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
and gladiators, 142–145
and gunfighters, 820
and hapkidô, 160
and Hawaii, 407–408
and iaidô, 171
and Japan, 69, 190–193
and knights, 278–279
and kobudô, Okinawan, 286
and magical powers, 2
and masters of defence, 318
and metallurgy, 2
and Myanmar (Burma), 544
and ninjutsu, 359–360
and Pacific Islands, 404–406
and savate, 523
and silat, 524, 527, 530
and taijiquan, 622–623
and thaing, 633–634
and triad gangs, 819
and wrestling and grappling: Japan,
731
and xingyiquan, 777–778
and yongchun/wing chun, 784
Weichi Jingde, 67
Weider, Joe, 826
Weight training, 789
Weightlifting, 826
Weightlifting, women’s, 826
Weizhi, 181
WEKAF. SeeWorld Eskrima, Kali
Arnis Federation
Wellesley, Arthur, 477
Wells, Natalie, 679
Weng, Chi-hsiu D., 709
Werner, Johann, 818
West, the
and performing arts, 419, 421–422
Western Europe
and chivalry, 72
Wetherby’s, 673–674, 815
White Conduit House, 674
White Lotus sect, 29, 128
Widow Qi Number Two, 691
Wilhalm, Joerg, 320, 581
Wilhelm I, Duke, 394
Wilkinson, Elizabeth, 673
Will, Jay T., 259
William of Malmesbury, 451
William Rufus, King, 798
William the Conqueror, 451
Williams, Alice, 680
Williams, George, 819
Willibrand of Utrecht, Bishop, 453
Wilson Mission, 821
Wing chun, 203
and Jeet Kune Do, 205
See alsoYongchun
Wing chun (eternal spring), 38
Wing Tsun Leung Ting Martial Arts
Association, 785
Wister, Owen, 150, 154
Woman Ding Number Seven, 691
Woman Number Four, 691
Wo-Mei, 549
Wo-Mei Shan Pai, 548
Women
and acting, 671
and aerobics, 829
and archery, 670
as athletes, 678, 792
and athletics, 678, 686–688, 792
and basketball, 686–687
and bodybuilding, 678, 826
as bodyguards, 670, 672, 673, 790,
813
and boxing, 664, 667, 669,
673–674, 675, 677, 679–680,
691, 796, 815, 822, 823
in the Chinese military, 689–690
and combat, 672
and the Crusades, 667–668
and cudgeling, 669
and dueling, 669, 671, 672–673,
800
and exercise, 676
and fencing, 673, 675, 676,
678–679, 684, 817
and foot binding, 667, 796
as guards, 671
and gymnastics, 679, 818
as hunters, 670
and jikishin Kage-ryû Naginata-dô,
698–699
and jousting, 667, 670
and jûdô, 213, 684–685, 828
and karate, 675
and the military, 670
and the Olympics, 691–692
in police departments, 680
and politics, 670
and polo, 667
and prizefighting, 673, 676, 677,
684, 815
and punching, 679
and savate, 679–680
as seamen, 673, 675–676
as shamans, 666Index 889