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Aikidō and spirituality: Japanese religious influences in a martial art [PDF]
, 2003 This thesis examines spirituality in the Japanese martial art aikidō, which was created in the 1940s in Japan by Ueshiba Morihei. He described aikidō entirely in spiritual terms and claimed that it is an art of peace which leads religion to completion ...
Greenhalgh, Margaret
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Review of Anko Itosu. The Man. The Master. The Myth. Biography of a Legend, by Thomas Feldmann
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2022 This review considers the book Anko Itosu. The Man. The Master. The Myth. Biography of a Legend, published in 2021 by Thomas Feldmann. The volume is a thorough biographical study of Anko Itosu (1831–1915), Okinawan born and essential figure to interpret ...
Eduardo Gonzalez de la Fuente
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
History, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Arts nation: an overview of Australian arts - 2015 edition [PDF]
, 2015 This paper provides evidence as a catalyst for informed discussion about arts and culture in Australia. Executive summary Australians value the arts.
Australia Council for the Arts
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An Analysis of a Persian Archery manuscript written by Kapur and Cand
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2013 The present article deals with an analysis of an undated Persian archery manuscript titled Resale-ye Kamandari [Archery Manuscript] written by Kapur Cand. It is written in Persian and judging by the style it should have been written by a Persian. Persian
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Social research of Far-Eastern martial arts in Poland
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012 The present study summarizes the achievements of the polish researchers about the socio-cultural phenomenon of martial arts, shown from the historical perspective of these practices in Poland and the long-time tradition of local martial practices, as ...
Wojciech J. Cynarski
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History, EarlyView.Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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Building a Knowledge Graph of Chinese Kung Fu Masters From Heterogeneous Bilingual Data
Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2023 Various endeavours into semantic web technologies and ontology engineering have been made within the organisation of cultural data, facilitating public access to digital assets.
Yumeng Hou, Lin Yuan
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
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The Art of Caucaseco: An Afro-Colombian Fight Book
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2020 While most fight books were presumably written by elites or socially-honoured martial classes, this article will explore a fight book of an Afro-Colombian martial arts style that emerged just six years after the abolition of slavery.
T.J. Desch-Obi
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