Lau Kar-leung with Walter Benjamin: storytelling, authenticity, film performance and martial arts pedagogy [PDF]
, 2014 This recent article considers how we might understand the politics of corporeal identification that stands at the heart of the pleasures of kung fu cinema, and how might this be built on the forms of pedagogy – the ‘embodied knowledge’ – of the martial ...
White, Luke
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An Early Story of Kho Ping Hoo [PDF]
, 2017 Kho Ping Hoo (1926–1994) is the most well-known of all Indonesian writers of popular silat stories, largely set in China, which describe the adventures and romances of legendary heroes famed for their skill in martial arts.
Watson, C. (CW)
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Taijiquan the 'Taiji World' way: Towards a cosmopolitan vision of ecology. [PDF]
, 2014 In this article, we present a case study analysis of data gathered on the practice of the art of Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) in one UK context. Our interest in looking at this physical culture was in exploring if/how physical cultures of shared embodied ...
Atkinson +26 more
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Canton Kung Fu: The Culture of Guangdong Martial Arts
SAGE Open, 2019 During the 20th century, a version of Kung Fu from the Guangdong region in Southern China became more widely known abroad as a result of Chinese migration to the West, as well as its exposure through popular culture, including the films of Bruce Lee ...
Guo Ye
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The Spiritual Features of the Experience of qi in Chinese Martial Arts
Religions, 2021 I argue in this article, grounding on a phenomenological analysis of the experience of qi in Chinese martial arts, that the experience of qi in this framework can share the features of a secular spiritual experience, in other words of a spiritual ...
Veronica Cibotaru
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Translocal imagination of Hong Kong connections: the shifting of Chow Yun-Fat's star image since 1997 [PDF]
, 2014 Anyone who is interested in Hong Kong cinema must be familiar with one name: Chow Yun-fat (b. 1955). He rose to film stardom in the 1980s when Hong Kong cinema started to attract global attention beyond East Asia.
A Fuqua +21 more
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The Application of Translation Variation Techniques in Martial Arts Fiction: Taking The Book & The Sword as an Example [PDF]
, 2018 Distinguishing itself from normal novels by being endowed with Chinese unique chivalrous spirits, Chinese martial arts fiction is the epitome of Chinese culture since it shares a wide range from martial arts styles, heroes’ nicknames, national conflicts,
LI, Yuying, XU, Jianling
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Innovative Principles for the Choreography of Competitive Martial Arts Routine Movements [PDF]
, 2023 With the increasing attention given by the Chinese State General Administration of Sports to local traditional sports, competitive martial arts has garnered more and more attention worldwide.
Xiao, Jianwei
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What Makes Theatrical Performances Successful in China's Tourism Industry? [PDF]
, 2012 This study aims to explore the factors affecting the success of a popular tourist product, namely, theatrical performance, within the context of China's tourism industry and develop a model based on previously successful productions.
Catherine Cheung +27 more
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Gong and fa in Chinese martial arts [PDF]
, 2017 The distinction between gong (skill) and fa (technique) is ubiquitous in Chinese martial arts. Utilizing Maurice Merleau- Ponty’s notion of ‘embodied intentionality’, I examine this distinction.
Nulty, Timothy J.
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