Ring names, 808
Ringeck, Sigmund, 320
Ringen am Schwert, 112
Ringo, Jimmy, 152
Ripuarian Franks, 73
Rites of passage
and social uses of the martial arts,
536
Rites of Zhou, 66
Ro Pyong-Chik, 296
Robin Hood, 535, 800
Roda, 8
Rodman, Dennis, 742
Rodrigo of Sarria, Count, 373
Roeber, Ernest, 51
Roger, Master, 319
Rogers, Buddy, 741
ROK. SeeRepublic of Korea
Roman Catholic Church, 35
Roman des Eles(Romance of the
Wings), 276
Roman Empire, 72, 111, 148
and boxing, 45
Rome, ancient
and religion and spiritual
development: Ancient
Mediterranean and medieval
West, 447–448
Romeo and Juliet(Shakespeare),
552
Rommel, Erwin, 85
Ronpoin, 9
Roosevelt, Franklin, 87
Roosevelt, Theodore, 87, 680
and jûdô, 213
“Roots” of the universe, 790
Rosenthal, Rachel, 421
Rosolino, Master, 320
ROSS. SeeRussian Martial Arts
Federation
Round Table Company, 392
Round Table Society, 399
Rowing, 819
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
and training, 87
Royal Central Institute of
Gymnastics, 84
Royal Company of Archers, 814
Ruas, Marco, 354
Rudman, David, 513
Rukana ibn ‘Abdu Yazid, 340
Rule of the Temple, 371
Rules, monastic and quasi-monastic,
369–371
Running Eagle, 676–677
Russia, 114–115
and Sambo, 507–513
and stickfighting, 561–562
and wrestling and grappling:
Europe, 716–717
See alsoSoviet Union
Russian Martial Arts Federation
(ROSS), 562
Russian Revolution, 462
Russo-Japanese War, 85, 294, 684,
699, 738
Rustichello of Pisa, 669
Ryôgen, Head Abbot, 659–660
Ryûkyû Ancient Research
Association, 823
Ryûkyû Islands, 232–233
Ryûkyû Kenpô: Karate, 234
Ryûkyû Kobudô Hozon Shinkô Kai,
290
Ryûkyûan genesis myths, 366
Ryûkyûans, 83
Ryusaki, Bill, 259
Saber, 109
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 678
Safft, Frederik, 738
The Saga of Billy the Kid(Burns),
153
Sagol Kangjei, 642
Sainen Budô Taikai
Saint Patrick’s Day, 557
Saitô Denkibô Katsuhide, 698
Sakae Sanyû, 234
Sakagami Ryûshô, 290
Sakakida Yaeko, 702, 703
Sakanoue-no-Tamuramaro, 184
Sakikibara Kenkichi, 252
Sakiyama, 242
Sakugawa Toudi, 233–234, 241,
242–243, 286–287, 288–289,
366
Saladin, 78, 372, 375
Salian Franks, 72
Salvation Army, 532
Salza, Hermann von, 374
Sam Browne rigs, 819
Sama Vedic, 749
Sambo (Self-Defense without
Weapons), 87–88, 117, 507–513,
716–717, 825
and attire, 511–512
history of, 507–508, 510
and military, 510–511
and Olympics, 511
and ranking system, 512–513
and sports, 510, 511–512
and technique, 508–509
Samhita, 755
Samnite, 144–145, 146Index 877