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koryû by virtually ending perceptions of practical military value in the arts of sword, spear, bow, glaive, and grappling. Parti ...

their own schools, teaching on their own authority; instructors retained no residual control over former students or students of ...

student to move on to the next level of training. The principal criteria for promotion are aptitude (including, but not limited ...

which the details of the school’s arts revolve. This core becomes increas- ingly perceptible to initiates as they advance in the ...

Krav Maga Krav maga(Hebrew; contact combat) is an Israeli martial art that was de- veloped in the 1940s for use by the Israeli m ...

was to bring as many Jews as possible through the British blockade and to fight back Arab assaults. Lichtenfeld joined the Hagan ...

Krav Maga practitioners are taught to deal with attacks quickly and effectively, as the series of photographs on this and the fo ...

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terest from the general public, after re- tiring from the IDF, Lichtenfeld began to modify the art for civilian use. In 1978, th ...

powerless for a few seconds while the psyche attempts to adjust to the sit- uation. These few seconds can be enough to give an o ...

wrestling takedowns. The purpose is not to gain points, as in a sporting match, but to get the attacker in a weak position as qu ...

Krav maga has been called the “first unarmed combat system of the twentieth century.” This is meant to convey the fact that it d ...

The use and spread of the term kung fuhave been attributed to the popularity of Hong Kong motion picture and television star Bru ...

general acceptance, particularly in academic circles. Nevertheless, kung fu continues to be used in Hong Kong and other areas ou ...

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Masters of Defence European fighting experts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance who taught the use of contemporary weapons of ...

and-death encounters and cultivated over generations in contexts ranging from brutal medieval battlefields to Renaissance civili ...

and Germany, tutored the nobility in fighting. In Germany, there were long- lived Fechtschulen (fighting schools), a collection ...

“Masters of fencing” are mentioned in Italy in the 1300s as offering advice and exercises for fighting. In the 1400s, there were ...