基本説明
Martial Arts of the World comprises 120 entries in two volumes. The first volume is organized geographically, the second volume looks at martial arts thematically, with coverage of belief systems, modern martial arts competitions, and a wide range of topics.
Full Description
This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference ever published on the wide range of martial arts disciplines practiced in cultures around the world.
ABC-CLIO's Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation is the most authoritative reference ever published on combat disciplines from around the world and across history. Coverage includes Shaolin monks, jousting knights, Roman gladiators, Westerner gunfighters, samurai warriors, and heavyweight boxers. These iconic figures and many more are featured in this title, as well as representatives of less well known but no less fascinating systems, all vividly characterized by expert contributors from around the world who are themselves martial arts practitioners.
Martial Arts of the World comprises 120 entries in two volumes. The first volume is organized geographically to explore the historic development of martial arts styles in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The second volume looks at martial arts thematically, with coverage of belief systems, modern martial arts competitions, and a wide range of such topics as folklore, women in martial arts, martial arts and the military, and martial arts and the media.
Contents
Volume I: Regions and Individual Arts
List of Contributors
Introduction
A Note on Romanization
Africa
Canary Islands Stick Fighting and Wrestling
Dambe
Gidigbo
Moraingy
Zulu Stick Fighting
Americas
52 Hand Blocks/Jailhouse Rock
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Capoeira
Caribbean Martial Arts
Kenpo Karate
Central and Southwest Asia
Central Asian Archery
Iranian Martial Arts
Mongolian Martial Arts
Ottoman Martial Arts
Ottoman Oiled Wrestling
East Asia
China: Boxing Styles
China: Martial Arts
China: Martial Arts in Hong Kong
China: Martial Arts in Taiwan
China: Martial Theories
China: Martial Women
China: Shaolin Temple Legends
China: Weapons
China: Wrestling
Japan: Jujutsu
Japan: Judo
Japan: Aikido
Japan: Kendo
Japan: Iaido
Japan: Jo
Japan: Kyudo
Japan: Naginata
Japan: Ninpo
Japan: Shorinji Kempo
Japan: Sumo
Korea: Hapkido
Korea: Kumdo
Korea: Ssireum
Korea: Taekkyon
Korea: Taekwondo
Okinawa: Karate
Europe
Amazons and Gladiatrices
Canne de Combat
Celtic Martial Arts
English Pugilism
Fighting Arts of the Hellenic, Hellenistic, and Roman Eras
Fighting Arts of the Early Middle Ages
Fighting Arts of the Later Middle Ages
Fighting Arts of the Renaissance
Savate, Chausson, and French Boxing
Oceania
Australia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia: Tahiti, Hawai'i, and Aotearoa (New Zealand)
South Asia
South Asian Martial Arts
Indian Wrestling
Thang-Ta
Southeast Asia
Arnis
Kuntao
Muay Thai
Silat
Index
About the Editors
Index
Volume II: Themes
List of Contributors
A Note on Romanization
Social Uses of the Martial Arts
Belief Systems
Belief Systems: Africa
Belief Systems: China
Belief Systems: European Chivalry
Belief Systems: European Occult Sciences
Belief Systems: India
Belief Systems: Iran
Belief Systems: Japanese Budo, Bujutsu, and Bugei
Belief Systems: Japanese Martial Arts and Religion before 1868
Belief Systems: Japanese Martial Arts and Religion since 1868
Belief Systems: Silat
Belief Systems: Silat
Commodification of Leisure
Chinese Martial Arts and Money
Martial Arts Tourism
Expressive Culture
Folklore
Invented Traditions
Globalization of Martial Arts
Asian Martial Arts in the United States and Canada
Bartitsu
Capoeira in Europe
Finnish-Canadian Wrestlers
International Boxing
International Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling
International Karate
Jeet Kune Do
Mixed Martial Arts
Professional Wrestling
Reality-Based Defense
Sambo
Women's Boxing, 1972-Present
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
Martial Media
Film and the Martial Arts
Gunfighters
Television and the Martial Arts
The Internet and the Martial Arts
Written Texts: Japan
Military, Paramilitary, and Law Enforcement Methods
American Judo, 1942-1945
Bayonet Training in the United States
Judo in Japan, 1931-1950
Jukendo
Kapap and Krav Maga
Military Unarmed Fighting Systems in the United States
Police Defensive Tactics Training in the United States
Social and Cultural Evolution of Kendo
Performing Arts
Action Design for Professional Wrestling
Stage Combat in the Elizabethan Tradition
Taiwanese Street Performances
Political Uses of the Martial Arts
Afrikan Martial Arts
Jujutsuffragettes
Political Conflict and Aikido, 1931-1942
Women in Combat: The U.S. Military, 2001-Present
Secret Societies and Fraternal Organizations
Plains Indian Warrior Societies
Social Aspects of Kata and Waza
Index
About the Editors
