AAU. SeeAmateur Athletic Union
ABA. SeeAmerican Bandô
Association
Abbey of Cîteaux, 369–370
Abe family, 185
Abehananda, 632
Ablin, Faustino, 429
Aborigines, 101
Abs, Karl, 737
Abu Fazl, 671
Acalanâtha, 490
Acting
and women, 671
Action (you wei)
and medicine, traditional Chinese,
329–330
Acupuncture, 35
Adhemar of le Puy, Bishop, 452
Adi murai, 177, 227
“The Adventure of the Empty
House,” 684
Aerobics, karate, 829
Aethelstan, 795
Africa and African America, 1–12
and Brazil, 7
and capoeira, 7–10, 61–62
and combat training, 3–4
and Europe, 7
and iron smithing, 1
and Islam, 7
and paganism, 7
and percussion instruments, 4
and Portuguese, 7
and religion, 7
and slave trade, 7
and stickfighting, 4–5
and trade, 7
and warriors, 2
and weapons, 1–3
and wrestling, 5–6
See alsoCapoeira; Middle East;
Performing arts
African America. SeeAfrica and
African America
Afro-American Ledger, 823
Afzal Khan, 811
Agaja, King, 673, 813
Agasthya, 647
Age of the Country at War, 568
Agetor of Arkadia, 790
Agni Purana,174, 750, 751–753
Agonistics
and social uses of the martial arts,
532
Agramonte, Omelio, 51
Agrippa, Camillo, 322, 582
Aiki, 12
Aiki taisô, 14
Aikibudô, 12
Aikidô, 12–16,160–161, 732, 734,
825, 828
and police training, 828
and ranking system, 14–15
and technique, 12–13, 14
and training, 12–13, 14, 15
and weapons, 12–13
See alsoJûdô; Ki/Qi; Religion and
spiritual development: Japan;
Wrestling and grappling: Japan
Aikidô dôjô, 15
Aiki-jujitsu, 161
Aikijutsu, 732
Air rifles, 815–816
Ai-yaruk, 669, 800
Akamine Eisuke, 291
Akbar, Emperor, 671
Akhara, 722–723, 806
Akkadevi, 667
Aladdin, 798
Albrecht III, Duke, 394
Alemanni, 73
Alexander, 341
Alexander I, 675
Alexander the Great, 110–111, 411,
448, 713
Alexius Comnenus, 77
Alfieri, Francesco, 322, 582
Alfons, King, 394
Alfonso X, 374
Alfonso XI, 376, 392, 399839Index