“Your Kung Fu is very good, Master Fiore!” Asian and European fight books in comparison
The phenomenon of the fight book is not restricted to the European tradition. Similar artefacts, usually combining text and image to describe the techniques of close quarter combat with and without weapons, exist also in various Asian cultures, in China, Japan, Korea, and India. In the article, the...
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| Main Author: | Sixt Wetzler |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bern Open Publishing
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Periodica Duellatorum |
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| Online Access: | https://bop.unibe.ch/apd/article/view/6989 |
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