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139 This is Sparta? Part 3

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139 This is Sparta? Part 3
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Jeff continues his mini-series on the movie “300.”  This time the topic is the poorly concealed racism of the film.

138 This is Sparta? Part 2

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138 This is Sparta? Part 2
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Jeff continues to discuss misconceptions that watching the 2006 film “300” might create.  This week he gives a more historically accurate description of the Battle of Thermopylae, and how the military skills of Spartans, Persians, and non-Spartan Greeks differed from the way the movie depicts.

137 This is Sparta? Part 1

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137 This is Sparta? Part 1
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Jeff begins a new miniseries on the topic of the 2006 film, “300,” which had a strong impact on lots of young martial artists.  In part one he discusses how the film over-idealizes the Spartans, and over-demonizes the Persians.