Stickfighting, non-Asian, 556–564.
See alsoCapoeira; Dueling;
Masters of Defence; Philippines;
Savate; Stickfighting
Stickfighting, women’s, 669
Sticks
and Filipino martial arts, 426–427,
428, 430, 431
Stirrups, 792
Stochfechten, 560
Stone Studio Illustrated News, 691
Strand Magazine, 684
Strange Tales from the Studio of
Small Talk, 691
Strategic Situation in Jiangnan(Zheng
Ruozeng), 200
Strategikos(Onasander), 447
Straw-and-earthen ring, 808
Streetfighting, scientific, 205
Striking, 829
and Korea, 293
Sturges, John, 153
Styer, John, 87
Suárez, Inés, 671
Subak, 610
Subakdô Association, 297
Subakhi, 603
Sufism, 338, 437–438
Suh Bok-sup, 159, 296
Suh In Hyuk, 160
Suicide
and warriors, women as, 694,
696
Suinin, Emperor, 791
Sukarno, Achmed, 827
Sukunai Hayashi Tomari Te (Shaolin
Small Pine Tomari Hand), 41
Suleyman Pasha, 801
Sullivan, John L., 677
Sumitomo, 185
Sumner, Charles, 98–99
Sumô (grappling), 199, 201,
729–730, 795, 823
tournaments, 808
See alsoWrestling and grappling:
China; Wrestling and grappling:
Europe; Wrestling and grappling:
India; Wrestling and grappling:
Japan
Sun, 621
Sun Bin, 790
Sun Lutang, 621
Sun Monasteries, 157
Sun Simiao, 330, 793
Sun Zi, 789
Sunjong, Emperor, 597
Sunzi, General, 188, 332Superintendency for Gunpowder
Weapons, 802
Supernatural resistance, 133
Supernaturalism
and silat, 529
Surinam, 10
Suriname, 10
“Survival of the fittest,” 820
Suryavarman II, 541, 799
Susa, 10
Susruta, 230, 791
Sutawijaya Sahidin Panatagam, 671
Sutor, Jacob, 322, 323, 581
Sutton, Ned, 673
Suzuki, D. T., 482–483
Swan, Gary
Swashbuckling, 791
Sweden
and military training, 84
Swedish gymnastics, 84
Swetnam, Sir Joseph, 317, 324, 581
Swift, Owen, 521
Swiss calisthenics, 820
Sword and buckler, 113
and women, 670
Sword Classic(Yu Dayou), 747
Sword dancing, 792, 795, 803, 804,
807
and mystery plays, 798
and women, 666, 670, 690
Sword, European medieval
characteristics of, 570–571, 575
handling and action of, 576
Sword, European Renaissance, 579
characteristics of, 579–581
Sword, Filipino, 428, 431
Sword, Japanese, 190–191, 564–570
characteristics of, 564–570,
589–591
and schools of sword making,
566–568
and Zen Buddhism, 568–569
See alsoJapan; Religion and
spiritual development: Japan;
Samurai; Swordsmanship,
Japanese
Swords, 249–250, 788, 795, 813
bamboo, 813
and China, 69, 789
and iaidô, 170–171
and knights, 267
and military training, 83, 85
and Pacific Islands, 406
and stickfighting, 556
Swordsmanship, 249–254, 492, 822
and entertainment, 578
and Europe, 113882 Index