Nomi-no-Sukune, 729
Nonaction (wuwei)
and medicine, traditional Chinese,
329–330
Nonlethal combatives, 83
Norasimhavarman I Marmalla, 793
Norman Conquest, 81, 263
Norris, Chuck, 616
North America
and stickfighting, 562
and women in the martial arts,
684–688
and wrestling, professional,
736–738
Northern Kalarippayattu
and training area, 644
Northern Shaolin Temple, 39
NSK. SeeNippon Shôrinji Kenpô
Nsunsa, 10
Numeral zero, 800
NWA. SeeNational Wrestling
Alliance
Nzinga Mbande, Queen, 4, 810
Obata Isao, 236
Obata Kagenori, 763
Obi, 20
Obusuma Saburô Picture Scroll, 191
Oda Nobunaga, 19, 189, 192, 194,
197, 485, 517, 569, 808
Official Self Defense Club, 258
Ogasawara Nagakiyo, 19
Ogasawara-ryû, 18, 19
O’Gatty, Packey, 51
Ogodai, 708
Oh Do Kwan, 827
Oida, Yoshi, 422
Ojala, Arvo, 828
Ôjin, Emperor, 182
O.K. Corral, 152
Okazaki, H. Seishiro, 220
Okehazama, 189
Okinawa, 41–42, 83, 201, 363–367
and political conflict and the
martial arts, 435, 439
and training area, martial arts, 644
See alsoKarate, Okinawan;
Kobudô, Okinawan
Okinawan Department of Education,
234
Olcott, Henry, 821
Old Pine Tree Style, 220
Olivier, 815
Olympia, 665
Olympic festival, 820
Olympics, 88, 117, 536, 825
and boxing, 45, 789
and Cold War, 827
and Europe, 476–478
the first modern, 822
and Greece, ancient, 417
and Japan, 478
and jûdô, 213, 215
and kendô, 253
and Muay Thai, 352
and pankration, 410–411, 414, 790
and sambo, 511
and taekwondo, 297–298, 611,
614–616, 616–617
and taijiquan, 622
women in, 691–692
and wrestling, 789
and wrestling and grappling:
Europe, 711
O’Mahoney, Danno, 739
On the Law of War and Peace, 810
“On Watching a Sword Dance by
Madam Gongsun’s Disciple” (Du
Fu), 690
Onasander, 447
101 Ranch Show, 739, 824
1 Samuel 17:21–58, 788
O’Neal, Bill, 150
O’Neill, Dermot, 89
Ônin Wars, 20, 188, 197, 592
Only the Strong, 65
Opera, Chinese, 816
Opera Nova chiamata duello(New
Work of Dueling) (Marozzo),
322, 805
Order of Avis, 373
Order of Calatrava, 373
Order of Dobrzyn, 374, 375
Order of Mountjoy, 373
Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 374
Order of Our Lady of Montesa, 376
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
377
Order of Santiago, 373
Order of São Thiago (Sant’Iago), 373
Order of St. Benedict of Evora, 373
Order of St. Catherine, 392, 393
Order of St. George, 393, 394–395,
397–398
Order of St. George of Alfama, 374
Order of St. Hubert, 395
Order of St. James of Compostela,
373
Order of St. John, 398
Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 165
Order of St. Julian of Pereiro, 373
Order of St. Lazarus, 378
Order of St. Louis, 285
Order of St. Mary of Spain, 374Index 871