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Author | : Emil Farkas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2008-03 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781897307908 |
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271 pages filled with hundreds and hundreds rare photos of everyone who has made an impact on American martial arts since it started in 1905 with Judo lessons being taught in the White House to Teddy Roosevelt. Names like Bruce Lee, Ed Parker, Peter Urban, Richard Kim, HIdetaka Nishiyama, Funakoshi, Kano, Wallace, Lewis, Urquidez, Smith Jackson Blanks and so many more. Each photo has a short description beside it written by America's historian Emil Farkas.
Author | : Laura Scandiffio |
Publisher | : Annick Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781550377767 |
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The history and philosophy of the various martial arts and how they have evolved to today's practice.
Author | : Keith D. Yates |
Publisher | : Blue Snake Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781583942154 |
Download The Complete Guide to American Karate and Tae Kwon Do Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Covers the development of the arts of karate and tae kwon do in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Jerry Craven |
Publisher | : Rourke Publishing (FL) |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780865933644 |
Download Aikido Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book describes "aikido," a new martial art, adapted from the Takeda sword fighting system and has the goal of blending body and mind for only self-defense.
Author | : T. J. Desch-Obi |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2021-04-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1643361937 |
Download Fighting for Honor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A groundbreaking investigation into the migration of martial arts techniques across continents and centuries The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americas has long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, and religion. T. J. Desch-Obi explores another cultural continuity that is as old as eighteenth-century slave settlements in South America and as contemporary as hip-hop culture. In this thorough survey of the history of African martial arts techniques, Desch-Obi maps the translation of numerous physical combat techniques across three continents and several centuries to illustrate how these practices evolved over time and are still recognizable in American culture today. Some of these art traditions were part of African military training while others were for self-defense and spiritual discipline. Grounded in historical and cultural anthropological methodologies, Desch-Obi's investigation traces the influence of well-delineated African traditions on long-observed but misunderstood African and African American cultural activities in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. He links the Brazilian martial art capoeira to reports of slave activities recorded in colonial and antebellum North America. Likewise Desch-Obi connects images of the kalenda African stick-fighting techniques to the Haitian Revolution. Throughout the study Desch-Obi examines the ties between physical mastery of these arts and changing perceptions of honor. Including forty-five illustrations, this rich history of the arrival and dissemination of African martial arts in the Atlantic world offers a new vantage for furthering our understanding of the powerful influence of enslaved populations on our collective social history.
Author | : Peter A. Lorge |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521878810 |
Download Chinese Martial Arts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. This book, which opens with an intriguing account of the very first female martial artist, charts the history of combat and fighting techniques in China from the Bronze Age to the present. This broad panorama affords fascinating glimpses into the transformation of martial skills, techniques and weaponry against the background of Chinese history, the rise and fall of empires, their governments and their armies. Quotations from literature and poetry, and the stories of individual warriors, infuse the narrative, offering personal reflections on prowess in the battlefield and techniques of engagement. This is an engaging and readable introduction to the authentic history of Chinese martial arts.
Author | : Jared Miracle |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2016-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476624461 |
Download Now with Kung Fu Grip! Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Why do so many Americans practice martial arts? How did kung fu get its own movie genre? What makes mixed martial arts so popular? This book answers these questions for the first time with historical research. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States enjoyed a time of prosperity but feared that men were becoming soft. At the same time, the Japanese government sponsored research to develop the best fighting techniques for its new empire. Before World War II, American men boxed and Japanese men practiced judo and karate. Postwar Americans began adopting Chinese, Brazilian, Filipino and other fighting styles, in the process establishing a masculine subculture based on physical and social power. The rise of Asian martial arts in America is a fascinating untold story of modern history, from the origin of karate uniforms to the first martial arts themed birthday party. The cast of characters includes circus strongmen, professional cage fighters, an award winning comic book artist, the inventors of judo, aikido and Cornflakes, and Count Juan Raphael Dante, a Chicago hairdresser and used car salesman with the "Deadliest Hands in the World." Readers will never look at taekwondo class the same way again.
Author | : Charles Russo |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2016-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0803290519 |
Download Striking Distance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the spring of 1959, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee returned to San Francisco, the city of his birth. Although the martial arts were widely unknown in America, Bruce encountered a robust fight culture in the Bay Area, populated with talented and trailblazing practitioners such as Lau Bun, Chinatown’s aging kung fu patriarch; Wally Jay, the innovative Hawaiian jujitsu master; and James Lee, the Oakland street fighter. Regarded by some as a brash loudmouth and by others as a dynamic visionary, Bruce spent his first few years back in America advocating for a modern approach to the martial arts, and showing little regard for the damaged egos left in his wake. The year of 1964 would be an eventful one for Bruce, in which he would broadcast his dissenting worldview before the first great international martial arts gathering, and then defend it by facing down Wong Jack Man—Chinatown’s young kung fu ace—in a legendary behind-closed-doors showdown. These events were a catalyst to the dawn of martial arts in America and a prelude to an icon. Based on over one hundred original interviews, Striking Distance chronicles Bruce Lee’s formative days amid the heated martial arts proving ground that thrived on San Francisco Bay in the early 1960s.
Author | : Marc De Bremaeker |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1462905587 |
Download Essential Book of Martial Arts Kicks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A well-placed kick can mean the difference between victory and defeat in a fight! This illustrated guide to martial arts kicks provides the reader with a wealth of information on 89 different types of kicks from various styles. This martial arts book features kicks from Karate, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Kung Fu, Kempo, Capoeira, Jeet Kune Do, and more. In a self-defense situation, there is no room for defeat. Readers will learn how to unleash a devastating barrage of kicks to throw their opponents off guard and leave every match in victory. The Essential Book of Martial Arts Kicks has one purpose: to help readers hone their kicking proficiency so that they can readily deploy the most powerful tool in the fighter's repertoire. It contains thousands of photos and diagrams to show readers exactly how to perform all of the 89 kicks inside this book. Packed with full-color photos, detailed diagrams and a companion DVD featuring 50 of the most powerful kicks, this book is required reading for every martial artist who wants to sharpen and expand their kicking skills. You'll learn all about: Front Kicks Side Kicks Roundhouse Kicks Back Kicks Hook Kicks Crescent Kicks And many more!
Author | : Paul Bowman |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1783481293 |
Download Martial Arts Studies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.