The Martial Arts Studies Reader

2018-09-20 Philosophy

Author : Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK
Release : 2018-09-20
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Martial Arts Studies Reader by : Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK

Download or read book The Martial Arts Studies Reader written by Paul Bowman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. This book was released on 2018-09-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first authoritative overview of martial arts studies, written by pioneers of this dynamic and rapidly expanding new field

Martial Arts Studies

2015-04-09 Sports & Recreation

Author : Paul Bowman
Release : 2015-04-09
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Martial Arts Studies by : Paul Bowman

Download or read book Martial Arts Studies written by Paul Bowman. This book was released on 2015-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.

Armed Martial Arts of Japan

1998-07-11 History

Author : G Hurst I
Release : 1998-07-11
Genre : History
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Download or read book Armed Martial Arts of Japan written by G Hurst I. This book was released on 1998-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique history of Japanese armed martial arts--the only comprehensive treatment of the subject in English--focuses on traditions of swordsmanship and archery from ancient times to the present. G. Cameron Hurst III provides an overview of martial arts in Japanese history and culture, then closely examines the transformation of these fighting skills into sports. He discusses the influence of the Western athletic tradition on the armed martial arts as well as the ways the martial arts have remained distinctly Japanese. During the Tokugawa era (1600-1867), swordsmanship and archery developed from fighting systems into martial arts, transformed by the powerful social forces of peace, urbanization, literacy, and professionalized instruction in art forms. Hurst investigates the changes that occurred as military skills that were no longer necessary took on new purposes: physical fitness, spiritual composure, character development, and sport. He also considers Western misperceptions of Japanese traditional martial arts and argues that, contrary to common views in the West, Zen Buddhism is associated with the martial arts in only a limited way. The author concludes by exploring the modern organization, teaching, ritual, and philosophy of archery and swordsmanship; relating these martial arts to other art forms and placing them in the broader context of Japanese culture.

Martial Arts and Well-being

2019-12-06 Psychology

Author : Carol Fuller
Release : 2019-12-06
Genre : Psychology
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Download or read book Martial Arts and Well-being written by Carol Fuller. This book was released on 2019-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martial Arts and Well-Being explores how martial arts as a source of learning can contribute in important ways to health and well-being, as well as provide other broader social benefits. Using psychological and sociological theory related to behaviour, ritual, perception and reality construction, the book seeks to illustrate, with empirical data, how individuals make sense of and perceive the value of martial arts in their lives. This book draws on data from over 500 people, across all age ranges, and powerfully demonstrates that participating in martial arts can have a profound influence on the construction of behaviour patterns that are directly linked to lifestyle and health. Making individual connections regarding the benefits of practice, improvements to health and well-being – regardless of whether these improvements are ‘true’ in a medical sense – this book offers an important and original window into the importance of beliefs to health and well-being as well as the value of thinking about education as a process of life-long learning. This book will be of great interest to a range of audiences, including researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in sports and exercise psychology, martial art studies and health and well-being. It should also be of interest to sociologists, social workers and martial arts practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315448084, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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