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John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« on: 2012-05-19, 21:52:33 »
I have never heard of this man, but I'm glad I have now.


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http://badassoftheweek.com/hunyadi.html
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #1 on: 2012-05-20, 16:41:13 »
The youtube link on that page is pretty funny. Definitely sounds like he earned his spot on that page. Sir John wrote about Matthias Corvinus a little while back, too.
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #2 on: 2012-05-20, 17:14:25 »
YES!  This has made my day!  Thank you for sharing and boy am I amazed and pumped from reading this.   ;D
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #3 on: 2012-05-22, 16:15:51 »
WOW...talk about a medieval icon to model yourself after...if even half of that was true, he wasn't just some knight, but a Peer of the highest order.  Janos Hunyadi...are there men like that in this day and age?  Geez...that's enough to make a lesser man feel inadequate!
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #4 on: 2012-05-23, 15:45:49 »
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WOW...talk about a medieval icon to model yourself after...if even half of that was true, he wasn't just some knight, but a Peer of the highest order.  Janos Hunyadi...are there men like that in this day and age?  Geez...that's enough to make a lesser man feel inadequate!

Sir William, we need men like Sir John Hunyadi!  His achievements are awesome and arse kicking that I am compelled to model after him and the other Renaissance Knights that I have posted. ;)
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #5 on: 2012-05-23, 18:04:31 »
That list is an amazing one and if you have not read it you should.

3 modern arse kickers, all Gurka cause, hey, Gurka are cool:
"Every couple of years, the Gurkhas fighting in Afghanistan
get in trouble because they're always beheading the corpses of Taliban fighters.
That's not even a joke."


All alone in Afghanistan-
http://badassoftheweek.com/pun.html

Defending a young girl from a platoon of bandit rapists with a knife-
http://badassoftheweek.com/shrestha.html

Defending your buddies from a Japanese company with only one arm-
http://badassoftheweek.com/gurung.html


I would love to see someone else on this board find someone on that list, cause it's kinda big and theres much awesomeness, needful of being talked about. :D

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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #6 on: 2012-05-24, 13:24:21 »
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I would love to see someone else on this board find someone on that list, cause it's kinda big and theres much awesomeness, needful of being talked about. :D

Agreed!  ;D
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #7 on: 2012-05-24, 17:04:14 »
I read the Gurka ones previously...of the ones I've read in general, all definitely belong.  Hunyadi though...heroic as hell.
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Re: John Hunyadi, Badass of the Week
« Reply #8 on: 2012-05-25, 01:54:56 »
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I read the Gurka ones previously...of the ones I've read in general, all definitely belong.  Hunyadi though...heroic as hell.

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