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Venezuelan Stick Fighting

Author : Michael J. Ryan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498533213
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Venezuelan Stick Fighting written by Michael J. Ryan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Venezuelan Stick Fighting: The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts, Michael J. Ryan examines the modern and historical role of the secretive tradition of stick fighting within rural Venezuela. Despite profound political and economic changes from the early twentieth century to the modern day, traditional values, practices, and imaginaries associated with older forms of masculinity and sociality are still valued. Stick, knife, and machete fighting are understood as key means of instilling the values of fortitude and cunning in younger generations. Recommended for scholars of anthropology, social science, gender studies, and Latin American studies.

Capoeira

Author : Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714650319
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Capoeira written by Matthias Röhrig Assunção and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art now spreading over the rest of the world and this book, the only complete history of the art in the English language, traces the history of the martial art and examines its influence.

Capoeira

Author : Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113576428X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Capoeira written by Matthias Röhrig Assunção and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This apparent change in the meaning and purpose of Capeoira has led to conflicts between traditionalists, who view capoeira as their heritage descended from the maroons, a weapon to be used against the injustice and repression; and reformers, who wish to see Capoeira develop as an international sport. Capoeira: The History of Afro-Brazilian Martial Art explores Capoeira as a field of confrontation where the different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out. It contains both the first comprehensive English language review of archive and contemporary literature relating to Capoeira, as well as the first scholarly account of Capoeira's history and development.

Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre

Author : Evelyn Tribble
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472576055
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre written by Evelyn Tribble and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines the 'toolkit' of the early modern player and suggests new readings of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries through the lens of their many skills. Theatre is an ephemeral medium. Little remains to us of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries: some printed texts, scattered documents and records, and a few scraps of description, praise, and detraction. Because most of what survives are printed playbooks, students of English theatre find it easy to forget that much of what happened on the early modern stage took place within the gaps of written language: the implicit or explicit calls for fights, dances, military formations, feats of physical skill, song, and clowning. Theatre historians and textual editors have often ignored or denigrated such moments, seeing them merely as extraneous amusements or signs that the text has been 'corrupted' by actors. This book argues that recapturing a positive account of the skills and expertise of the early modern players will result in a more capacious understanding of the nature of theatricality in the period.

Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy

Author : Charles L. T. Corsby
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527530817
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy written by Charles L. T. Corsby and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of abstracts provides an insight into the contested nature of sports coaching. Detailed, yet concise, this compilation of work recognises the importance of context and the socio-historical learning environments that coaches operate within. The text draws upon the work of a range of scholars varying from doctoral students, to leading international scholars, to provide a critical ‘snapshot’ of the current literature in sport coaching pedagogy. In doing so, this book outlines the challenges and potential developments of sports coaching as a discipline. The gathering of such work provides an insight to a variety of research projects, proposals and findings, varying from professional football and rugby union academies to community coaching and martial arts. This is the first book to present such an array of research projects in this format and, as such, is essential reading for any serious students of sports coaching, sport pedagogy, and for practitioners looking to engage in the study of sports coaching.

Martial Arts, Health, and Society

Author : George Jennings
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832515673
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Martial Arts, Health, and Society written by George Jennings and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Battle Traditions of Insult

Author : Tanure Ojaide
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303115617X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book African Battle Traditions of Insult written by Tanure Ojaide and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the “battles” of words, songs, poetry, and performance in Africa and the African Diaspora. These are usually highly competitive, artistic contests in which rival parties duel for supremacy in poetry composition and/or its performance. This volume covers the history of this battle tradition, from its origins in Africa, especially the udje and halo of the Urhobo and Ewe respectively, to its transportation to the Americas and the Caribbean region during the Atlantic slave trade period, and its modern and contemporary manifestations as battle rap or other forms of popular music in Africa. Almost everywhere there are contemporary manifestations of the more traditional, older genres. The book is thus made up of studies of contests in which rivals duel for supremacy in verbal arts, song-poetry, and performance as they display their wit, sense of humor, and poetic expertise.

Fighting Scholars

Author : Raúl Sánchez García
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1783083468
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Scholars written by Raúl Sánchez García and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fighting Scholars’ offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial arts and combat sports. The book’s main claim is that such activities represent privileged grounds to access different social dimensions, such as emotion, violence, pain, gender, ethnicity and religion. In order to explore these dimensions, the concept of ‘habitus’ is presented prominently as an epistemic remedy for the academic distant gaze of the effaced academic body. The book’s most innovative features are its empirical focus and theoretical orientation. While ethnographic research is a widespread and popular approach within the social sciences, combat sports and martial arts have yet to be sufficiently interrogated from an ethnographic standpoint. The different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant’s ‘Body and Soul’: the construction of a ‘carnal sociology’ that constitutes an exploration of the social world ‘from’ the body.

Apprenticeship Pilgrimage

Author : Lauren Miller Griffith
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498529917
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Apprenticeship Pilgrimage written by Lauren Miller Griffith and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when one’s skill level in dance, the martial arts, or other activities surpasses local training opportunities? Lauren Miller Griffith and Jonathan S. Marion provide a new and exciting apprenticeship pilgrimages model —including local, regional, opportunistic, and virtual—that practitioners undertake to acquire knowledge, skills, and legitimacy originally unavailable.

The Best Fight: A Memoir of a Martial Art Practitioner, Publisher, and Author

Author : Michael DeMarco
Publisher : Via Media Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1893765520
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book The Best Fight: A Memoir of a Martial Art Practitioner, Publisher, and Author written by Michael DeMarco and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A needle may draw a thread through printed pages to bind a book. In this little memoir, I feel like a needle that drew a common thread though a segment of martial art history. This book details three interrelated activities: (1) martial art studies, (2) involvement as founder of Via Media Publishing, producing a quarterly journal and books, and (3) teaching martial arts. Publishers, writers, researchers and serious martial art practitioners will benefit with the detailed overview of Via Media and its publications. Via Media produced the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, known for its high academic and aesthetic standards. Its contents reflect the history of two decades and provides rich information for practitioners and scholars, making The Best Fighta valuable reference work. In addition to reading, the primary way to learn a martial art is through instruction. In reading about my studies and teaching experience, readers can relate to their own involvement in martial arts. What is important here is the portrayal of my instructors, their teaching methods, and reasons for being involved in martial arts. Their accounts should offer insights and inspiration for others who study and practice any martial art.

Historical Abstracts

Author : Eric H. Boehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Historical Abstracts written by Eric H. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arnis

Author : Mark Wiley
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462907423
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Arnis written by Mark Wiley and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnis: Reflections on the History and Development of the Filipino Martial Arts is an intriguing collection of essays on Filipino martial arts. Featured are insightful essays by Filipino martial artists: Krishna K. Godhania Antonio E. Somera Abner G. Pasa Dr. Jopet Laraya Felipe P. beano, Jr. Rene J. Navarro For centuries, Filipino martial arts have played integral and often momentous roles in the history of the Philippines and in the survival of the Filipino people. But what are these arts? Where do they come from? How have they developed? Where are they headed? And what inner dimensions do they offer their practitioners? These questions, among others, form the basis of Arnis: Reflections on the History and Development of the Filipino Martial Arts.

The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture

Author : Janet Sturman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506353371
Total Pages : 5212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture written by Janet Sturman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 5212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture presents key concepts in the study of music in its cultural context and provides an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, its methods, concerns, and its contributions to knowledge and understanding of the world′s musical cultures, styles, and practices. The diverse voices of contributors to this encyclopedia confirm ethnomusicology′s fundamental ethos of inclusion and respect for diversity. Combined, the multiplicity of topics and approaches are presented in an easy-to-search A-Z format and offer a fresh perspective on the field and the subject of music in culture. Key features include: Approximately 730 signed articles, authored by prominent scholars, are arranged A-to-Z and published in a choice of print or electronic editions Pedagogical elements include Further Readings and Cross References to conclude each article and a Reader’s Guide in the front matter organizing entries by broad topical or thematic areas Back matter includes an annotated Resource Guide to further research (journals, books, and associations), an appendix listing notable archives, libraries, and museums, and a detailed Index The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and Cross References combine for thorough search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic edition

The Festive State

Author : David M. Guss
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520924864
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The Festive State written by David M. Guss and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-01-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If, as David Guss argues, culture is a contested terrain with constantly changing contours, then festivals are its battlegrounds, where people come to fight and dispute in large acts of public display. Festive behavior, long seen by anthropologists and folklorists as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness, is contentious and often subversive," and The Festive State is an eye-opening guide to its workings. Guss investigates "the ideology of tradition," combining four case studies in a radical multisite ethnography to demonstrate how in each instance concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined. In a narrative as colorful as the events themselves, Guss presents the Afro-Venezuelan celebration of San Juan, the "neo-Indian" Day of the Monkey, the mestizo ritual of Tamunangue, and the cultural policies and products of a British multinational tobacco corporation. All these illustrate the remarkable fluidity of festive behavior as well as its importance in articulating different cultural interests.

Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso

Author : John Cowley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521653893
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso written by John Cowley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the evolution of Carnival in Trinidad and beyond, using fascinating documentary evidence.

The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques

Author : Sammy Franco
Publisher : Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1941845223
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques written by Sammy Franco and published by Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEVASTATING STRICK FIGHTING SECRETS! The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques is the fourth installment in Sammy Franco's 10 Best Book Series. This unique book offers you the most practical and useful methods for using a combat stick for real-world self-defense. IDEAL TRAINING FOR ALL COMBAT STICKS The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques is an excellent source for learning how to use some of the following weapons: Kali and Escrima Stick Police Baton Collapsible Steel Baton Nightstick Side-Hand Baton The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques is based on world-renowned martial arts expert, Sammy Franco's 30+ years of research, training, and teaching reality based self-defense. Mr. Franco has taught these unique stick fighting techniques to thousands of his students, including law enforcement agents, military personnel, and civilians, and he's confident they will help you in a desperate time of need. NO PREVIOUS TRAINING NECESSARY! Regardless of your training background or level of experience. The stick fighting techniques and strategies featured in this book are straightforward and will work seamlessly with your current martial arts, self-defense, or survival program. If you're a student of the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) or just a recreational enthusiast, you'll also find The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques a welcome addition to your library. Best of all, you don't need any previous training to master these devastating stick fighting techniques. FOR BEGINNER AND ADVANCED, STUDENT OR INSTRUCTOR Whether you are a beginner or advanced practitioner, student or instructor, The 10 Best Stick Fighting Techniques teaches powerful street-oriented techniques and proven fighting methods to get you home alive and in one piece.

The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music

Author : Dale A Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000525538
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music written by Dale A Olsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 2, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean, (1998). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Latin America and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area. Part One provides an in-depth introduction to the area of Latin America and describes the history, geography, demography, and cultural settings of the regions that comprise Latin America. It also explores the many ways to research Latin American music, including archaeology, iconography, mythology, history, ethnography, and practice. Part Two focuses on issues and processes, such as history, politics, geography, and immigration, which are responsible for the similarities and the differences of each region's uniqueness and individuality. Part Three focuses on the different regions, countries, and cultures of Caribbean Latin America, Middle Latin America, and South America with selected regional case studies. The second edition has been expanded to cover Haiti, Panama, several more Amerindian musical cultures, and Afro-Peru. Questions for Critical Thinking at the end of each major section guide focus attention on what musical and cultural issues arise when one studies the music of Latin America -- issues that might not occur in the study of other musics of the world. Two audio compact discs offer musical examples of some of the music of Latin America.