MLARTC_FM.part 1.qxp

Ryan, N. J. 1976.A History of Malaysia and Singapore.London: Oxford University Press. Stuart-Fox, Martin. 1997. A History of Lao ...

short-sword, staff, target, and poniard—are a good indication of what he was taught at his “school of fence” (Martinez 1996). Th ...

In planning a stage fight, the choreographer must consider the experi- ence and physical stature of his performers, the needs an ...

ning training in slow motion and gradually increasing the speed, the stu- dent learns the moves more accurately and has more con ...

moves, the actors and the choreographer must fill the fight with an outside life. To do this, the actors must decide on details ...

fied teachers and schools, literature, and annual conferences. England, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, and Canada have similar organi ...

a gibbet immediately outside the lists. Other judicial combats with clubs are reported in England, Germany, and France. In Shake ...

James Figg teaches men the art of self-defense with the use of a backsword and quarterstaff in a trade card engraving by William ...

blades being replaced by an ash stick about a yard in length and as thick as a man’s middle finger, with hilts (known by the nam ...

sock or scarf. Needless to say, the authorities did not at all approve of these fights. Fights were often not deadly duels, but ...

techniques have been part of savate since its codification by Michel Casseux in 1803. He listed fifteen kicking and fifteen cane ...

associated with the Golitsin family, which was one of the branches of the royal family before the Russian Revolution. Movements ...

tises that stickfighting competitions are held during Carnival. The stick- fighting appears to be based on quarterstaff and bato ...

Sinclair, G. 1990.Cudgel Playing.1655. Reprint, Cambridge, MA: Histori- cal Reprints. Stone, David. 1998. The Principles of Stav ...

Blades of that era are almost straight-edged, as evidenced by treasures within the Shôsôin Repository at Nara, and in a few exam ...

this period show only nobles and courtiers carrying swords, not warriors using them in combat. During the Heian period the capit ...

As a result of the first invasion, warriors began ordering polishers to grind off the ha-niku, making a sharper edge-profile. Du ...

of the combined plates folded five times yielding a sword with 4,194,304 laminates. Such a sword could be made wider and with a ...

Zen masters, however, did not themselves teach the physical details of fencing; instead they laid their stress on correct moral ...

the Japanese sword of World War II was the last and only sword of the ma- jor combatants designed specifically to be used in phy ...