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Efficacy and entertainment in Martial Arts Studies: anthropological perspectives
Martial Arts Studies, 2015 Martial anthropology offers a nomadological approach to Martial Arts Studies featuring Southern Praying Mantis, Hung Sing Choy Li Fut, Yapese stick dance, Chin Woo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and seni silat to address the infinity loop model in the anthropology of performance/performance studies which binds together efficacy and entertainment, ritual and ...
Farrer, D.S., Cardiff University Press
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, 2015 „Wir haben in dieser Arbeit nicht vertiefend […] über Kindergruppen, ‚Pubers‘, Adoleszente, über Rangen und Rabauken, gewaltgefährdete und -bereite Jugendliche geschrieben, sonst würden pädagogische Lernkonzepte darzustellen, ggf.
Ewald, Alexander
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Editorial: Show, don't tell: making martial arts studies matter [PDF]
, 2018 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 ...
Paul Bowman +3 more
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Martial arts studies as Kulturwissenschaft: A possible theoretical framework
Martial Arts Studies, 2015 This essay deals with some of the key theoretical issues of martial arts studies: the definition of martial arts, the possible objects of research, adequate methods, and the search for an applicable theoretical framework. After a very short introduction to the German-speaking martial arts studies (from whence the following ideas derive), the ...
Wetzler, Sixt, Cardiff University Press
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Unpacking martial arts pedagogy in sport - based youth development [PDF]
, 2022 There has been growing concern regarding youth participation in martial arts programs (Vertonghen & Theeboom, 2013). Previous studies have revealed contradictory findings of youth martial arts programs related to a potential increasing physical ...
Lee, Yongsun +1 more
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Testing factors influencing handgrip strength and reaction time to visual stimulus in selected martial arts [PDF]
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise SciencesBackground: Handgrip strength (HGS) is essential in sports, including martial arts, as it can be used to evaluate general athletes’ performance and physical fitness.
Dariusz Bajkowski, Wojciech J. Cynarski
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Motion analysis systems as optimization training tools in combat sports and martial arts
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2016 Introduction: Over the past years, a few review papers about possibilities of using motion analysis systems in sport were published, but there are no articles that discuss this problem in the field of combat sports and martial arts.
Ewa Polak +4 more
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Myths of the Martial Arts [PDF]
, 2014 This essay tries to identify the recurring patterns of mythic narratives with which martial arts at different times and in different parts of the world have described, explained, and legitimized their modes of action, behaviour, and thinking. It proposes
Wetzler, Sixt, Sixt Wetzler
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Martial arts fiction : translational migrations east and west [PDF]
This thesis was motivated by Robert Chard's puzzlement over the translational phenomenon of martial arts fiction in the West. It proposes to address how the translational migration of martial arts fiction took place, first to other Asian countries in ...
Mok, Olivia Wai Han
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“Your Kung Fu is very good, Master Fiore!” Asian and European fight books in comparison
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2016 The phenomenon of the fight book is not restricted to the European tradition. Similar artefacts, usually combining text and image to describe the techniques of close quarter combat with and without weapons, exist also in various Asian cultures, in China,
Wetzler Sixt
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