allow special Turk armor.
Not as glorious as it looks, Suleiman in the end had to resort to negotiations to get Rhodes from the Hospitallers. The Siege was so bloody and vicious Suleiman was in great danger of losing. He needed a win badly because his career as Sultan was just beginning and he told everyone he would do it. In the end he finished it by negotiating the Hospittallers out of Rhodes (So no dude running with a flag and propping it up in victory) But that is not the end of the story, Hospittallers took their leave and became even a great pain in the ass from their new base at Malta. Suleiman tried to get rid of them there and at the same open the Med to the Turkish fleet but could not finish the job. The Hospittallers dung in their heels and gutted it out through one of the bloodiest sieges in history and send Suleiman packing home.
Mind you Suleiman was a good leader and the Jannissaries were good troops. But tell the whole story or find yourself in the trap of revising history for your own ends.
P.S Really round house kicks and jumping slashes. I see more realism in M&B
P.S 2 Slapping really? lol 0:22
Did you know that the person who created the Martial Arts was a Persian Buddhist who lived in India? The Ottoman Turks civilization is heavily influenced by that of the Persians and martial arts were a part of that. Wrestling, hand to hand combat, and various other martial arts etc. was widely known amongst the people of West Asia (Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.) Did you forget how the hypocrite Taliban were blowing up Buddhas in Afghanistan?
Also, there has been a lot of post Ottoman revisionism by colonial powers trying to make the Turks look weaker and not as important to all Western civilization. Persian, Turkish, Arab, and Indian civilization in the Islamic Empires was the direct cause of the Renaissance following the Crusades where the Templars heavily influenced by Islam created Freemasonry and were persecuted by the Catholic Church. The Templars became perennial philosophy Muslims so to speak and were persecuted for it. If people of the former Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires understood how much they owe to these great civilizations, they would worship them. Alas, majority of Western history is written by the colonial victors.
On a serious note, I don't know where that inferiority complex comes from. The "West", if there is still something like that, ignoring stuff is just in your head. I personally think that the Islamic world in the past with its tolerant interpretation of their religion were pretty awesome, before it went back to hurr durr mode. I also think Turkey overcoming the hurr as the only Islamic country with creating a secularistic state at the beginning of the last century was rather awesome too.+1, only really ignorant people thinks muslims empires were made by cavesmens with turbans. Why do you care about this peoples, they will not give a damn about history no matter how much "300" like video you post :D
Quote from: Paul on April 07, 2011, 19:41:23
On a serious note, I don't know where that inferiority complex comes from. The "West", if there is still something like that, ignoring stuff is just in your head. I personally think that the Islamic world in the past with its tolerant interpretation of their religion were pretty awesome, before it went back to hurr durr mode. I also think Turkey overcoming the hurr as the only Islamic country with creating a secularistic state at the beginning of the last century was rather awesome too.
+1, only really ignorant people thinks muslims empires were made by cavesmens with turbans. Why do you care about this peoples, they will not give a damn about history no matter how much "300" like video you post
however it is my duty as a Muslim to teach people about the truth (Haqq).
Bah Rhodoks are a bucnh of pansies anyway :P
Never saw Swadian getting beating by them :P
Rhodoks suck... NORDS MURDER EVERYTHING WITH SILLY RHODOKS ON ITS NAME!Kidding me right ?
Due to hilarious advertising on TV series in Turkey,an episode lasts for 1h and 40 mins (With ads it is 2-2and a half hours.). So it is hard to shoot a 100 mins episode per week .
Rhodoks FTW.These buggers never give up a castle, they are well 'ard. The Khergits and the Swadians make the best land roaming offensive parties.
Ottoman Cannons and Janissaries at work...(click to show/hide)