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 Martial arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
European martial arts have mostly adapted to changing technology and are truer to the English meaning of that phrase, so that while their descendants still exist, martial arts are focused on things like flying helicopters and infantry tactics for riflemen.
As part of the response to sport martial arts, new forms of competition are being held such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the U.S. or Pancrase and the PRIDE in Japan which are also known as mixed martial arts or MMA events.
Kenjutsu is the Japanese martial art of using a Japanese sword in combat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martial_arts   (6009 words)

  
 Martial Arts Film Encyclopedia Articles @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His fame also helped popularize Wing Chun, the martial art that he originally trained in, and Jeet Kune Do, the martial art that he later created based on Wing Chun and other styles of martial arts.
Despite intensive martial arts training from a Chinese opera school, Jackie often tells people that he is an actor, not a martial artist.
Leung Kar Yan : had no formal martial arts training but was skilled at mimicking moves given to him by the action choreographer.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Martial_arts_film   (537 words)

  
 rec.martial-arts FAQ
A Martial Art can be defined as a system of techniques, physical and mental exercises developed as an effective means for self-defense and offense, both unarmed and with the use of weapons.
The major issue with children in the martial arts is the integrity and trustworthiness of the teacher and the school.
The martial arts FAQ list owes its existence to the contributors on the net, and as such it belongs to the readers of rec.martial-arts.
www.atlantamartialarts.com /articles/rma-faq   (6712 words)

  
 Martial Arts Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Martial arts, also known as fighting systems, are bodies of codified practices or traditions of unarmed and armed combat, usually without the use of guns and other modern weapons.
Some Eastern martial arts have a tradition of being about more than simple fighting, and this is perhaps why their practice has been seen as worth preserving in the face of their military obsolescence in modern technological culture.
Many martial arts claim to be effective fighting disciplines within a particular context (unarmed combat between two expert fighters, armed self-defense against multiple attackers, silencing and escaping an expert opponent seeking to grab and capture the practitioner).
www.your-martial-arts.co.uk /martialartsmovie   (1715 words)

  
 martial arts : microuse
The relationship between meditation and the martial arts is a multifaceted one: meditation is one of the practices in which martial artists engage in order to prepare for combat, while the physical exercises constituting much of the discipline of the martial arts might well be considered meditative...
Chinese martial arts masters of the past created special training manuals with text and images — sometimes appearing in the illustrations themselves — and these manuals now provide an invaluable glimpse back in time to how various martial arts were practiced.
Martial Arts After 40 is the first book on the market to cater to two growing populations, martial artists and baby boomers.
www.kibaki.net /mylist/search?q=martial+arts   (924 words)

  
 Martial Arts Frequently Asked Questions
It is also useful to remember that very few of these martial arts are just one way or another...they are all mixtures of these elements in various degrees.
Most people want to think their art is an ancient "fighting art" and can be applied thus on the street.
In short: NO. First off, while many people enter the Way of the Martial Arts trying to be the deadliest people in the world, it is not true that the final objective of most, if any, Arts is this.
www.judoinfo.com /books/faq1.htm   (6330 words)

  
 Martial-Arts-Film Filme Jahren Personen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
My favorate martial arts film is? (1 2 3 4 12 13 14 all) Chris Caile 3591 134 02/02/06 PM by Xaith Forum Permissions You cannot start new topics You cannot reply to topics HTML
Aufwändig inszenierte Filme wie Tiger and Dragon (2000) oder Hero (2002) beeindrucken die Kritik und begeistern auch ein breites, westliches Publikum, dem das asiatische Kino ansonsten eher fremd ist.
Filme wie die Matrix-Reihe hingegen adaptieren formale und artistische Elemente des Martial-Arts-Films und werden überdies auch in ihren Actionsequenzen von Koryphäen der Kampfkunst-Choreografie aus Hongkong inszeniert.
www.enzyklopda.de /infos/m/ma/martial-arts-film.html   (843 words)

  
 filmbibliographical reference to "martial arts film"
Meaghan Morris: "Learning from Bruce Lee: pedagogy and political correctness in martial arts cinema." In: M.Tinkcom / A.Villarejo (Eds.): Keyframes: Popular Cinema and Cultural Studies.
Deborah L.Madsen: "Transcendence through Violence: Women and the Martial Arts in Recent American Fiction and Film." In: D.Seed (Ed.): Literature and the Visual Media.
Valentina Vitali: "Hong Kong-Hollywood-Bombay: On the Function of `Martial Art´ in the Hindi Action Cinema." In: M.Morris et.al.
www.fachinformation-filmwissenschaft.de /stichwort/m/martial-arts.html   (172 words)

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