May Day, 801
Maybray, John C., 738
McCloy, Charles, 825
McLaglan, Leo, 687
McLaury brothers, 98
McMahon, Vince, Jr., 741
McMahon, Vince, Sr., 741
McShane, Dangerous Danny, 741
McSweeny, John
McVey, Sam, 51
Mechanics’ Pavilion, 680
Medical profession, 35
Medical theory
and ki/qi, 261
Medicine, Traditional Chinese,
327–325
and training and martial arts,
332–333
See alsoBoxing, Chinese; Ki/qi;
Religion and spiritual
development: China
Medieval tournaments
and dueling, 105
Meditation, 175, 335–338, 799
and qi, 262
See alsoBaguazhang (pa kua
ch’uan); Ki/qi; Medicine,
traditional Chinese; Religion and
spiritual development: China;
Religion and spiritual
development: India; Religion and
spiritual development: Japan;
Taijiquan (tai chi ch’uan); Written
texts: China; Written texts: India;
Written texts: Japan; Xingyiquan
(hsing i ch’uan)
Meditations, moving, 792
Mehrunissa, 671
Meihuaquan, 548
Meiji Restoration, 252, 253, 439,
518, 818
Meine Selbsthilfe Jiu Jitsu für Damen
(My Self-Help Jiu Jitsu for
Ladies) (Cherpillod), 685
Meitei, 638
Mendoza, Daniel, 46
Meng Zi, 789
Menke, Frank G., 90
Menkyo-kaiden, 303
Menon, K. Sankara Mudavannattil,
227
Mercado, José Rizal y, 822
Mercer, Marvin, 51
Merchant guilds, 387
Mestemaker, Robert, 90
Mestre Nô, 440
Metal refining, 787
Metal spear points
and Africa, 1
Metallurgy, 795
and weapons, 2
Metaphysics
and Filipino martial arts, 431–432
Meyer, Joachim, 322, 323, 581
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 815–816
Meyrowitz, Robert, 829
Mézières, Philippe de, 397
Mi Zhong Lo Han (Lost Track
Lohan), 38
Middle East, 338–344. See also
Africa; Krav maga; Pankration;
Stickfighting, non-Asian;
Wrestling and grappling: China;
Wrestling and grappling: Europe
Middle Passage, 11
Migratory legends, 127–129, 128
Miki Nisaburô, 234
Mikkyo Buddhism
and meditation, 336
Miles Christi, 269
Military
Chinese, women in, 689–690
and Chinese martial arts, 67, 68–69
and dueling, 104
Japanese, 818
and knighthood, 279–280
and sambo, 510–511
and savate, 522
and wrestling and grappling: China,
706
and written texts: China, 745–746
Military Academy of Tran Quoc
Tuan, 654
Military Athletic Club, 632
Military Classics(Wujing Zongyao),
68
Military close-order drill, 809
Military codes, 822
and knights, 268
Military drills (heishiki kyoren), 823
Military religious orders, 368–377.
See alsoOrders of knighthood,
religious
Military societies, 388
perpetual and temporary subclasses
of, 388–390
See alsoLay military associations;
Secular military associations
Military training, 83–92
and Austria, 85–86
and bayonets, 83–84, 85–86
and boxing, 85, 86–87
and boxing, Chinese Shaolin, 83
and calisthenics, 84Index 867