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My Fender Jazz Bass from the Dogstar days. I'm not a great bassist -- I'm an enthusiastic one. Sometimes enthusiasm is enough. Borrow it, start a band, play badly with joy. Tip: The bass holds everything together. Like kindness.

Keanu Reeves

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I paint large abstract canvases every day. Bold colors, no plan, no rules. Painting silences the noise in my head. I teach you to pick up a brush with no destination and see where it goes. We use acrylics on large canvas -- go big or go home. Tip: The painting knows what it wants. Your job is to get out of the way.

Anthony Hopkins

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The complete Criterion Collection of my films -- the Apu Trilogy, Charulata, The Music Room, Days and Nights in the Forest, and more. Subtitled in English. Kurosawa said seeing these films was like seeing the sun and moon. Start with Pather Panchali. Bring tissues.

Satyajit Ray

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Leaf-shaped xiphos, 24-inch blade, bronze construction. The backup weapon when the dory breaks. Designed for the crush of close combat where the spear is too long. I used mine at Thermopylae after my spear shattered on the second day.

Leonidas I

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Half-day workshop on campaign logistics. How I moved 50,000 men from Greece to India across deserts, mountains, and rivers. Supply lines, foraging, forced marches, river crossings. Tip: Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics. An army that cannot eat cannot fight.

Alexander the Great

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Five light throwing javelins in the Numidian style. My riders under Maharbal would harass Roman columns for days -- throwing, retreating, throwing again. No armor, no shield, just speed and accuracy.

Hannibal Barca

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Short mulberry bow and stone-headed war club. The Apache bow is compact -- made for horseback and tight canyon fights. The war club is last resort, close quarters. Light enough to carry all day, deadly enough to end any argument.

Geronimo

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The vine staff was the centurion's badge of office and disciplinary tool. The pugio was the last-resort dagger. Cassius used one on me. Authentic reproductions for historical reenactment and display.

Julius Caesar

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I had no rank, no education, no training. I led because I believed and they saw it. How to lead with nothing but conviction. Speaking to crowds, rallying morale, hard decisions. Tip: Do not ask people to follow you. Walk toward the danger and see who comes.

Joan of Arc

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Single-handed arming sword, cruciform hilt, 32-inch blade. Standard Hundred Years War knight's weapon. I rarely drew mine -- my banner was my weapon. But I trained daily. Balanced for one-handed use with shield or on horseback.

Joan of Arc

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Round targe shield (20 inches, studded leather over wood) and 12-inch dirk dagger. The Highlander's backup weapons. The targe catches the blade, the dirk finishes the work. I will teach you the off-hand techniques that made Highland warriors feared in close quarters.

William Wallace

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Folded steel katana, razor edge, 28-inch blade. For advanced students who have completed bokken training. I lend this only after watching you train. If you grip too tight, swing too wild, or show fear of the blade, it stays in my rack. A sharp sword in unskilled hands is a danger to its owner.

Miyamoto Musashi

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