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Nomi-no-Sukune, 729 Nonaction (wuwei) and medicine, traditional Chinese, 329–330 Nonlethal combatives, 83 Norasimhavarman I Marm ...

Order of St. Maurice, 377 Order of St. Michael, 395, 397, 400 Order of St. Michael the Archangel, 284 Order of St. Stephen, 284, ...

Oshchepkov, Vasilij Sergevich, 88, 507, 508, 509, 825 Ôshima Eisuke, 768 Ôshima Hikki,242, 289 Otoku, 798 Ôtsuka Hironori, 235, ...

Performing arts, 417–422 and Asia, 419–422 and China, 420 and India, 420–421, 422 and Japan, 420 and technique, 417 and the West ...

Popes and dueling, 105 Popular press and gunfighters, 151 Portuguese and Africa, 7 and capoeira, 62 Potlatch and social uses of ...

Ranking system, continued and China, 445 and Filipino martial arts, 433 and Japan, 445–447 and jiu-jitsu, 52, 55 and jûdô, 214–2 ...

Ring names, 808 Ringeck, Sigmund, 320 Ringen am Schwert, 112 Ringo, Jimmy, 152 Ripuarian Franks, 73 Rites of passage and social ...

Samoa, 403. See alsoPacific Islands Samoans, 405 Samoborona bez oruzhija (self-defense without weapons). SeeSambo Sampson, Debor ...

Self-Defense Krav Maga, 310 Self-Defense without Weapons. See Sambo Seljuk Turks, 77 Semireligious orders, 391–392 Semitic tribe ...

Shô Shin, King, 41, 240, 804–805 Shô Shitsu, King, 365 Shô Ten, Marquis, 365 Shôdan, 15 Shoden Katori Shintô-ryû, 804 Shogunate, ...

Song Shuming, 824 Song To ̆k-ki, 604–605, 606, 608 Songs and capoeira, 8, 64 Songshu(The History of the Liu Song Dynasty), 181 S ...

Stickfighting, non-Asian, 556–564. See alsoCapoeira; Dueling; Masters of Defence; Philippines; Savate; Stickfighting Stickfighti ...

and gladiators, 142 in Japan, 478–479, 481 and masters of defence, 318, 325 and proper breathing, 795 and Russia, 114–115 and st ...

Taira family, 184–185, 186, 565 Taira no Kiyomori, 186 Taira Shinken, 235, 290–291 Tairo no Masakado, 185 Taishi-ryû, 18 Taiwu, ...

Temple guardians, 794 Temple of Angkor Vat (Angkor Wat), 541 Temple of Solomon, 79, 368 Temples, Buddhist, 35–39 Tenaga Dalam, 4 ...

Tournaments, continued medieval, 105 sumô, 808 and women, 670 and wrestling and grappling: China, 706 and wrestling and grapplin ...

Tyrs, Miroslav, 820 Tyson, Mike, 742 U Ba Chan, 632 U Ba Saw, 632 U Maung Gyi, 635 U Zaw Min, 632 Uchiokoshi, 20 Uechi Kanbun, 4 ...

Viera, Jelon, 64 Viet Lon Guom, 550 Vietnam, 441, 547–550 history of, 547 and Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, 651–655 See alsoSoutheast Asi ...

Weapons and Africa, 1–3 and aikidô, 12–13 and baguazhang, 25 and China, 70 and dueling, 97–98 and Filipino martial arts, 426–431 ...

Women, continued as soldiers, 672, 674, 675, 677, 678, 792, 812 and sports, 699–700 and stickfighting, 669 and sword and buckler ...