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Martial Arts in Asia
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Fan Hong
Categories: Asia
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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"The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of cultural hybridity in a global setting. This book deals with history of Asian martial arts in th
Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: D. S. Farrer
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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This landmark work provides a wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the traditional Asian martial arts. Most of the contributors to the volume are practitione
The Invention of Martial Arts
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Paul Bowman
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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"The Invention of Martial Arts examines the media history of what we now call 'martial arts' and argues that martial arts is a cultural construction that was bo
A Brief History of the Martial Arts
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Jonathan Clements
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-13 - Publisher: Robinson

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'If I had to pick a single general martial arts history book in English, I would recommend A Brief History of the Martial Arts by Dr Jonathan Clements' RICHARD
Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Denis Gainty
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-22 - Publisher: Routledge

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In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancien