National Bandô Association (NBA),
632, 635
National Boxing Association,
738–739
National Chinese Kenpô Association
National Collegiate Taekwondo
Federation, 298
National High School and Middle
School Taekwondo Federation,
298
National Institute of Sports, 724
National Police Gazette,677, 680,
821
National Theater, 816
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA),
740, 741
National Wrestling Association, 739,
741
Nationalism
and social uses of the martial arts,
535
Nationalist Party, 66
Native Americans
and dueling, 102–103
and folk belief, 133
and wrestling, professional, 736
Natyasastra, 420
Navarro, Mariano, 429
Nayar, Govindankutty, 227
Nayars, 176
Nazis, 306, 307
and military training, 85
NBA. SeeNational Bandô Association
Neko no myôjutsu(Marvelous Skill
of Cats) (Issi Chozan), 766
Neopolitan Order of the Ship, 280
Nerio, Master, 320
Nero, 666
Netherlands
and stickfighting, 560
Nets
and gladiators, 142, 144
Netuvatippayattu, 177
Neues Kunstliches Fechtbuch(New
Artistic Fencing Book) (Sutor),
323
“The New Art of Self Defence”
(Barton-Wright), 823
New Book of Effective Discipline(Qi
Jiguang), 16, 27–28, 69, 300
New Text of Practical Tactics,
808–809
New York Herald, 818
New York State Athletic Commission,
825
New Yorker, 740
New Zealand, 403, 405Ng Cheung, 674, 815
Ngbarato, Julius Donald, 6
Ngolo (zebra dance), 8
Nguyen Loc, 441, 549, 651–652, 654
Ngwíndulu mu-tu (striking of the
head), 8
NH. SeeNasrul Haq
Nha Han Il, 600
Nhan Vo Dao, 656
NHB fighters. SeeNo-holds-barred
fighters
Nietszche, 532
Nightclubs, 818
Nihon Budô Taikei (Martial History
of Japan), 288
Nihon kendô kyôhan(Japanese
Kendô Teaching Manual)
(Takano Sasaburô), 768
Nihon Shoki,199, 564, 591, 729,
730
Nine-Word Spell, 491
Ninja, 671, 733–734, 829
The Ninja(van Lustbader), 829
Ninjutsu, 355–361,732, 733, 812,
829
early history of, 356–358
and technique, 358–359
and training, 360
and weapons, 359–360
and written texts, 358
See alsoJapan; Meditation
Ninpô, 733, 734
Nippon Karate Kyôkai (Japan Karate
Association), 236
Nippon Kempô, 256
Nippon Kempô Karate, 257
Nippon Shôrinji Kenpô (NSK), 257
Nirvana, 789
Nishikubo Hiromichi, 481, 824
Nitobe Inazô, 480
Nitta family, 187
Nitta Suzuyo, 702–703
Nitta Yoshisada, 187, 517
Nizami, 667
Nizaris, 798
Nô, 197
Nô drama, 196, 420
Nobility
and chivalry, 73–82
Noble Science, 326
Noble societies
perpetual and temporary subclasses
of, 388–390
See alsoOrders of knighthood,
secular
No-holds-barred (NHB) fighters, 354
No-holds-barred wrestling, 730870 Index