Chinese videogames of the “Xia” (could be roughly translated to hero) genre are frequently criticized as an unchanging and stagnant genre of interactive entertainment in terms of both storytelling and game mechanics. In fact, such an impression toward Xia videogames is the uncha…
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Previous literature on synchronization to music using finger tapping tasks in a laboratory or otherwise controlled setting has led to some invaluable, albeit dated, theories about time and synchronization. In an effort to modernize some of the approaches utilized in research on …
This thesis examines the gender-subversive potential of mixed-sex martial arts. The research problem takes its significance from the well-documented linkages drawn within feminist research between combat sports and hierarchal gender differentiation. It is posited that from a fem…
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 milita…
There is a significant lack of research on veterans’ reintegration into civilian life, especially after the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq wars, concerning identity loss and crisis from transition. The purpose of this project, which includes the film Keep Fighting, is …
Adolescence is the period of lifetime development in which many youth begin to make health and lifestyle choices that have a significant impact on overall wellbeing as they transition from childhood into young adulthood. Physical activity appears to be linked to making other hea…
Adults regularly adopt new identities as members of transcommunal associations anthropologically termed sodalities. This study investigates strategies of inclusivity in one such organization, Persatuan Gerak Badan [Body Movement Association, PGB], a school based in Bogor, Indone…
Amaç: Karate kumite de, baskın bacağın önde ve arkada olduğu gard pozisyonlarında uygulanan kizami zuki (KZ) yumruk vuruş tekniğindeki bacak itiş gücünün, yumruk hızı ve diğer parametrelerle olan ilişkisinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve yöntem: Araştırmaya yaş ortalaması 24 yaş (± 3…
By 2002, the TV drama genre of martial arts period dramas acted as a lighting rod for domestic critique, TV professionals' discontent, an enthusiastic domestic fandom, and overseas Chinese investment. The tensions between these industry constituencies reveal a sea change in the …
Randai, the popular folk theatre tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group in West Sumatra (Indonesia), is a composite art form consisting of martial arts, dance, instrumental music, song, and acting. Randai evolved at the turn of this century and its development was influenced …
Çalışmanın örneklemini İstanbul ili Maltepe ilçesinden 10 ortaokuldan rastlantısal yöntem ile seçilmiş 5.6.7 ve 8. sınıflarda okumakta olan 1066 Kadın, 1071 erkek, toplam 2137 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Katılımcılara Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Çocuklar İçin Fiziksel Aktivite Ölçeği ve You…