Karate's history and traditions / Bruce A. Haines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haines, Bruce A.

Series:

Tuttle library of martial arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vt. : Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A classic text treasured by martial artists for over twenty years, Karate's History & Traditions was long recognized as the most authoritative source on martial arts history and technique. Now Bruce Haines, historian and martial artist, has updated this rich source to reflect changes that have taken place in the last two decades. This detailed but well-rounded work covers the history of the Asian fighting arts from antiquity to modern times, answering many of the questions currently being debated by martial artists around the world. It describes the fighting arts and

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; Background; Terminology; Chapter 2; India; Early Indian Fighting Arts; Vajramushti and Kalaripayat; Chapter 3; China; Bodhidharma and the Shaolin Temple; External and Internal Martial Arts; Secret Societies and the Chinese Martial Arts; Wushu in the People's Republic of China; Chapter 4; Southeast Asia; Cambodia; Vietnam; Thailand; Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Chapter 5; Okinawa; China's Influence on Okinawan Karate; Unification and International Trade; Development After the Satsuma Invasion; Okinawan Karate from the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 6; Japan

Early Chinese InfluencesJapanese Martial Arts in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 7; Korea; Development During the Silla, Koryo, and Yi Dynasties; Korean Martial Arts in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 8; Buddhism and Karate; Bodhidharma and Buddhism in China; Zen and Karate; Chapter 9; Karate in the United States; The Effect of Asian Immigration; Development in Hawaii Before World War II; Post-Korean War Development in Hawaii; On the Mainland USA; Chapter 10; Karate and the Law; Law Enforcement; Weapons and the Law; Chapter 11; Modern Trends; Competitive Martial Arts

Second- and Third-Generation SchoolsSpiritualism in Modern Practice; In the Movies; Eclectic Styles; Attempts at Organization; A Closing Thought; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary-Index; Illustrations; Ghanshyan Jaynagerker; Wong Ark Yuey; Rudy Ter Linden; Mark Wiley; George Miyasaki; University students' makiwara practice; Jeff Harris; Bodhidharma; Robert Trias; Police subjugation hold; Shorin-ryu karate; Bruce Lee

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-87147-4

9786613713483

1-4629-0139-5

OCLC:

769344302