Another week, another smoke circle and another episode! Welcome back! 

After KT discovers Laurel's rock, paper, scissors secret, she defeats her for the first time and kicks off the episode with the real life samurai inspiration behind anime series Rurouni Kenshin.  Next, Laurel tells KT all about the Super Fight between Muhammad "The Greatest" Ali and Rocky "The Brockton Blockbuster" Marciano.  It was an epic fight between two undefeated boxing heavyweights...and it was a fantasy fight that never actually happened!  Who do you think won it?  

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Mentioned In The Stories:

Bristol Renn Faire Drum Circle

Kawakami Gensai's Gravesite

Muhammad Ali's "How Great I Am" Speech

The Ali/Marciano Superfight

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Sources:

Kawakami Gensai--

AweMeChannel, director. Reverse Blade Katana - Rurouni Kenshin - MAN AT ARMS: REFORGED. YouTube, YouTube, 20 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8euUepDo5w.

Daftarisme, director. Samurai X (Kenshin Himura) The Battousai Is Real! Top 10 Greatest Samurai Warriors. YouTube, YouTube, 27 Oct. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzTCAnyCANI.

Gilbert, Emily. “The Tragic Real-Life Samurai Who Inspired Rurouni Kenshin.” Looper.com, Looper, 11 Mar. 2021, www.looper.com/353430/the-tragic-real-life-samurai-who-inspired-rurouni-kenshin/.

Japan Info Editors. “Meet the Real-Life Samurai That Inspired Anime Characters!” Japan Info, Japan Info, 5 Sept. 2016, jpninfo.com/59715.

“Kawakami Gensai.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Nov. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawakami_Gensai.

Samurai Sword Editorss. “The Sakabato – Reversed Katana.” Samurai Swords Store, 26 Oct. 2020, samuraiswords.store/sakabato-reversed-blade-katana/.

Ali/Marciano Super Fight:

Ingle, Sean. “The Forgotten Story of ... the Rocky Marciano V Muhammad Ali Super Fight.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 13 Nov. 2012, www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/nov/13/forgotten-story-rocky-marciano-muhammad-ali.

Johnson, William. “'AND in This CORNER...NCR 315' - Sports Illustrated Vault.” SI.com, Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com, 16 Sept. 1968, vault.si.com/vault/1968/09/16/and-in-this-cornerncr-315.

Stanton, Mike. “When Ali Met Marciano in a Battle of Undefeated Heavyweights.” The Undefeated, The Undefeated, 25 Sept. 2019, theundefeated.com/features/muhammad-ali-rocky-marciano-super-fight-battle-of-undefeated-heavyweights/.