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Daoism and Chinese Martial Arts
Dao, 2014The now-global phenomenon of Asian martial arts traces back to something that began in China. The idea the Chinese communicated was the dual cultivation of the spiritual and the martial, each perfected in the other, with the proof of perfection being an effortless mastery of violence.
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Martial Arts Films and Dutch–Chinese Masculinities
China Information, 2008Starting with Bruce Lee in the 1960s, Chinese martial arts films have been gaining increasing importance in Hollywood. Amidst global fascination and the prevalence of male heroes in martial arts films, it is surprising to note that only a few studies engage the genre with issues of Chinese masculinity, and none by investigating how the audience makes ...
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Visualising and revitalising traditional Chinese martial arts
Library Hi Tech, 2019Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the emergent 3D interactive media technologies are used as a viable tool for enhancing visitors’ overall experiences at an exhibition entitled, 300 Years of Hakka Kungfu – Digital Vision of Its Legacy and Future (Hakka Kungfu Exhibition) – presented and co-organized by the Intangible Cultural ...
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A History of Chinese Martial Arts
The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2021The Chinese version of A History of Chinese Martial Arts was originally published in 1996. After the failure of Beijing’s first Olympic bid in 1993, the Chinese government made an earnest endeavour...
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Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1981Wushu (Martial Arts), mistakenly known in the West as Kung-Fu, is a system of Chinese boxing which is closely linked with the traditional practice of Chinese medicine. Many of the masters (Sifu) are Chinese physicians who often recommend health exercises and the soft form of martial arts to their patients, while the hard form is suitable for sport and
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2011
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,
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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,
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Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture
2018Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is considered one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, the essays in this collection are looking across and beyond these alleged borders.
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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: the Wuxia tradition
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2011Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: the Wuxia tradition STEPHEN TEO Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2009 ix+230 pp., bibliography, filmography, index, £60.00 (cloth), £19.99 (paper) This book is a ...
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Martial Arts in Chinese Blockbusters
2011Initiated by Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002), martial arts scenes as traditionally popular cinematic motifs have become since 2002 the stylish new-born high concept fi lms in China. These fi lms consciously adopt production patterns of high concept fi lms inherited from the post-classical Hollywood era, possessing all identifi able features in the Chinese ...
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Popular History and the Chinese Martial Arts Biopic
History Australia, 2011This article examines the popular uses of history in Hong Kong-Chinese biographical films about martial arts masters, focusing particularly on Ronny Yu’s Fearless/Huo Yuanjia (2006) and Wilson Yip’s Ip Man (2008) – two films that have been very popular in Asia. It considers the following questions: How is history being used? What kinds of histories
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