Martial Arts Of The World - Webs

and gladiators, 142
in Japan, 478–479, 481
and masters of defence, 318, 325
and proper breathing, 795
and Russia, 114–115
and stage combat, 551–552, 578
terms for, 249
and training, 252
See also Kendô
Swordsmanship, European medieval,
570–579
and armor, 572–575
schools of, 572
and shields, 572
and technique, 570–571, 576–578
See also Dueling; Europe; Knights;
Masters of Defence; Wrestling
and grappling: Europe
Swordsmanship, European
Renaissance, 579–588
and classical movement, 587–588
and cut-and-thrust swords,
582–583
and dueling, 585, 587
and fencing, 585–586
and Masters of Defence, 581–582,
586
and rapiers, 582, 583–585
and technique, 581–582
See also Dueling; Europe; Masters
of Defence; Savate
Swordsmanship, Japanese, 588–597,
807
schools of, 592–594
and warriors, 591–593
See also Form/xing/kata/pattern
practice; Japan; Koryû bugei;
Samurai; Sword, Japanese
Swordsmanship, Korean/Hankuk
Haedong Kumdô, 597–602
future of, 602
and paldo/chakgum, 600–602
and Shimgum, 600–601
and technique, 600, 602
See also Korea
Swordsmanship, Vietnamese, 815
Swordsmen, women, 665, 666, 667,
689, 791, 796
Swordsmiths, 811
and sword, Japanese, 564–570
Syngmann Rhee, 440, 610–611
Tabaski, 11
Tabi, 20
Tachi, 565
Tachikaki, 591
Tacitus, 73, 448, 666, 791
T’aek’kyŏn, 159, 300, 603–608
history of, 603
and technique, 603, 604–605,
607–608
and training, 604–605, 605–606
and written texts, 603–604
See also Korea; Korean martial arts,
Chinese influence on; Taekwondo
Taekwondo, 297–298, 300, 605,
608–617, 827, 829
and attire, 612, 615–616
Chinese influence on, 610
history of, 608–612
and Olympics, 297–298, 611,
614–616, 616–617
and political conflict and the
martial arts, 435, 440–441
and technique, 612–616
and warfare, 609–610
See also Korea
Taft-Katsura Memorandum,
294
Tagore, Rabindranath, 825
Tahiti, 403. See also Pacific Islands
Tahteeb, 338, 562
Tai chi, Emperado, 221
Tai chi ch’uan. See Taijiquan
Taiheiki, 591, 592, 761
Taihô Codes, 184
Taiji, 43
Taijiquan (tai chi ch’uan), 13, 30, 33,
38, 42, 43, 70–71, 127, 221, 461,
470, 617–629, 728, 803, 811,
824, 825
and external vs. internal, 620,
623–624
and health, 621, 627
history of, 618–621
and kung fu, 313
and meditation, 336
and Olympics, 622
and performing arts, 421
and qi, 261
and technique, 624–627
and training, 622
and training area, 644
and weapons, 622–623
See also Boxing, Chinese; External
vs. internal Chinese martial arts;
Ki/qi; Medicine, traditional
Chinese; Meditation; Religion
and spiritual development: China
Taijiquan Theory, 130–131, 747
Tailltenn Games, 787
Tailltu, 787
Taima-no-Kehaya, 729, 791
Taira clan, 566
Index 883