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This 19th-century self-defense manual—written by a master swordsman—will appeal to fencers and martial artists as well as fans of Victorian-era culture, steampunk, and American history Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery was a master swordsman who participated in more than fifty duels, fought...

Matthew E. O'Neil (born March 7, 1976 Newton, Massachusetts) is a former Senior Airman in the United States Air Force that incapacitated and killed a terrorist with a kung fu punch on April 8, 2000 at 2 PM MST and was cleared by Colorado Springs Police Department. The incident occurred at a Colorado Springs, Colorado business and was tied back to Operation Southern Watch. O'Neil was raised in Boston, Medfield, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Plymouth Public Schools from 1981 to 1994, finally graduating from Plymouth North High School ranked 47/217 in his high school class. O'Neil ...