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Pirates of the Philippines: A Critical Thinking Exercise
Piracy had a formative impact on Filipino history, yet modern practitioners of Filipino Martial Arts generally do not acknowledge its influence. This brief study reconstructs the pirates’ martial practices through comparative historical analysis of their
Ruel A. Macaraeg
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Retraction Note: A comparative study of different acceleration sensors in measuring energy consumption of human martial arts [PDF]
Qixia Jia, Zengyin Yan, Yongyong Wang
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Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
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Extrinsic feedback in martial arts training
Michal Vít +2 more
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Abstract In the late fifteenth century, the Hungarian royal court at Buda was home to a cosmopolitan community of humanists. In early modern historiography, this cultural milieu has often been interpreted as one of the new, emergent ‘centres’ of the Renaissance in East Central Europe.
Eva Plesnik
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Is dojo the spiritual place in aikido?
Zdenko Reguli +2 more
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Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
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Conference Review - Mixing fencing ground and academic floor: a review of three recent conferences with a focus on historical European martial arts studies [PDF]
Daniel Jaquet
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