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martial art. As a result, its methods adapt well to self-defense applications<br />

(civilian, military, and law enforcement) and the no-holds-barred circuit.<br />

Phil Dunlap<br />

See also Muay Thai; Southeast Asia<br />

References<br />

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Early Burma: Paradigms, Primary Sources, and Prejudices. Athens: Ohio<br />

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Amphoto Art, 1997.<br />

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Fighting <strong>Arts</strong>. Tokyo: Kodansha.<br />

Dunlap, Phil. n.d. “Fieldnotes on Research among the Jinghpaw (Kachin)<br />

1980–1989.” Unpublished.<br />

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Chicago: Rand McNally.<br />

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Colonial Burmah, 1886–1948. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.<br />

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Wijeyewardene, Gehan. 1990. Thai-Yunnan Project Newsletter #8. March.<br />

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Thang-Ta<br />

Thang-ta (Meiteilon; sword-spear) is the popular Manipuri name for a set<br />

of armed and unarmed fighting techniques developed by the Meitei people<br />

of the state of Manipur, India. <strong>The</strong> formal name for this martial system is<br />

Huyen Lallong (Meiteilon; art of warfare).<br />

Bordered on the east by Myanmar (Burma), the state of Manipur (total<br />

area: 8,456 square miles) in northeastern India consists geographically<br />

of an oval valley of about 700 square miles surrounded by densely forested<br />

mountain ranges. Each of the various communities residing in the valley<br />

possesses its own distinct religious practices. <strong>The</strong> Meiteis have long been<br />

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