A comprehensive overview of martial arts and combat sports.
ASSOCIATION OF RINGSIDE PHYSICIAN'S MANUAL OF COMBAT SPORTS MEDICINE
Within its covers are a collection of thirty-five cutting-edge chapters by leading practitioners and academics who raise questions and provide answers regarding the broad relationship between fighting and the intellectualisation of the ...
Taking the habitus as a central theme of analysis, the different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant's 'Body and Soul': the construction of a 'carnal sociology' that ...
Sang H. Kim demystifies the lore of vital point striking and shows you realistic applications of vital point strikes for self-defense and combat sports.
This practical guide to an athlete's nutrition requirements when training for combat sports will be of great interest to all combat sport athletes, coaches, dietitians and sports nutritionists, and is fully illustrated with 130 colour ...
A comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Some athletes, especially at the professional levels, travel regularly to different areas of the world; therefore, ... Therefore, all coaches, referees, and athletes should be educated about first aid, infection control, and hygiene.
This sports nutrition book covers the specific needs and strategies for competitive combat athletes.
Carl Schuhmann ( left ) MODERN GAMES Combat events have been part of the modern Games ever since they began . This picture shows the two heavyweight finalists in the Greco - Roman wrestling competition at the first modern Olympics .
Farrer, D.S. (2011) Coffee shop gods: Chinese martial arts of the Singapore diaspora. In D.S. Farrer and J. WhalenBridge (Eds.) Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, ...