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Book SynopsisThis book examines how practitioners have responded to stimuli such as feminism, globalisation, imperialism, militarism, nationalism slavery and the commercialisation of sport.
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Table of ContentsCONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Martial Arts in the Modern World: Introduction Thomas A. Green xi
A Note on Romanization xvSense in Nonsense: The Role of Folk History in the Martial Arts
Thomas A. Green 1The Martial Arts in Chinese Physical Culture, 1865–1965
Stanley E. Henning 13The Spirit of Manliness: Boxing in Imperial Japan, 1868–1945
Joseph R. Svinth 37Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington
Joseph R. Svinth 47The Circle and the Octagon: Maeda's Judo and Gracie's Jiu-Jitsu
Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth 61The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery
Yamada Shoji 71"The Lion of the Punjab": Gama in England, 1910
Graham Noble 93The Little Dragon: Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
James Halpin 111Surviving the Middle Passage: Traditional African Martial Arts in the Americas
Thomas A. Green 129Kendo in North America, 1885–1955
Joseph R. Svinth 149Olympic Games and Japan
Kano Jigoro 167Origins of the British Judo Association, the European Judo Union, and the International Judo Federation
Richard Bowen 173The Evolution of Taekwondo from Japanese Karate
Eric Madis 185Women's Boxing and Related Activities: Introducing Images and Meanings
Jennifer Hargreaves 209Freeing the Afrikan Mind: The Role of Martial Arts in Contemporary African American Cultural Nationalism
Thomas A. Green 229Action Design: New Directions in Fight Choreography
Tony Wolf 249Martial Arts Meet the New Age: Combatives in the Early Twenty-first-Century American Military
Joseph R. Svinth 263Epilogue: Where We Go from Here
Joseph R. Svinth 271
Appendix: Definitions of Terms 275
Notes 279
References 291
Index 317
About the Editors and Contributors 321
