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Showing 1 to 20 of 183 for “"martial"”.
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Orthopaedic injuries in martial arts
Background Injuries in martial arts are commonly reported though little research has been conducted on orthopaedic injuries. Poorly managed or untreated injuries may result in long-term complications. As martial arts present a heterogeneous population, this thesis focusses on contact striking …
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A School for the Chinese Martial Arts
Through the design of a school for the Chinese martial arts, the issue arises of transposing a style of architecture to a time and place other than its original context. Accordingly, the distillation and transformation of principles of Chinese architecture will be a part of the creation of an …
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The Workload Demands of Mixed Martial Arts
… the external workload of isolated mixed martial arts movements and then uses this technology alongside video based time motion analysis and capillary blood sampling to determine the workload demands of MMA sparring bouts on the participants.
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Mental Toughness in the Classical Martial Arts
… of mental toughness attributes from a Classical Martial Arts context, (2) the trainability of the mental toughness attributes from a Classical Martial Arts context, (3) and the extent to which classical martial artists perceive that attributes converge under broader, overarching sub-categories. …
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The Martial Arts Project: Exploring the Use of the Martial Arts as an Intervention for Young Offenders with Substance Influenced Violent Offences
… alternative methods of intervention, such as the martial arts, for young offenders with substance influenced violent offences. Unfortunately, there is the idea among society and organizations that work with this population that exposing violent young offenders to the martial arts will create more …
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Gender, Identity, and Influence: Hong Kong Martial Arts Films
… Chinese culture on gender representation in martial arts films is examined in order to formulate an understanding of how these films use gender issues to negotiate a sense of cultural identity in the face of unprecedented political change. In particular, the films of Hong Kong action stars …
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A Neurophysiological Examination Of Stress Control In Martial Artists
<p>The philosophies behind many martial arts often claim that by practicing martial arts individuals can gain better control over stress. We tested this idea by using controlled physical stressors to elicit an acute stress response from martial artists (n=15) and non-martial artists (n=18). To …
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Martial arts academy : an examination of duration and discrepancy
Other than the martial component, the primary concern for many of the martial arts is answering the question, "what is self?". The task of answering that question has historically belonged to the martial arts to the extent that they both came out of Buddhist schools of thought. For many of the …
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Kalarippayat. The Structure and Essence of an Indian Martial Art
Contains fulltext : 65537_kala.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Using an After School Martial Arts Program to Increase Student Motivation
… motivation and character development, and how martial arts supports and encourages these attributes. The active research, a four-week study, was conducted with 20 students, grades 1-8, who were enrolled in a taekwondo after school program, as well as a control group of 20 students, grades 1-8, …
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Playing soldiers: martial subjects in early modern English drama, 1590-1660
… drama in staging the English preoccupation with “martial subjects”—military affairs, and more particularly, the individuals employed as soldiers of the crown. This study accounts for these characters’ prevalence at the playhouse and examines how their deployment on stage enabled competing, …
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Bellicose Beauties: Villainesses, Gender Transgression, and Martial Drama in Beijing, 1774-1911
… female warriors and villainesses in vernacular martial plays, with a special focus on the Beijing theatre during the second half of the Qing dynasty (1774-1911) when miscellaneous local performing arts (Flowery operas) flourished in the city. The visual-audio effect of martial performance, …
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Poetry & patronage in the early imperial era : through the eyes of Martial
… main aims: firstly, to establish and confirm Martial's status as a client; secondly, to confirm his reliability as an eyewitness in regard to the functioning of patronage in Roman society; and thirdly, to consider the intention behind the epigrams directed toward the emperor. This study hopes …
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Investigating the decline of the Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) in South Africa
The Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is an African endemic that occurs over a wide range of habitats but at naturally low densities. There is concern throughout its range that it is declining and it now appears to be strongly reliant on protected areas. It is classified globally as Near …
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The prose prefaces of Martial and Statius : a study in literary purpose
… ten prose prefaces which head the Epigrams of Martial (AD c45-c96) and the Siluae of Statius (c45-c96). The most remarkable feature of these ten short pieces of prose lies in the field of literary history: these are the first extant instances of collections of verse which are headed with pieces …
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Poetry & patronage in the early imperial era : through the eyes of martial
… main aims: firstly, to establish and confirm Martial's status as a client; secondly, to confinn his reliability as an eyewitness in regard to the functioning of patronage in Roman society; and thirdly, to consider the intention behind the epigrams directed toward the emperor. This study hopes …
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Citing the viewer : ethnography, film theory and experiences of martial arts action cinema.
… had to say and write about martial arts action films, and is in large part intended to "give voice" to film experiencers. But while the emphasis is on citing participant-informants' own words, I recognize that there is no description without interpretation and reflect on this …
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