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there continued to be an association between secret societies, radical reli- gion, and the martial arts. The results of this mat ...

(Gempin in Japanese) was sent to the court of the Japanese emperor, os- tensibly to teach pottery. It was also surmised that the ...

new orientation for martial arts suitable to the new Communist China, a two- faceted program came into being: a standardized for ...

See alsoAnimal and Imitative Systems in Chinese Martial Arts; Baguazhang (Pa Kua Ch’uan); Boxing, Chinese; External vs. Internal ...

and to the point.” Pugnusderives from the Greek pugme,meaning “fist.” Though boxing is mentioned in the ancient Hindu epic the M ...

marked the end of a “round.” The down man was given thirty seconds to get back up; it was illegal to hit a down man, and wrestli ...

and techniques, undergo expert coaching and training (Broughton referred to his boxing lessons as “lectures”), practice in speci ...

If there is one punch that defines boxing, it is the jab, a straight punch thrown from the shoulder with a short step forward. T ...

Wrestling, hip throws, armlocks (and arm-breaking submission holds), chokes, and to some extent biting are all part of the arsen ...

practicality and intensity with which training in the art is undertaken. Such training takes place outside the gym in the form o ...

Trainers often use such tools, together with repetition, to teach boxers to defend themselves, “see” openings, and throw punches ...

Gilbey, John F. 1986. Western Boxing and World Wrestling: Story and Practice.Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. Oates, Joyce Carol. ...

and the Canal Zone, and he is said to have had only 2 defeats in over 2,000 matches. Unlike contemporary Brazilian jiu-jitsu sty ...

papers his willingness to take on all comers. In turn, Carlos’s younger brother, Hélio, challenged Joe Louis, while decades late ...

During the 1980s, Hélio Gracie’s sons took the family art to California, and during the 1990s the victories of Rorion and Royce ...

autonomous, while other instructors, such as the Machado brothers (nephews and students of Carlos Gracie), refer to their system ...

Western texts on Japanese fighting arts often assert that during the Tokugawa period (A.D. 1600–1868) martial art masters began ...

Meiji-period (1868–1912) educators did differentiate -jutsu and -dô in pre- cisely this fashion, but their forebears did not. Hi ...

———. 1990. “Arts of War in Times of Peace: Swordsmanship in the Honchô Bugei Shôden, Chapter 5.” Monumenta Nipponica45, no. 4: 4 ...

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