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Sense in the nonsense : the role of folk history in the martial arts / Thomas A. Green -- The martial arts in Chinese physical culture, 1865-1965 / Stanley E. Henning -- The spirit of manliness : boxing in imperial Japan, 1868-1945 / Joseph R. Svinth -- Professor Yamashita goes to Washington / Joseph R. Svinth -- The circle and the octagon : Maeda's judo and Gracies's jiu-jitsu / Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth -- The myth of Zen in the art of archery / Yamada Shoji -- "The lion of the Punjab" : Gama in England, 1910 / Graham Noble -- The little dragon : Bruce Lee (1940-1973) / James Halpin --Surviving the middle passage : traditional African martial arts in the Americas / Thomas A. Green -- Kendo in North America, 1885-1955 / Joseph R. Svinth -- Olympic games and Japan / Kano Jigoro -- Origins of the British Judo Association, the European Judo Union, and the International Judo Federation / Richard Bowen -- The evolution of Taekwondo from Japanese karate / Eric Madis -- Women's boxing and related activities : introducing images and meanings / Jennifer Hargreaves -- Freeing the Afrikan mind : the role of martial arts in contemporary African American cultural nationalism / Thomas A. Green -- Action design : new directions in fight choreography / Tony Wolf -- Martial arts meet the new age : combatives in the early twenty-first-century American military / Joseph R. Svinth -- Epilogue : Where we go from here / Joseph R. Svinth. |
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