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Editorial Board, ix

Contributor List, xi

Introduction, xv

A Note on Romanization, xix

Martial Arts of the World:

An Encyclopedia

v

Contents

Volume 1: A–Q
Africa and African America, 1
Aikidô, 12
Animal and Imitative Systems
in Chinese Martial Arts, 16
Archery, Japanese, 18

Baguazhang (Pa Kua Ch’uan),
23
Boxing, Chinese, 26
Boxing, Chinese Shaolin Styles, 32
Boxing, European, 44
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 52
Budô, Bujutsu, and Bugei, 56

Capoeira, 61
China, 65
Chivalry, 72
Combatives: Military and
Police Martial Art Training, 83

Dueling, 97

Europe, 109

External vs. Internal Chinese

Martial Arts, 119

Folklore in the Martial Arts, 123

Form/Xing/Kata/Pattern Practice,

135

Gladiators, 141

Gunfighters, 149

Hapkidô, 157

Heralds, 162

Iaidô, 169

India, 173

Japan, 179