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taekwondowas agreed upon because of its resemblance to the more tradi- tional art of t’aek’kyo ̆ n, which makes the nationalisti ...

See alsoAfrica and African America; Capoeira; China; Folklore in the Martial Arts; Korea; Okinawa; Silat; Southeast Asia; Taekwo ...

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Martial Arts of the World An Encyclopedia Volume Two: R–Z Edited by Thomas A. Green Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado O ...

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A Note on Romanization, ix Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia v Contents Volume 1: A–Q Africa and African America, 1 Aik ...

Karate, Okinawan, 240 Kendô, 249 Kenpô, 255 Ki/Qi, 260 Knights, 263 Kobudô, Okinawan, 286 Korea, 291 Korean Martial Arts, Chines ...

Wrestling and Grappling: Europe, 710 Wrestling and Grappling: India, 719 Wrestling and Grappling: Japan, 727 Wrestling, Professi ...

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In 1979, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) decided to employ the pinyin sys- tem of romanization for foreign publications. Th ...

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Rank The word rankin this context refers to a system of hierarchies in martial arts based on various criteria such as physical f ...

nous fighting systems and eclectic mar- tial arts of other cultures followed suit. In Kanô’s system and others based on it (e.g. ...

but also by non-Asian systems and contemporary eclectic systems such as capoeira, savate, American Freestyle karate, and Russian ...

for every battle, but whenever a major military decision had to be made. Similar sacrifices were performed by most of the other ...

military discipline as well as morale among the troops. Therefore, the new Christian leadership of the state and army found it n ...

century the cross was introduced wholesale into military usage and was applied to shields and flags. The Roman army also introdu ...