Marnix Wells Independent Researcher, United Kingdom The arts of open-hand fighting or boxing first emerged into literature during the sixteenth century campaigns against ‘Japanese pirates’ (Wokou) […]
Xiujie Ma School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff, United Kingdom School of Wushu, Chengdu, China Chinese Guoshu Acdemy, Chengdu, China In recent years, the development […]
Junya Bai Handan University This presentation starts with the practice of combining the Ming Dynasty Boxing Classic and pre-modern Chinese martial arts books with illustrations, aiming […]
Jiongyan Huang Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom This paper explores the globalisation of kendo, a traditional Japanese martial art, as a case study in cultural exchange, […]
