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GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR PENCAK SILAT TAPAK SUCI REAL-TIME ANIMATION

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Komputer dan Informasi, 2020
The main target in this research is a design of a virtual martial arts training system in real-time and as a tool in learning martial arts independently using genetic algorithm methods and dynamic time warping.
Widi Hastomo
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of martial arts and combat sports training on anger and aggression: A systematic review

open access: yesAggression and Violent Behavior, 2021
Martial Arts and Combat Sports (MA&CS) are the subject of a dispute. On the one hand, they have been considered an ideal means to acquire emotional self-control.
J. C. Lafuente   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Martial Arts and Metabolic Diseases

open access: yesSports, 2016
Different forms of martial arts are practiced worldwide, each with various intensities of physical activity. These disciplines are potentially an effective exercise therapy for metabolic diseases.
Hidetaka Hamasaki
doaj   +1 more source

Ideological efficacy before martial efficacy: on the relationship between martial arts, theatricality and society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article relates the training of gendai budō/mudo to theatrical performance. While there are already studies that discuss theatricality in martial arts, the aim of this paper is to provide a systematic overview of the theatrical structuring of ...
Minarik, Martin
core   +1 more source

Beyond self-Orientalism: Asian masculine landscapes in Chinese and Thai martial arts tourism

open access: yesTourist Studies, 2022
Martial arts tourism is a burgeoning form of tourism typified by Western ‘martial arts pilgrims’ travelling to Asian ‘martial arts cradles’ for leisure-based learning, training and spectatorship.
Jiange Deng
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can We Learn Martial Arts Through Books? The Revival of Korean Fight Books Through Transmission and Reconstruction

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2020
Fight books can be defined as texts specialising in the theories of martial arts and the instruction  of techniques (for future generations) based on actual experience of real fighting and training.
Bok Kyu Choi
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking Barriers? Examining Neoliberal–Postfeminist Empowerment in Women’s Mixed Martial Arts

open access: yesGender & Society, 2022
This article problematizes claims of women’s empowerment in “masculine” sports through an exploration of women’s participation in mixed martial arts (MMA)—a combat sport colloquially referred to as “cage fighting.” MMA, perhaps more than any other sport,
Justen Hamilton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The seven forms of lightsaber combat: hyper-reality and the invention of the martial arts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Martial arts studies has entered a period of rapid conceptual development. Yet relatively few works have attempted to define the ‘martial arts’, our signature concept. This article evaluates a number of approaches to the problem by asking whether
Judkins, Benjamin N.
core   +1 more source

Editorial: New research on Japanese Martial Arts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
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
core   +2 more sources

Martial Arts in the Pandemic

open access: yesMartial Arts Studies, 2021
This study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on martial arts training worldwide. A mixed-method online questionnaire consisting of 28 items was used as a survey instrument. 306 martial artists responded.
M. Meyer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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