Martial Arts in the Modern World

Name: Martial Arts in the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780275981532

ISBN-10: 0275981533

ISBN-13: 9780275981532

Edition: 2003

Authors: Joseph R. Svinth, Joseph R. Svinth

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Martial arts, once restricted to a few specific locations and practiced by small groups of devotees, have truly spread throughout the world. The plethora of tae kwando and karate dojos in U.S. shopping malls attests to the popularity of various kinds of martial arts in this country. Though generally perceived and advertised as means of self-defense, body sculpting, and self-discipline, martial arts are actually social tools that respond to altered physical, social, and psychological environments. This book examines how practitioners have responded to stimuli such as feminism, globalism, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, slavery, and the commercialization of sport. In a series of…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.430



Acknowledgments


Martial Arts in the Modern World: Introduction



A Note on Romanization


Sense in Nonsense: The Role of Folk History in the Martial Arts



The Martial Arts in Chinese Physical Culture, 1865-1965



The Spirit of Manliness: Boxing in Imperial Japan, 1868-1945



Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington



The Circle and the Octagon: Maeda's Judo and Gracie's Jiu-Jitsu



The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery



"The Lion of the Punjab": Gama in England, 1910



The Little Dragon: Bruce Lee (1940-1973)



Surviving the Middle Passage: Traditional African Martial Arts in the Americas



Kendo in North America, 1885-1955



Olympic Games and Japan



Origins of the British Judo Association, the European Judo Union, and the International Judo Federation



The Evolution of Taekwondo from Japanese Karate



Women's Boxing and Related Activities: Introducing Images and Meanings



Freeing the Afrikan Mind: The Role of Martial Arts in Contemporary African American Cultural Nationalism



Action Design: New Directions in Fight Choreography



Martial Arts Meet the New Age: Combatives in the Early Twenty-first-Century American Military



Epilogue: Where We Go from Here




Definitions of Terms


Notes


References


Index


About the Editors and Contributors