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Daniels, Craig W. "Martial, misogynist?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ57278.pdf.
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Sapsford, Francesca May. "The 'epic' of Martial." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3671/.
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This thesis explores the composition and arrangement of Martial’s twelve-book series, the Epigrams. I investigate the way in which key themes combine to create a pseudo-narrative for the reader to follow which connects not only individual books but the series as a whole. This twelve-book series creates an ’anti-epic’, something which is meant to be considered as a whole and read, and reread, as such. In the course of investigating the inter- and intratextual links within the Epigrams, we see how Martial’s corpus instructs its reader on how (and even where) to read the text. In doing so Martial is engaging with a literary discourse at the end of the first century on different patterns of reading. The key themes explored, oral sex and os impurum, food and dining, and a literary theme comprised of reading and writing, all form part of this programmatic literary instruction to the reader. I have identified the importance of ’orality’ within the Epigrams as part of the defined method of reading. Applying concepts from Reader-Response theory,and thinking about the way readers read, we can see that Martial’s books of epigrams are more than the sum of their parts.
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Bowie, Michael. "Martial Book XII : a commentary." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305239.
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Henriksén, Christer. "Martial, book IX : a comment. /." Uppsala : Uppsala University, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37624823m.
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Henriksén, Christer. "Martial, book IX : a comment. /." Uppsala : Uppsala University, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37624994d.
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Grewing, Farouk. "Martial, Buch VI : ein Kommentar /." Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39180980d.
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Galán, Vioque Guillermo. "Martial, book VII : a commentary /." Leiden : Brill, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38917378p.
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Moreno, Soldevila Rosario. "Martial, Book IV : a commentary /." Leiden : Brill, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40941356j.
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Pierchon, Jean-Baptiste. "Le Gouverneur Général Martial Merlin." Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010MON10060.
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Martial Merlin a été Gouverneur général de l'Afrique équatoriale française (de 1909 à 1917), de l'Afrique occidentale française (de 1919 à 1923) et de l'Indochine (de 1923 à 1925). Il est le seul Administrateur colonial à avoir occupé les trois grands Gouvernements généraux de la France d'Outre-mer. L'AEF, l'AOF et l'Indochine étaient des Groupes de colonies : ils furent créés à la fin du XIXe siècle, afin de donner une unité de direction à des colonies jusque là dispersées. L'étude de l'œuvre et de la doctrine coloniales de Merlin nous permet de mieux connaître l'institution du Gouvernement général. Merlin souhaitait que l'Administration fût organisée sur des bases claires. Il a défini les attributions de chaque organe du Gouvernement général et il a souligné le rôle essentiel du Gouverneur général, chargé de donner une unité de direction politique et économique aux territoires regroupés. Merlin souhaitait également que l'Administration s'appuyât sur des bases solides. Il a mis en œuvre une politique de Gouvernement indirect, afin de diriger les populations indigènes par l'intermédiaire de leurs chefs coutumiers. Organe de coordination économique, le Gouverneur général devait assurer la mise en valeur de son Groupe de colonies : Merlin a défini une politique de développement précise, tout en se souciant des moyens de sa politique de développement (il a notamment réglementé le régime de la main d'oeuvre). Organe de direction politique, le Gouverneur général devait convaincre les indigènes des bienfaits de la "Paix française" : Merlin a défini (et mis en oeuvre) une politique de "contact", afin d'entraîner l'adhésion des indigènes à la cause française, tout en menant une politique "défensive", face à l'irruption de mouvements étrangers hostiles à la présence françaiseMartial Merlin was the Governor General of the AEF (French equatorial Africa) from 1909 to 1917, of the AOF (French western Africa) from 1919 to 1923 and of Indochina from 1923 to 1925. He is the only colonial administrator to have served as Governor General of all three organizations of the French colonies. The AEF, AOF and Indochina, each grouping together many colonies, were created at the end of the nineteenth century, in order to impose a coherence to the direction of the colonies, which up until then had been administered separately. A study of the colonial theory expressed in the works of Merlin provides an insight into the institution of the Government General. Merlin affirmed that the administration of the colonies should be organized on a clear basis. He assigned specific attributes to each organ of the Government General, and emphasized that the essential role was to be played by the Governor General, whose duty it was to define a unified policy for the political and economic direction of the various territories. Seeking a firm basis for this administration, Merlin implemented a policy of indirect government, controlling the native population by using their customary chiefs as intermediaries. As an agent of economic coordination, the Governor General was to turn to good account his group of colonies ; Merlin defined a policy of development which included initiatives to insure the means by which to implement that policy (he introduced, for example, a set of labor regulations). As an agent of political direction, the Governor General was to convince the natives of the advantages of the "French peace" ; Merlin defined and implemented a policy of “contact”, in order to gain the support of the natives to the French cause, while at the same time practicing a "defensive" policy, made necessary by the eruption of movements hostile to the French presence
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Colton, Robert E. "Juvenal's use of Martial's epigrams : a study of literary influence /." Amsterdam : A.M. Hakkert, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36657664v.
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Francis, Charlotte, and n/a. "Martial Epigrammata Book X : a commentary." University of Otago. Department of Classics, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070614.133509.
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This thesis represents the first full-scale commentary on Book 10 of Martial�s Epigrams. Jenkins� commentary on Book 10, a thesis from Cambridge in 1982, is the other detailed commentary on Book 10, but examines only 23 of the 104 epigrams from the book, selected according to significance or as being representative of broad categories and themes. My primary purpose is to present a literary analysis of the complete book, taking into account the literary tradition, and explaining the poems from a historical, social and political perspective. Most commentaries follow a traditional approach where the focus is investigation of the philological aspects of each epigram. These commentaries in their analysis of individual poems often fail to provide insight into Martial�s literary intentions for a particular poem, and the book as a coherent whole is generally not taken into consideration. My commentary provides an exploration of programmatic and structural issues which contribute to the book�s thematic continuity and unity. Aspects for consideration include the function and application of themes and motifs throughout the book, interrelationships of poems and their position within the book. Examination of these features is fundamental towards understanding Martial�s literary objectives in Book 10.
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George, Richard G. "Martial, Book 3.1-68 : a commentary." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239445.
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Price, Brian R. "The Martial Arts of Medieval Europe." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103377/.
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During the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, fighting books—Fechtbücher—were produced in northern Italy, among the German states, in Burgundy, and on the Iberian peninsula. Long dismissed by fencing historians as “rough and untutored,” and largely unknown to military historians, these enigmatic treatises offer important insights into the cultural realities for all three orders in medieval society: those who fought, those who prayed, and those who labored. The intent of this dissertation is to demonstrate, contrary to the view of fencing historians, that the medieval works were systematic and logical approaches to personal defense rooted in optimizing available technology and regulating the appropriate use of the skills and technology through the lens of chivalric conduct. I argue further that these approaches were principle-based, that they built on Aristotelian conceptions of arte, and that by both contemporary and modern usage, they were martial arts. Finally, I argue that the existence of these martial arts lends important insights into the world-view across the spectrum of Medieval and early Renaissance society, but particularly with the tactical understanding held by professional combatants, the knights and men-at-arms. Three treatises are analyzed in detail. These include the anonymous RA I.33 Latin manuscript in the Royal Armouries at Leeds; the early German treatise attributed to Hanko Döbringer that glosses the great Johannes Liechtenauer; and the collection of surviving treatises by the Friulian master, Fiore dei Liberi. Each is compared in order to highlight common elements of usage that form the principles of the combat arts.
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Benkendorfer, Jarrett Alan. "Courts-Martial and Civilian: How the Court Martial Affords Greater Constitutional Protections During Court Procedures and Sentencing." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/243739.
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There is often a misconception regarding the military and the procedures that it uses in order to bring military personnel and prisoners of war to justice. While it is true that Constitutional liberties are limited within the military system, the Constitution still very much applies to uniformed members who swear an oath to the document. In this regard, the Uniform Code of Military Justice was adopted to mirror the Federal Rules of Evidence, which govern the procedures for Article III courts. Through scrutinizing the sentencing procedures that take place in a civilian court and comparing those same procedures with its court martial counterpart, there is evidence to suggest that the UCMJ has better methods to ensure that a defendant’s rights are protected from the time an investigation begins to the time of acquittal or guilt. The methods in jury selection and the weight of the orders issued by a Judge Advocate General are two examples of such enhanced procedures. Since 2001, there has also been discussion involving detained individuals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which has led to a sparked interest in the discussion of military commissions. Ultimately, individuals are far more likely to face a fair trial if they enter into a court martial rather than a civilian court.
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Schöffel, Christian. "Martial, Buch 8 : Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar /." Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39054644w.
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McKeehan, James. "The art of martial behavior| Using martial arts as a behavioral intervention for children with autistic spectrum disorders." Thesis, Kaplan University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1539969.
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Preliminary studies suggest that martial arts participation may benefit children with Autism. Following on existing pilot studies, this investigation conceptualized mixed martial arts in terms of Applied Behavior Analysis and considered the impact of a mixed martial arts program designed for children with Autism on children's focus, attention, motor control, and social skills. This study followed two boys with Autism over the course of six weeks. Multiple behavioral observations, parent interviews, and instructor interview were conducted; Child Behavior Checklist and Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-2 were administered. One child, new to the program, evidenced dramatic gains in social skills, physical ability, respect, and overall attitude. A second child, participating in the program for more than a year, maintained previous gains in these same areas throughout the intervention. Results suggest that boys with Autism may benefit from participation in mixed martial arts training. Discussion considers advantages of martial arts over traditional behavior therapy for children with Autism, such as reduced cost, availability in most areas of the United States, and less stigmatization than a treatment setting.
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Currey, Evan. "A school for the Chinese martial arts." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/162.
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Thesis (M. Arch.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2003.Thesis research directed by: School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Architecture. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Gohara, Kazutoshi, Koji Kadota, Akifumi Kijima, Motoki Okumura, Keiko Yokoyama, and Yuji Yamamoto. "Joint Action Syntax in Japanese Martial Arts." PLOS ONE, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/18463.
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Hedén, Tomas. "Mixed martial arts och boxning i Sverige." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-19853.
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In 1970 professional boxing became illegal in Sweden and in 2009 the prohibition was removed.Just before both of these changes in the law there were debates in media where people argued forand against ilegalization. In the later debate the focus has shifted from professional boxing toinclude Mixed Martial Arts(MMA) as well. MMA was governed and bound by the same law asprofessional boxing.This purpose of this paper is to compare the debate in 1968-1969 with the debate in 2006. The twodebates resulted in two different outcomes, ilegalization of professional boxing in 1970 and thenlegalization of it 2009. Are there any reason for these differences? What is the reasoning behindthis? By using hegemonic masculinity as a guidance when examining the debates this paper istrying to understand how the discourse have changed over time. The method is to analyze thediscourse in the debates by looking at morality, health and commercialization arguments.The result of this paper is that the arguments are similar in both debates. The values of thehegemonic masculinity is shown through six different topics. (1) How violence is perceived, (2) thefreedom of choice, (3) medias power to command and influence the people, (4) what is considered asport and what is considered an assault, (5) what the society allows children to be able to beinfluenced by and (6) the government's role as a regulator of the sports. The conclusion is that achange in the hegemonic masculinity can not be proven to be exclusively responsible for thedifferent outcomes of the debates. However, the examination of the discourse clearly shows theevolution of the values of the hegemonic masculinity.2
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Lau, Wai-sim, and 劉慧嬋. "Chinese martial arts stardom in participatory cyberculture." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50533824.
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The participatory cyberspace, epitomized by the concept of Web 2.0, has become a key venue of Chinese stardom in the post-cinema era.Web 2.0 invites its users to contribute to the content through an architecture of participation. Fans can search, poach, edit, and post filmic and publicity materials about stars, formulating seamless, collaborative reworkings of the star image and generating a new star-fan dynamic. At the crossroads of participatory cyberspace and cinema, transnational Chinese movie stars call our attention to the critical concern of Chineseness. In recent years, a number of Chinese movie stars have attained prominent presence in the global cinematic arena. These acting talents, who are either identified as martial arts performers or known for their performances in martial arts films, won global acclaim as a result of the worldwide reception and esteem for Hong Kong action films and Fifth Generation directors’ films from mainland China. As these stars begin to engineer personae stretching beyond their ethnic identities for the global setting, their stardom engenders discourses of ethnicity and cosmopolitanism.What does it mean to call these stars “Chinese” in the global cyber setting? How do their fans interact to reshape their star personae on the Web? How can one approach and understand “Chineseness” within cyber fan discourse? All these questions point to a central problem of how to conceptualize Chineseness in participatory cyberspace.
My agenda in this study is to investigate Chinese movie stardom as a web-based phenomenon by establishing a new theoretical framework for considering Chineseness in participatory cyberspace. I have created a set of four analytical matrixes, each examining a particular Chinese star through a specific fan-based practice on a specific participatory site: vidding Donnie Yen and critiquing Zhang Ziyi on YouTube; photo-sharing about Jackie Chan on Flickr; “friending” Jet Li on Facebook; and discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro on fan forums. Through close investigation of these five Chinese stars, I demonstrate that the cyber setting enables collaborative fan reworkings of star texts and multiple directionality of approaching Chineseness. Cyber fans produce intertextual, multi-faceted star personae, different from traditional film personae whose meanings are anchored in a rigid established representational framework. Through the relentless scrutiny, quotation, manipulation self-affiliation by fans enabled by cyber technology, Chineseness becomes an utterly illusive and indefinable entity, a new form of signification whose meaning is always changing. This unstable, hybrid Chineseness challenges the notion of a star’s given ethnicity, redefining the archetypal martial arts body in unpredictable, manifold and provocative terms for the cyber era.
With the aim of advancing the critical theorization of Chineseness, this study unfolds and analyzes the dynamics of the vital relationship between Chinese stardom, web technologies, and fan discourse. It also serves as a timely response to the challenges posed by cyber culture for the disciplines of cinema and cultural studies, in light of the proliferating yet inadequate current efforts in this field.published_or_final_version
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Evefors, Malcolm. "Cognitive stress, martial arts and human speech." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-123153.
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Results from multiple studies indicate fundamental frequency (F0) as parameter of human speech that tends to increase with stress. This study compares voice recordings of experienced and novice martial artists, as practicing martial arts (MA) is speculated to improve stress management. The sample consisted of 10 participants, five experienced and five novices. Recordings were made in a normal state and a state of cognitive stress, induced by mental arithmetics and an auditive stressor. Verbal stress response proved present for all participants. The experienced group showed lesser tendency to increase spread of frequency in the face of stress as compared to the novice group. The difference was confirmed significant by ANOVA. The results are similar to earlier findings on the effects of stress management training on verbal stress response. Further research is necessary to confirm these results, considering homogeneity and sample size..Resultat från flertalet studier indikerar att fundamental frekvens (F0) är en parameter i mänskligt tal som tenderar öka med stress. Denna studie jämför röstinspelningar av erfarna kampsportsutövare och noviser, eftersom kampsport har spekulerats förbättra stresshantering. Urvalet bestod av 10 deltagare, fem erfarna och 5 noviser. Inspelningarna utfördes i ett normalt tillstånd samt i ett tillstånd av kognitiv stress, inducerat av mental aritmetik och en auditiv stressor. Alla deltagare uppvisade verbal stressrespons. Den erfarna gruppen visade en mindre tendens att öka spridning av frekvens i en stressig situation, jämfört med noviserna. ANOVA bekräftade att skillnaden var signifikant. Resultaten liknar de från tidigare forskning på effekten av stresshanterings‐träning på verbal stressrespons. Ytterligare forskning är nödvändig för att bekräfta dessa resultat, med fokus på homogenitet och urvalsstorlek.
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Vallat, Daniel. "Les anthroponymes dans les Epigrammes de Martial." Lyon 2, 2004. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2004/vallat_d.
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L'onomastique des Epigrammes de Martial permet de mener, pour la première fois, une étude à la fois linguistique et littéraire, des anthroponymes dans un corpus latin. En nous appruyant sur la recherche linguistique moderne, nous organisons notre analyse à partir des concepts de notoriété du référent de l'anthroponyme (modèle du nom propre) et d'emploi du nom propre. Sont notoires pour Martial tous les noms dotés d'un référent (par exemple les patrons, ou l'empereur) au sein du monde flavien (dont toutes les strates sont représentées), tandis que la sphère culturelle introduit l'exemplum, modèle traditionnel que Martial subvertit volontiers. Les noms notoires sont les seuls à pouvoir supporter des modifications rhétoriques et tropiques : ce sont les emplois métaphoriques (à visée satirique) et métonymiques (plus poétiques). Dans la seconde partie, nous avons regroupé les noms sans notoriété, c'est-à-dire à référent fictif. Martial seul les choisit, mais pas au hasard : nous distinguons ainsi un emploi mimétique, qui imite un référent notoire ; un emploi typique, par inter- ou intra-textualité onomastiques ; des emplois mimétiques secondaires (sociolinguistiques et poétiques) ; l'emploi signifiant, enfin, qui double la rérérence par un signifié lexical reconnaissable dans le nom propre. C'est au sein de ces emplois que se développe le mieux la verve martialienne. Si nombre d'entre eux s'inscrivent dans une longue tradition littéraire (emploi signifiant, par exemple), Martial y fait preuve d'une richesse et d'une originalité inégaléesThe onomastics of Martial's epigrams allow an original study of anthroponyms, both linguistic and literary, in a Latin corpus. Using the modern linguistics, we have organized our research from the concepts on notoriety of the name's referent, ans of name use. For Martial, all names endowed with a stable, associated referent are notorious. Social notoriety plays with the production of the referent (such as patrons, or the emperor) in the Flavian world (of which each element is represented) ; whereas the cultural one provides the traditional exempla, which Martial uses to modifying ironically. Notorious names are the only ones that can bear rhetoric and tropic changes : these are metaphoric use (with a satiric aim) and metonymic use (more poetic). In the second part, we have brought together names without notoriety, i. D. Names with a fictitious referent. Martial is the only one who chooses them, but certainly not at random. We have distinguished mimetic use, which imitates a notorious referent ; typical use, within onomastic intertextuality and intratextuality ; secondary mimetic uses (with sociolinguistic and poetical implications) ; significant use, that leads to read a lexical meaning into the name. In these uses, Martial's eloquence appears at best. Although some of them belong to an ancient literary tradition, through them, Martial shows unequalled abundance and originality
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Moroz, Viktor. "Features of information security in martial law." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/53731.
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Purpose: the article is devoted to the analyze of the features of information security in martial law.
Research methods: comparative analysis of individual regulations and the case law of Ukraine regulatory
framework and case law in the application of the information security in martial law. Results: normative
regulation of the formation of a single information space in Ukraine should contribute to the harmonious
development of information resources, information services and the information product in the country.
Improving the effectiveness of the subjects under investigation countering threats to information security.
Discussion: the analysis of the legal the features of information security in martial law is carried out.
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Minnix, Douglas Wayne. "Mental Toughness in the Classical Martial Arts." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26392.
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The construct of mental toughness is in a state of evolution and refinement. The current study proposed to investigate; (1) the importance 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. The current study used a two-phase approach to evaluate the perceptions of mental toughness in 174 non-competition based classical martial artists. Phase One used a survey (a) to assess the perceived importance and trainability of mental toughness, (b) to evaluate unique CMA (CMA) mental toughness components, and (c) to determine underlying factors via factor analysis. Phase Two used interviews to enhance study perspectives of 20 randomly selected CMA participants. Phase One survey results support (a) the inclusion of all items as important to the mental toughness construct, (b) the trainability of all but 4 items, and (c) anticipation, learning attitude, and ethics as three unique CMA mental toughness components. The factor analysis supports the use of a six-factor model, which accounts for 60% of the variance, to explain CMA toughness. Phase Two promotes the use of several key themes as important to mental toughness in the CMA¬- conviction, commitment, conditioning, readiness to perform, distraction control, and shifting focus of attention. Phase Two also provides insight into the context specific application of the six-factor model. Previous perspectives on attribute importance, trainability, and general dimensions of mental toughness are supported by the current study. Variations exist between dimensions in the current study and those found previously. However, these differences are noted to exist more in context applications than in the essential meanings.Ph. D.
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Giolito, Christophe. "Histoires de la philosophie chez Martial Guéroult." Paris 10, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA100070.
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L'intention est de comparer les differents domaines d'activite de l'historien de la philosophie (commentaires, methodologie, fondation). L'examen du cas exemplaire de martial gueroult permet de constater des divergences radicales entre les cadres de l'application, de l'explicitation, et de la fondation d'une eventuelle methodologie. Defini dans toute sa rigueur, le concept de methode ne trouve aucune realisation, puisque d'une part toute pratique interpretative entraine une singularisation qui ote a une regulation sa portee generale, tandis qu'une theorisation trop independante de son champ d'application hypotheque sa fecondite d'adaptation. Cette conclusion est etayee par l'analyse des textes et debats censes constituer des controverses d'ordre methodologique, qui ne presentent pourtant aucune explicitation ni confrontation de preceptes a la fois universels et feconds. Elle repose egalement sur la mise en evidence de la contradiction inherente a toute philosophie de l'histoire de la philosophie, qui ne peut etre eclectique si elle demeure universaliste, qui ne peut accomplir son ambition pluraliste si elle conserve ses pretentions philosophiques a legiferer sur les doctrines du passe. On avance finalement l'idee d'une correction relativiste de la dianoematique elaboree par gueroult, a partir de la constitution de regulations methodiques de type schematique, participant tant de concepts convoquant une theorie aux ambitions generalisantes, que d'informations par l'individualite de leurs applications.
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Giolito, Christophe. "Histoires de la philosophie avec Martial Guéroult /." Paris ; Montréal : l'Harmattan, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb370389998.
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Vallat, Daniel Biville Frédérique. "Les anthroponymes dans les Epigrammes de Martial." Lyon : Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2004. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/sdx/theses/lyon2/2004/vallat_d.
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Dmitrukowski, Tomasz. "Polish martial law the crisis of communism." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FDmitrukowski.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Europe, Eurasia))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.Thesis Advisor(s): Abenheim, Donald ; Tsypkin, Mikhail. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Poland, martial law, solidarity, strikes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69). Also available in print.
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Maxson, Hillary, and Hillary Maxson. "Martial Motherhood in Modern Japan, 1905-1955." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12446.
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Over the course of forty years, from 1905-1945, Japan's Ministry of Education successfully formed, propagated, and invented the martial mother tradition. The stories compiled in the Ministry of Education's textbooks taught young women not only to encourage their future sons' patriotism but also to enter public spaces themselves and show their own patriotism, or matriotism. Throughout wartime Japan many mothers behaved as stoic, tear-less, child-sacrificing martial mothers in public; however, in private they shared very close and loving relationships with their adult children. While many mothers told their departing soldier sons to "come back dead" in public, the dynamics of their private relationship with their sons were quite different. In the postwar era, though the martial mother ideal vanished from Japan's educational system, the manifesto of the Mothers' Congress of 1955 revealed that martial motherhood was a significant aspect of many mothers' wartime experience.
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Scherf, Johannes. "Untersuchungen zur Buchgestaltung Martials /." München : K.G. Saur, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb389306082.
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Lee, Chi-ho. "Chinese Wushu Centre." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25955962.
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Benitezsantiago, Angela Stefanie. "Using Video Feedback to Improve Martial-Arts Performance." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3006.
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Video feedback has great potential to enhance performance in many settings. The following study used video feedback to enhance the martial arts performance of capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that utilizes acrobatic movements (revesado, au de costa, and macaco). A multiple baseline across behaviors was used for 5 participants where baseline conditions consisted of standard coaching consisting of instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback and continued throughout the study. The intervention consisted of video feedback, in which the participants were filmed attempting a movement and immediately viewed the video afterwards, while receiving positive and corrective feedback from the instructor, using the pause, slow motion, and replay controls. The participant was filmed at least a total of three times per session and each attempt was scored. The target behaviors were scored on a 15-item checklist, resulting in a percentage correct. A second video feedback condition similar to the first was also introduced to some participants, in which participants were able to practice the movements with live feedback before being filmed again. Results show gradual increases in baseline and a more rapid acquisition of the skills during the video feedback conditions.
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Greig, Alex R. "Overcoming ambivalence: the case for Japanese martial internationalism." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5165.
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Approved for public release, distribution is unlimitedThis thesis seeks to demonstrate that Japan can best satisfy its international security interests by assuming a combatant role in current and future multinational military coalitions. The thesis labels this alternative military posture "martial internationalism." An understanding of how Japanese military policy serves its overall international security interests is a central concern of this thesis. Japan's international security interests are defined as: (1) shaping a stable international security environment, (2) supporting the United Nations, and (3) upholding the Japan-United States alliance. Factors considered in this argument include trends in Japan's postwar military policy evolution and recent military activities and developments. The nature of Japan's current domestic military policy debate is analyzed in terms of relevant political, social, military, and economic perspectives. Regional and international ramifications of a more militarily assertive Japan are explored. The thesis investigates the potential for martial internationalism to realize Japan's international security interests and to permit a greater Japanese military contribution to the ongoing War on Terrorism. Finally, the thesis offers specific recommendations for both Japan and the United States toward implementing this alternative strategic design.
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Burdett, Sarah. "Martial women in the British theatre, 1789-1804." Thesis, University of York, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15781/.
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In the period of the French Revolution, the armed or martial woman comes to stand in Britain as the representative of extreme political and social disruption. She embodies, in striking form, the revolutionary chaos witnessed across the channel, which threatens to infect British culture. This thesis traces shifting representations of the female warrior, and examines the complex processes by which the threat that she personifies is handled in British tragedies and sentimental comedies, written and performed in London and Dublin between 1789 and 1804. The study presents the British theatre as an arena in which the significance of the arms-bearing woman is constantly re-modelled and re-appropriated to fulfil diverse ideological functions. Used to challenge as well as to enforce established notions of sex and gender difference, she is fashioned also as an allegorical tool, serving both to condemn and to champion political rebellion in England, France and Ireland. Combining close readings of dramatic texts with detailed discussions of production and performance histories, this thesis tells a story of the martial woman’s evolution in British dramas, which emphasises her multifaceted and protean identity, and shows her development not to have followed a stable or linear pattern, but to have been constantly redirected by an expansive range of contextual factors: historical, social, and theatrical.
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Garrido-Hory, Marguerite. "Recherches sur la dépendance chez Martial et Juvénal." Besançon, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BESA1004.
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Les Épigrammes de Martial et les Satires de Juvénal reproduisent la vie sociale et politique de la Rome impériale. Elles dénoncent, avec ironie, humour et souvent même violence, les travers de la société romaine de la fin du 1er siècle, et du début du IIème siècle de notre ère, société où les esclaves et les affranchis tiennent une place décisive dans le jeu des relations clientélaires. A l'aide de l'index thématique établi au centre d'histoire ancienne de Besançon, nous avons tenté d'analyser ces deux œuvres afin de comprendre la vision de la dépendance chez deux poètes, amis, imprégnés de culture classique et de même niveau social, attentifs l'un et l'autre à tenir leur rang dans une société où la possession de richesses, et tout particulièrement d'esclaves, joue un rôle déterminant. Les esclaves, essentiellement des esclaves domestiques, reproduisent les qualités et les défauts de leur maitre, témoignent de son standing et médiatisent toute la pratique sociale. Exploités et méprisés, souvent victimes de répression brutale autant que de passions irraisonnées, ils vivent dans une dépendance qui semble immuable. Si des affranchis " apparaissent en grand nombre, ce sont d'anciens affranchis (pratiquement pas de cas d'affranchissement dans les deux œuvres), privés ou impériaux, présentés comme des parvenus grossiers et vulgaires mais redoutés parce qu'influents, puissants parce que riches et dont la présence rend de plus en plus critique la situation d'une clientèle libre, pour la plupart des intellectuels mais aussi nombre de descendants d'anciennes familles connues de tout Rome, en voie d'appauvrissement. L'esclavage et l'affranchissement mettent en lumière les dangers de la mobilité sociale qui, pour Martial et Juvénal, posent le problème de la reproduction de l'ordre social des libres.
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Greig, Alex R. "Overcoming ambivalence : the case for Japanese martial internationalism /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02sep%5FGreig.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002.Thesis advisor(s): Edward A. Olsen, H. Lyman Miller. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108). Also available online.
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Mok, Olivia Wai Han. "Martial arts fiction translational migrations east and west /." Thesis, Online version, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.287060.
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Lemaitre, Jean-Loup. "Mourir à Saint-Martial : la commémoration des morts et les obituaires à Saint-Martial de Limoges du XIe au XIIIe siècle." Paris 4, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA040094.
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L'office du chapitre s'est développé en milieu monastique et canonial au début du IXe siècle,et un livre spécifique,le livre du chapitre,a été conçu pour sa célébration. Ce livre a été en usage du IXe au XIXe siècle dans tous les pays de la chrétienté occidentale,et présente une structure analogue,quel que soit l'ordre et le pays auxquels appartient la communauté pour laquelle il a été constitué. La formation de ce livre est étudiée des origines au IXe siècle,dans le cadre de l'occident chrétien. Sa composition et son évolution,du IXe au XIIIe siècle,le sont à travers l'exemple de l'abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges,témoin privilégié en raison du vaste échantillonage de documents nécrologiques conservés,mais aussi de l'ensemble exceptionnel de livres liturgiques contemporains de ces nécrologes. On étudie successivement l'agonie,la mort et les funérailles du moine à travers les coutumiers,la commémoration des défunts au chapitre,le réseau des confraternités générales et particulières,l'apparition des messes de fondation et des anniversaires,ainsi que la formation de l'obituaire,où les membres de la communauté sont progressivement supplantés par les fondateurs,les épitaphes et les tombeaux. Les 300 actes de confraternité de l'abbaye sont édités en annexeThe chapter office developped in canonial and monastic world in the beginnings of 9th century. A specific book,the chapter book,was realized for its celebration. .
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Lemaître, Jean-Loup. "Mourir à Saint Martial, la commémoration des morts et les obituaires à Saint Martial de Limoges du Xie au XIIIe siècle." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37615184x.
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Wilson, Ian Douglas. "The politics of inner power: the practice of pencak silat in West Java." Thesis, Wilson, Ian Douglas (2002) The politics of inner power: the practice of pencak silat in West Java. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2002. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/408/.
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Pencak silat is a form of martial arts indigenous to the Malay derived ethnic groups that populate mainland and island Southeast Asia. Far from being merely a form of selfdefense, pencak silat is a pedagogic method that seeks to embody particular cultural and social ideals within the body of the practitioner. The history, culture and practice ofpencak in West Java is the subject of this study.
As a form of traditional education, a performance art, a component of ritual and community celebrations, a practical form of self-defense, a path to spiritual enlightenment, and more recently as a national and international sport, pencak silat is in many respects unique. It is both an integrative and diverse cultural practice that articulates a holistic perspective on the world centering upon the importance of the body as a psychosomatic whole.
Changing socio-cultural conditions in Indonesia have produced new forms of pencak silat. Increasing government intervention in pencak silat throughout the New Order period has led to the development of nationalized versions that seek to inculcate state-approved values within the body of the practitioner. Pencak silat groups have also been mobilized for the purpose of pursuing political aims. Some practitioners have responded by looking inwards, outlining a path to self-realization framed by the powers, flows and desires found within the body itself. Others have developed styles that reflect the demands made upon them by their immediate environment.
Viewed historically these changes in the practice of pencak silat provides insights into the impact of broader processes of social and cultural change at the level of individual bodies and the institutions through which they are constructed; a politics of the body, its potentialities, limits and 'legitimate' use.
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Wilson, Ian Douglas. "The politics of inner power : the practice of pencak silat in West Java /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2002. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040210.100853.
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Harpold, Matthew E. "The mental cage a qualitative analysis of the mental game in the sport of mixed martial arts /." Click here to access dissertation, 2008. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2008/matthew_e_harpold/harpold_matthew_e_200801_ms.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia Southern University, 2008."A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science." Under the direction of Daniel R. Czech. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-63) and appendices.
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Buckler, Scott R. "Sects and violence : development of an inclusive taxonomy to hermeneutically explore the histo-philosophical motivators for the inception and development of the martial art, Wing Chun Kuen." Thesis, Coventry University, 2010. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/4b1d8ab6-a860-4d0d-887d-67e73a7b18c5/1.
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Martial arts participation rates exceed those reported for a number of higher- profile physical activities (Sport England, 2002), however little research has been conducted to investigate the purported motivation and benefits participants derive (e.g. Jones, McKay and Peters, 2006; Ko, Kim and Valacich, 2010). A specific area often discussed is the notion of personal growth (Ko et al., 2010), either through a form of psychotherapy (e.g. Monahan, 2007), extenuating what may be deemed positive personality attributes (e.g. Kurian, Caterion and Kulhavy, 1993), lowering depression (e.g. Bodin and Martinsen, 2004), reducing aggression (e.g. Twemlow, Sacco and Fonagy, 2008) or reducing stress (e.g. Yan and Downing, 1998). Such personal growth is deemed to be transformatory in nature (e.g. Lancaster, 2004; Luskin, 2004; Hartelius, Caplan and Rardin, 2007). Due to issues of generalisability within martial arts research (e.g. Jones et al., 2006), one style which has lacked a tradition of academic research has been selected for a case study. Wing Chun is a unique style, developing exponentially over the past forty years: a style which retains its fighting heritage, utilising exclusive training methods (e.g. Rawcliffe, 2003). Given the pragmatic nature of Wing Chun, an hermeneutic approach has been adopted to investigate the histo-philosophical motivation for the inception of the style to provide a context from which to explore current participant motivation. Initially, an inclusive theoretical taxonomy has been developed for subsequent analysis. This hermeneutic analysis has been conducted through the development of a 360 degree mixed-methodological approach (e.g. Tashakkori and Teddlie, 2008) utilising exploratory and explanatory stages (e.g. Creswell and Plano-Clark, 2007) to ascertain the validity of the taxonomy. Findings are subsequently discussed in relation to the mixed-methodological approach.
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Ryan, Michael Joseph. "Hard knocks on a thick skull training the body for a "closed habitus" in a Venezuelan civilian combative art /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.
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Joern, Albert. "The repositioning of traditional martial arts in Republican China." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114301.
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In this thesis, I discuss how practitioners of martial arts in the Republican era of China were engaged in a process of reinventing what embodied the field of martial arts during a time when physical culture was treated as an instrument of nation-building in response to colonial discourses and the process of modernization. Martial arts were repositioned from being a loosely associated field of practice for people who engaged with a set of combative skills that focused on weapons training that championed archery and spear fighting, towards being a recreational activity with a formalized body of knowledge, skills and practices imbued with a Chinese sense of identity suitable for the modern class of urban and educated Chinese citizens. It is my belief that these efforts were a very important factor in why the practice of martial arts today is so closely associated with concepts of self-cultivation. This repositioning of Chinese martial arts was driven by a schism between the traditionalists who defended the beliefs and practices from the imperial age of China, and the modernists who saw the complete adoption of Western technologies and concepts as the only course for the modernization of China. Due to the shifting politics around education, understandings of the body and its representation in society, the efforts to preserve traditional practices were complicated through the dynamics related to identity and state power. The field of martial arts was criticized by reformists and modernists such as those involved with the New Culture Movement, who argued that China needed to embrace scientific notions of the Western nations and abandon "feudal superstitions." Within this context, the field of traditional Chinese martial arts was stigmatized by associations with the failed Boxer Rebellion, the diversity of practices and the secrecy that existed between different schools of practice. In response to the modernity movements that criticized the traditional systems of belief that martial artists drew upon to substantiate their systems of practice as a recreational pursuit, associations such as the Jingwu Tiyu Hui and the Zhongyang Guoshuguan were formed according to Western institutional models as part of the effort to unify and "modernize" Chinese martial arts. The teachers and administrators involved with these institutions wanted to preserve the practice of martial arts, and to accomplish this they had to develop new ways to systemize the training methods, essentially reinventing them by promoting them to a new generation of students in a format that had never existed before.À travers cet essai, j'examine la façon dont les pratiquants d'arts martiaux dans l'ère républicaine de la Chine étaient impliqués dans le but de réinventer ce qu'incarnait le domaine des arts martiaux à une époque où la culture physique était traitée comme un instrument de construction de la nation en réponse au discours colonial et au processus de modernisation. Les arts martiaux ont été repositionnés à partir d'un ensemble de personnes indirectement associés qui se livraient à un ensemble de combats et qui concentraient leurs compétences sur des entraînements aux armes encourageant le tir à l'arc et le combat à la lance, afin de devenir une activité de loisir avec un corps formalisé de connaissances, de compétences et de pratiques imprégnées avec une identité chinoise adapté à la classe moderne urbaine et de citoyens chinois éduquée. Ceci est ma conviction que ces efforts ont été un facteur très important dans la raison pour laquelle la pratique des arts martiaux aujourd'hui est si étroitement associée aux concepts de la culture de soi.Ce repositionnement des arts martiaux chinois fut motivé par le schisme entre les traditionalistes qui défendaient leurs croyances et leurs pratiques de l'époque impériale de la Chine, et les modernistes qui, eux, ont vu l'adoption complète de technologies et de concepts occidentaux comme le seul mouvement bénéfique à la modernisation de la Chine. En raison de la politique à travers l'éducation, la compréhension du corps et de sa représentation dans la société, les efforts visant à préserver les pratiques traditionnelles ont été compliquées par la dynamique liée à l'identité et le pouvoir de l'état. Le domaine des arts martiaux a été critiqué par les réformistes et les modernistes incluant ceux qui furent impliqués dans le « New Culture movement», qui a fait valoir que la Chine devait embrasser des notions scientifiques des pays occidentaux et abandonner leurs «superstitions féodales. » Dans ce contexte, le domaine des arts martiaux traditionnels a été stigmatisé par des liens avec la révolte des Boxers, la diversité des pratiques et la discrétion qui existait entre les différentes écoles de pratique.En réponse aux mouvements de modernité qui ont critiqué les systèmes de croyances traditionnels dont les pratiquants d'arts martiaux ont fait appel à l'appui de leurs systèmes pour justifier leur pratique comme une forme de loisir, des associations telles que les Jingwu Tiyu Hui et le Zhongyang Guoshuguan ont été formés selon les modèles occidentaux institutionnels dans le but d'unifier et de , en quelque sorte , moderniser les arts martiaux chinois. Les enseignants et les administrateurs concernés par ces institutions voulaient préserver la pratique des arts martiaux, et pour ce faire ils ont dû développer des nouvelles façons de systématiser les méthodes de formation, les réinventer en les promouvant à une nouvelle génération d'étudiants sous une forme qui n'avaient jamais existé auparavant.
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Cerin, Ester. "The dynamic aspects of competitive emotions of martial artists." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343540.
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Osborn, Connie J. (Connie Jo) 1969. "Martial arts academy : an examination of duration and discrepancy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69429.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leave 45).
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 martial arts self knowledge is one of the principle components. Both Buddhism and Taoism talk about a 'way' of the world, which is also the 'way' of self. Self is the same for everyone as all beings are cut from the same cloth of self. When one asks the question "what is self?", it is quite surmising to hear that self has no inherent features. We have all heard the Buddhist claim that 'all is void', and will probably be more surprised to discover that this means that there is in fact no self at all. The significance of this is revealed when one experiences that the nature of all things is change. This is why there are no features to self, as soon as one defines self, that limited definition falls away and is replaced by a new one. The discovery of this is not as efacing as it may seem, as it offers in exchange for a fixed self, one that can accommodate all things. It is void that permits the presence of things. According to Buddhist thought, all suffering arises from the desire to have things remain the same. Accepting that they won't or can't liberates the self to the enjoyment of being in present time. The immediacy and inherent meaning in all things becomes infinitely available. Within change it is evident that all things are continuous, without distinction one from the other. In every sense, self belongs to the greater body of all existence. In martial arts the practice of meditation is essential. The first lesson of meditation is often to simply observe ones breath. In the observation of the full duration of breathing, the constancy of change becomes apparentand the experiencing of the exclusive truth of now is layed bare. In the performance of martial arts this is vital. As soon as the artists mind stops or fixes in a particular moment, fear may enter, or she may rely on thought rather than being to perform and thus lose the fluidity of free action and become victim to defeat. If in the design of a martial arts academy it was the intention of the architecture to provide evidence of change, it would not be necessary to create change because change is happening at all times and in all places. It may only be necessary to call attention to it. In tracing the lines of overflow of the Rio-Grande River for the course of forty recorded years, I reaffirmed the truth of change. While examining the discrepancy between and among each line I could not find the defining line of the river. I wanted to build th is into the architecture, and so this became my thesis.
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Almeida, Sebastião Carlos Ferreira de. "Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) no Brasil: masculinidades em disputa." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2016. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5761.
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The following study consists in a sociological analysis about the production of manhood styles in the universe of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), from an ethnographic research made with a group of physical fight practitioners in the city named Goiânia-GO. Thus, it points out to the relevance of consumption and the interference of the market in the construction of some symbolic repertoire about manhood seen as essentials and/or primordials, discussing how the subjects seize and embody such an imaginary thing amidst stress, ambivalences and disputes. The document is organized into five chapters. In the first, I talk about the questionable utilization of physical fights and martial arts as an invented tradition, as an orientalist play, in the configuration of imaginary communities. In the second, I talk about the appearance of MMA coming from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), giving focus to historical and sociological aspects that takes part in the symbolic economy in which establishes some manly speeches that are important for involved agents with the dynamic of manhoods in question. The third chapter brings thoughts about implied codes to the expression of manhoods in the universe of fighters where it was realized the field research, emphasizing the usage of signs associated to the genre relations with the production of relevant styles of the habitus of fighters. I develop discussions about the acceptance of the speech of order and the discipline of the contributors in the fourth chapter, in order to determine how interactions with women and other manhoods go through the influence of conservative opinion; and how much this dynamic is responsible for the creation of conflicts in this universe. The fifth chapter talks about the biographies of iconic fighters in several levels of the field topology embodied by fighters and referees that take part of the cultural goods market around MMA and UFC. So I posit that the fight that brought the thoughts about manhoods in this study highlights the stress around the sexuality, of questions related to family and to work; and before it means a sportivization, it indicates an intense civilizing process, as it allows the fruition an uncontrolled control of the emotions and makes evident tools of social control. The respect and affection of traditional institutes like family and heterosexuality, like the possibility of social ascension through MMA, require from the fighters a self-sacrifice that reinstalls in the contemporaneous scenario the perspective of the individual discipline as a resource to the success. This process allow us to imply that dynamics and rhetoric of market (re)products styles of manhoods seen as “non corruptible” by the present day, such elements being appropriate by interested agents in the symbolic capital that is inherent in the form of disputes for hegemony. Keywords: Mixed Martial Arts, manhoods; uncontrolled control; imaginary communities; market of symbolic goods.
O presente estudo consiste em uma análise sociológica da produção de estilos de masculinidades no universo do Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), a partir de uma pesquisa de caráter etnográfico realizada junto a um grupo de praticantes de lutas corporais na cidade de Goiânia-GO. Aponta, assim, para a pertinência do consumo e para a interferência do mercado na construção de certo repertório simbólico sobre masculinidades tidas como essenciais e/ou primordiais, discutindo como os sujeitos apropriam-se e corporificam tal imaginário em meio a tensões, ambivalências e disputas. O texto está organizado em cinco capítulos. No primeiro, discorro sobre a problemática das lutas corporais e das artes marciais enquanto tradição inventada utilizada, enquanto peça orientalista, na conformação de comunidades imaginadas. No segundo, abordo o surgimento do MMA a partir do Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), focando aspectos históricos e sociológicos que participam da economia simbólica dentro da qual se instalam discursos e retóricas viris importantes para agentes envolvidos com a dinâmica da masculinidade em questão. O terceiro capítulo traz reflexões a respeito de códigos implícitos à expressão de masculinidades no universo de lutadores onde foi realizada a pesquisa de campo, realçando o manejo de signos associados às relações de gênero com a produção de estilos relevadores de habitus de lutadores. Desenvolvo discussões sobre uma apropriação do discurso da ordem e da disciplina por parte dos colaboradores no quarto capítulo, no sentido de apontar como interações com mulheres e outras masculinidades sofrem a influência de disposições conservadoras; e o quanto tal dinâmica é responsável pela produção de conflitos nesse universo. O quinto capítulo aborda a questão das biografias de lutadores emblemáticos em diversos níveis da topologia do campo constituído por lutadores e mediadores que participam do mercado de bens culturais em torno do MMA e do UFC. Postulo que a luta de que se lançou mão para as reflexões sobre masculinidades nesse estudo realça a tensão em torno da sexualidade, de questões relacionadas à família e ao trabalho; e antes de significar uma desportivização, indica um acirramento do processo civilizatório, na medida em que permite a fruição de um descontrole controlado das emoções e evidencia ferramentas de controle social. A valorização de instituições tradicionais como a família e a heterossexualidade, bem como a possibilidade de ascensão social através do MMA, exigem de lutadores um auto sacrifício que reinstala no cenário contemporâneo a perspectiva da ascese individual como recurso para o sucesso. Este processo permite inferir que dinâmicas e retóricas de mercado (re)produzem estilos de masculinidades tidos como “não corrompidos” pela modernidade, sendo tais elementos apropriados por agentes interessados no capital simbólico que lhes é inerente sob a forma de disputas por hegemonia. Palavras-chave: Mixed Martial Arts; masculinidades; descontrole controlado; comunidades imaginadas; mercado de bens simbólicos.
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Schachner, Jennifer Ann. "The Effects of Modified Martial Arts on Older Adults." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10824583.
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Older adults are at a high risk for falls and diseases that can be prevented or controlled by achieving the recommended daily amounts of activity as outlined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). Despite this knowledge, older adults continue to be the least active demographic in the United States, not only placing them at higher risk for disease, but increased risk of falls and decreases in quality of life (Bean, Vora, & Frontera, 2004; Nelson, Rejeski, Blair, Duncan & Judge, 2007). The objective for this project was to implement a modified martial arts program for older adults over the age of 60, and determine its impact on physical performance measures and self-efficacy. Testing the working hypothesis that participating in a modified martial arts program increased strength, endurance, balance and self-efficacy of adults over the age of 60 achieved this aim. The approach to testing this hypothesis was to conduct a pre-post intervention study, where participants over the age of 60 were tested on the Sit to Stand, 8-foot Up and Go, Arm Curl, 4-point Balance Scale and Self-efficacy for Exercise Scale (SEE) before and after a 12-week modified martial arts program. The rationale of this research was based on preliminary findings that strongly suggested that martial arts programs have positive effects on participants, but studies had not fully addressed older populations or the modifications needed to make older adult training more effective. New findings in this regard provided further evidence of the effectiveness of a modified martial arts program in increasing the muscle strength, muscle endurance, balance and self-efficacy in adults over the age of 60. This project is significant in that it identified the extent to which martial arts training could be a safe, effective and engaging exercise opportunity, thereby encouraging greater participation in physical activity among older adults.
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