Women, continued
as soldiers, 672, 674, 675, 677,
678, 792, 812
and sports, 699–700
and stickfighting, 669
and sword and buckler, 670
and sword dancing, 666, 670, 690
as swordsmen, 665, 666, 667, 689,
791, 796
and tendo-ryû, 696–698
and tournaments, 670
and training, 700–704
as warriors, 664–665, 668, 691,
692–696, 790, 799
and weightlifting, 826
and wrestling, 665, 669, 671, 672,
673, 675, 677, 680, 690, 740,
790, 812
and wrestling and grappling: China,
707–708
and wrestling and grappling:
Europe, 718
and wrestling and grappling: Japan,
727
Women in the martial arts: 479
B.C.–A.D. 1896, 664–684. See also
Women in the martial arts:
Britain and North America;
Women in the martial arts: China;
Women in the martial arts: Japan
Women in the martial arts: Britain
and North America, 684–689.
See alsoBoxing, European; Jûdô;
Wrestling and grappling: Japan
Women in the martial arts: China,
689–692. See alsoBoxing,
Chinese; Folklore in the martial
arts; Written texts: China;
Yongchun (wing chun)
Women in the martial arts: Japan,
692–705
early history of, 692–694
and the Edo period, 695–696
and Jikishin Kage-ryû Naginata-dô,
698–699
and sports, 699–700
and Tendo-ryû, 696–698
and training, 700–704
and the Warring States period,
694–695
See alsoForm/xing/kata/pattern
practice; Koryû bugei; Religion
and spiritual development: Japan;
Swordsmanship, Japanese;
Women in the martial arts: 479
B.C.–A.D. 1896
Women’s liberation, 684Won Kwan-wha, 160
Wong Xiling, 803
World Boxing Association (WBA),
354
World Championship Wrestling
(WCW), 741, 742, 743
World Eskrima, Kali Arnis Federation
(WEKAF), 433
World Hapkidô Foundation, 297
World Kido Federation, 157
World Taekwondo Championships,
298
World Taekwondo Federation (WTF),
298
World War I, 84
and military training, 85–86
and wrestling, professional,
738–739
World War II, 307, 822
and Burma, 632
and military training, 89
and Okinawa, 367
and Philippines, 426, 430
and savate, 522
and silat, 529
and Soviet Union, 508
World Wide Wrestling Federation
(WWWF), 741
World Wrestling Federation (WWF),
741, 742, 743
Worldwide Kenpô Karate Association,
259
The Wounds of Civil War(Lodge),
808
Wovoka, 133, 436
Wrestling, 89, 799
and gladiators, 146
and Greece, ancient, 110
and Jacob, 788
and jûdô, 213, 216
and Krishna, 787
and military, 88–89
and military training, 85
and mystery plays, 798
and Olympics, 789
and police training, 87
and savate, 519
Wrestling, African, 5–6, 736
Wrestling, American, 818
Wrestling and grappling: China,
705–710
and attire, 708
main objectives of, 708–709
and the military, 706
modern form of, 708–709
mythical origins of, 705–706
and ranking system, 708890 Index