“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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Periodica Duellatorum
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/apd/article/view/6989
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