Search Results for: Martial Arts Studies

The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, phi

This book examines the social, political, and cultural changes that have occurred in the practice of Chinese kungfu by martial artists in Hong Kong over the cou

Mythologies of Martial Arts is an introduction to the key myths and ideologies around martial arts in contemporary popular culture internationally. It is the fi

This unique history of Japanese armed martial arts--the only comprehensive treatment of the subject in English--focuses on traditions of swordsmanship and arche

"The Invention of Martial Arts examines the media history of what we now call 'martial arts' and argues that martial arts is a cultural construction that was bo