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Martial arts and mental health
, 2010 The field of psychotherapy has seen a renaissance of mindfulness, the practice of being in the present moment without judgement. Scientific evidence suggests that mindfulness helps to counter Depression and has a beneficial effect on the brain.
Roberts, Ron, MacQuarie, Julius-Cezar
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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Takedown Defenses of Russian Systema
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012 The continuing popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) events has motivated many martial artists to cross train in grappling disciplines. While largely beneficial for the arts as a whole, many practitioners have nevertheless integrated grappling ...
Kevin R. Secours
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between 1609 and 1614, after over a century of forced conversions, cultural oppression and inquisitorial persecution, Spain expelled its morisco subjects. Despite being baptised Christians, the descendants of Spain's Muslim population had been deemed incapable of sincerely following the Christian faith and assimilating into society due to ...
Elizabeth Liliann Blakemore
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Titian's Falconer: From Zorzone to Girolamo Cornaro
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The identity of the sitter in Titian's Falconer and the issue of its dating have been subject to a false, yet very influential assumption: that The Falconer should be dated to a point as late as 1537 in order to connect it to the identity of Zorzone Cornaro (1517–1571), son of Girolamo (1485–1551).
Rachel Healy
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The Japanization of Karate?: Placing an Intangible Cultural Practice [PDF]
, 2012 Although Okinawa is now under the political administration of Japan, its history has been shaped under the influence of Chinese, Japanese and, most recently, American military domination.
Johnson, Noah C.G.
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
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Folklore and foundation myths in Chinese martial arts: testing and expanding the Theory of Martial Creation [PDF]
[EN] How and why might a person create a new martial art? Folklore is a continued tradition in martial arts that helps us answer this question in a narrative format.
Jennings, George
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