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Deconstructing Martial Arts [PDF]
"What is the essence of martial arts? What is their place in or relationship with culture and society? Deconstructing Martial Arts analyses familiar issues and debates that arise in scholarly, practitioner and popular cultural discussions and treatments of martial arts and argues that martial arts are dynamic and variable constructs whose meanings and ...
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Editorial: New research on Japanese Martial Arts [PDF]
This editorial introduces this guest-edited special themed issue, which focuses on new research on the Japanese martial arts. This collection has been assembled by Michael Molasky from Waseda University, Tokyo, who convened a research group of innovative
Bowman, Paul, Judkins, Benjamin
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Show, don't tell: Making martial arts studies matter [PDF]
How can we make martial arts studies matter? Returning to the issues of triviality and legitimation raised in the Spring 2017 editorial, in this essay we explore various strategies for conveying the intellectual importance of our work to a ...
Bowman, Paul, Judkins, Benjamin N.
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Remembering the body: Deleuze's recollection-image, and the spectacle of physical memory in Yip Man/Ip Man(2008) [PDF]
This article explores how Gilles Deleuze’s conceptualization of the flashback, as‘recollection-image’, can assist our understanding of the rendering spectacular of physical memory in contemporary Chinese martial arts movies.
Martin-Jones, David
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Análisis de las publicaciones periódicas marciales chinas editadas durante el periodo republicano
El presente artículo estudia las revistas y periódicos de temática marcial publicados en China durante el periodo republicano (1912–1949). Las fuentes principales del estudio han sido el índice y los treinta volúmenes de la Colección de Periódicos de ...
William Acevedo, Mei Cheung
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Traditional martial arts contain profound cultural connotations and unique social functions. Exploring the development trends, hot spots and frontiers of martial arts teaching in Chinese schools will help people deeply understand the current situation ...
WU Ting, TAN Shijun, MING Lei
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The definition of Martial Arts Studies [PDF]
This article argues against all forms of scientism and the widespread perceived need to define martial arts in order to study martial arts or ‘do’ martial arts studies.
Bowman, Paul
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Abstract In the United States, approximately 1.5 million to 2 million persons practice the martial arts. It is the general belief that martial arts are safe, with little thought given to the physical forces involved. Some enthusiasts gravitate to the martial arts to learn self-defense, whereas others participate to improve cardiovascular
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Background Obesity is a significant manifestation of Circadian Syndrome (CircS), and the Body Roundness Index (BRI) is one of the anthropometric indicators associated with obesity.
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Martial Arts for Health: Translating Research into Practice [PDF]
Fulltext in: http://www.esciencecentral.org/ebooks/martial-arts-for-health/pdf/martial-arts-for-health ...
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