Mythologies of Martial Arts is an introduction to the key myths and ideologies around martial arts in contemporary popular culture internationally. It is the fi

Presents and refutes various myths about the martial arts and gives detailed information about the various disciplines for martial arts teachers, students, and

Like any other philosophy, religion or culture, each martial art has its founding myths and heroes; stories that tell of the art's origins and makes sense of it

The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, phi

"The Invention of Martial Arts examines the media history of what we now call 'martial arts' and argues that martial arts is a cultural construction that was bo