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890 Index<br />

Women, continued<br />

as soldiers, 672, 674, 675, 677,<br />

678, 792, 812<br />

and sports, 699–700<br />

and stickfighting, 669<br />

and sword and buckler, 670<br />

and sword dancing, 666, 670, 690<br />

as swordsmen, 665, 666, 667, 689,<br />

791, 796<br />

and tendo-ryû, 696–698<br />

and tournaments, 670<br />

and training, 700–704<br />

as warriors, 664–665, 668, 691,<br />

692–696, 790, 799<br />

and weightlifting, 826<br />

and wrestling, 665, 669, 671, 672,<br />

673, 675, 677, 680, 690, 740,<br />

790, 812<br />

and wrestling and grappling: China,<br />

707–708<br />

and wrestling and grappling:<br />

Europe, 718<br />

and wrestling and grappling: Japan,<br />

727<br />

Women in the martial arts: 479<br />

B.C.–A.D. 1896, 664–684. See also<br />

Women in the martial arts:<br />

Britain and North America;<br />

Women in the martial arts: China;<br />

Women in the martial arts: Japan<br />

Women in the martial arts: Britain<br />

and North America, 684–689.<br />

See also Boxing, European; Jûdô;<br />

Wrestling and grappling: Japan<br />

Women in the martial arts: China,<br />

689–692. See also Boxing,<br />

Chinese; Folklore in the martial<br />

arts; Written texts: China;<br />

Yongchun (wing chun)<br />

Women in the martial arts: Japan,<br />

692–705<br />

early history of, 692–694<br />

and the Edo period, 695–696<br />

and Jikishin Kage-ryû Naginata-dô,<br />

698–699<br />

and sports, 699–700<br />

and Tendo-ryû, 696–698<br />

and training, 700–704<br />

and the Warring States period,<br />

694–695<br />

See also Form/xing/kata/pattern<br />

practice; Koryû bugei; Religion<br />

and spiritual development: Japan;<br />

Swordsmanship, Japanese;<br />

Women in the martial arts: 479<br />

B.C.–A.D. 1896<br />

Women’s liberation, 684<br />

Won Kwan-wha, 160<br />

Wong Xiling, 803<br />

<strong>World</strong> Boxing Association (WBA),<br />

354<br />

<strong>World</strong> Championship Wrestling<br />

(WCW), 741, 742, 743<br />

<strong>World</strong> Eskrima, Kali Arnis Federation<br />

(WEKAF), 433<br />

<strong>World</strong> Hapkidô Foundation, 297<br />

<strong>World</strong> Kido Federation, 157<br />

<strong>World</strong> Taekwondo Championships,<br />

298<br />

<strong>World</strong> Taekwondo Federation (WTF),<br />

298<br />

<strong>World</strong> War I, 84<br />

and military training, 85–86<br />

and wrestling, professional,<br />

738–739<br />

<strong>World</strong> War II, 307, 822<br />

and Burma, 632<br />

and military training, 89<br />

and Okinawa, 367<br />

and Philippines, 426, 430<br />

and savate, 522<br />

and silat, 529<br />

and Soviet Union, 508<br />

<strong>World</strong> Wide Wrestling Federation<br />

(WWWF), 741<br />

<strong>World</strong> Wrestling Federation (WWF),<br />

741, 742, 743<br />

<strong>World</strong>wide Kenpô Karate Association,<br />

259<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wounds of Civil War (Lodge),<br />

808<br />

Wovoka, 133, 436<br />

Wrestling, 89, 799<br />

and gladiators, 146<br />

and Greece, ancient, 110<br />

and Jacob, 788<br />

and jûdô, 213, 216<br />

and Krishna, 787<br />

and military, 88–89<br />

and military training, 85<br />

and mystery plays, 798<br />

and Olympics, 789<br />

and police training, 87<br />

and savate, 519<br />

Wrestling, African, 5–6, 736<br />

Wrestling, American, 818<br />

Wrestling and grappling: China,<br />

705–710<br />

and attire, 708<br />

main objectives of, 708–709<br />

and the military, 706<br />

modern form of, 708–709<br />

mythical origins of, 705–706<br />

and ranking system, 708

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