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Buddhism and Martial Arts in Premodern Japan: New Observations from a Religious Historical Perspective

open access: yesReligions, 2022
This article investigates two issues regarding the Buddhism of premodern Japanese martial arts. The first issue concerns the historical channels through which Buddhist elements were adopted into martial lineages, and the second pertains to the general ...
S. Trenson
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Book Review:The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts by Raúl Sánchez García

open access: yesMartial Arts Studies, 2021
The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts contains a comprehensive history of Japanese martial arts compiled by Spanish historical sociologist Raul Sanchez Garcia.
T. Nakajima
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Martial Arts in Postcolonial Times: Local Theories for Local Contexts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background. Up to now, the social organisation and practise of the world’s ghting systems has been understood through estab- lished and popular trends in sociological theory developed primarily in Western Europe and North America. Problem and aim.
Cynarski, Wojciech, Jennings, George
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Traditional martial arts versus martial sports: the philosophical and historical academic discourse

open access: yesRevista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2023
There have been a variety of attempts by scholars to neatly define and categorize Asian martial arts terminology, often in connection with martial arts history, philosophy, and practical training activities.
U. Moenig, Minho Kim, Hyunjeong Choi
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Reaching Excellence: Staff Weapon Typologies, Contexts, and Fighting Techniques in the Collectanea of Pietro Monte

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2019
The sixteenth-century Collectanea of the condottiero Pietro Monte contains some of the most thorough writings that exist pertaining to the use of staff weapons.
Deacon Jacob Henry   +1 more
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Realizing Inter-Tribal Kinship through Martial Arts Performances in Indonesia: Historical Study of the Mamoncak Tradition

open access: yesFIKRI Jurnal Kajian Agama Sosial dan Budaya, 2023
The Mamoncak tradition as martial art performances is one of the classic Malay traditions in Indonesia that still exists today. The existence of the tradition is supported by many factors that need to be explored.
Windi Sekar Sari, Muhammad Faishal
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The foundations of a nation : framing Pakistan from 1940-1971 through international relations theory and postcolonialism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper explores the emerging integration of international relations theory with postcolonial scholarship and uses Pakistan’s state formation and history as a case study. It is argued that international relations theory privileges European experiences
Orme, Joshua Charles
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A Thousand Times Do it: Historical European Martial Arts and the Cultural Record

open access: yes, 2020
The following paper explores how intangible cultural knowledge is represented in the cultural record as information made known through physical objects.
David Lichty
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An Early Story of Kho Ping Hoo [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Prologues, Poetry, Prose and Portrayals

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
Although by far the most popular use of fifteenth century Fight Books in recent years has been their application to the study of Historical European Martial Arts and interpretations of medieval combat, this manner of learning from them was rarely what ...
Jacob Henry Deacon
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