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Chinese Martial Arts : From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century.
This engaging introduction tells the authentic history of Chinese martial arts.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge books online.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Chinese Martial Arts; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; DEFINING MARTIAL ARTS; AUTHENTICITY AND REAL KUNGFU; KUNG FU, GONGFU, QIGONG, AND CHINESE TERMINOLOGY IN ENGLISH; CONCLUSION; 1 From the Stone Age to the End of the Spring and Autumn Period; WOMEN IN WARFARE; CHANGES IN WARFARE IN THE SHANG DYNASTY; ARCHERY; THE DAGGER-AXE (GE), AXE, AND SPEAR; CHARIOTS; MARTIAL DANCES; VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY; CONCLUSION; 2 The Warring States Period; SWORDS AND SWORDSMANSHIP; ARCHERY AND ARCHERY CONTESTS; HALBERDS (JI) AND SPEARS; UNARMED COMBAT.
- KNIGHTS-ERRANT AND ASSASSINSCONCLUSION; 3 The Qin and Han Dynasties; THE FIRST EMPEROR AND HIS WOULD-BE ASSASSINS; QIN DYNASTY WRESTLING; XIANG YU AND LIU BANG; THE HAN DYNASTY HUNDRED EVENTS (??) AND MARTIAL ARTS; CONCLUSION; 4 The Six Dynasties; THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DYNASTIES; WOMEN MARTIAL ARTISTS IN THE SIX DYNASTIES; MULAN; THE RETURN OF CHINESE INFANTRY; CONCLUSION; 5 The Sui and Tang Dynasties; THE TANG MILITARY; MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING; WOMEN IN MARTIAL ARTS ENTERTAINMENT; MONKS AND BANDITS; MILITARY EXAMS; CONCLUSION; 6 The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty.
- ARCHERYMARTIAL ARTS PERFORMANCES; WEAPONS AND MILITARY TESTS; CONCLUSION; 7 The Yuan Dynasty; MONGOL MARTIAL ARTS; ARCHERY; WEAPONS; WRESTLING AND BOXING; LI QUAN; CONCLUSION; 8 The Ming Dynasty; THE MING MILITARY; SHAOLIN TEMPLE; BOXING; FENCING WITH SWORDS; FENCING WITH LONG SWORDS; SPEAR TECHNIQUES; STAFF FIGHTING; CONCLUSION; 9 The Qing Dynasty; MING LOYALISTS; INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL MARTIAL ARTS; SELF-CULTIVATION; SHAOLIN; TAIJI, BAGUA, XINGYI; REBELLIONS; CONCLUSION; 10 Post-Imperial China; THE CHINESE NATION AND REPUBLICAN CHINA; 1949; 1978 TO THE PRESENT; CONCLUSION; Conclusion.
- MARTIAL ARTS IN ACADEMIATO CLOSE; Notes; Introduction; 1 From the Stone Age to the End of the Spring and Autumn Period; 2 The Warring States Period; 3 The Qin and Han Dynasties; 4 The Six Dynasties; 5 The Sui and Tang Dynasties; 6 The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty; 7 The Yuan Dynasty; 8 The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 9 The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); 10 Post-Imperial China; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.