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Street Fighter Styles
Street Fighter Styles The term “brawling” has been used to signify those who do not have any martial arts style. The majority of NPCs will fall into this category. Those moves listed as learnable by “any” (Common Moves pg. 102 main book) make up their list. The “any” moves are also included in each style’s list for completeness. Maneuvers marked with an (*), are those that make up the style’s compliment, and as such are cheaper to learn. Where there is a discrepancy in points cost between the style’s list and the maneuver’s list, I have used the maneuver’s list cost. Nothing has been added that is not in the following books: Street Fighter “The Storytelling Game” (main book) Street Fighter “Players Guide” Street Fighter “Shades of Gray” (insert module of storyteller’s screen) Street Fighter “Secrets of Shadoloo” Street Fighter “The Perfect Warrior” Street Fighter “Contenders” Feel free to use yourself or distribute to any Street Fighter enthusiast. The only condition I have is that nothing on it is changed, altered or added to in any way. I do not want to see these coming back to me with “extra” styles added. This list is designed for those who own all six “Street Fighter” products by White Wolf Games and is intended not as a challenge to any copyright, but as a reference guide. Those who do not own these books should not use this material. © Jeremy Meredith, 2001 BRAWLING .....................................................................................................................2 CAPOEIRA ......................................................................................................................4 -
Catalog Summer 2017
“Excellence in Mind/Body Publishing” e under and Lightning of Aikido WALTHER G. VON KRENNER WITH KEN JEREMIAH CATALOG SUMMER 2017 Lifestyle Health KONG HAN 光 漢 NGO CHO 五 Forms • Weapons • Fighting Fitness 祖 拳 武 術 Filipino 系 Martial Arts HENRY LO AND DANIEL KUN Chinese Quanzhou Fiction $23.95 Martial Arts Taizuquan raditional Chinese culture rests upon the shoulders of three great sages, THE ART OF FUJIAN EMPEROR FIST KUNG-FU TConfucius, the Buddha, and Lao Tzu. is the story of the latter, the most mysterious and least known of the heavenly trio, and his quest for a soul mate, a quest answered by a tortoise, a Galápagos giant to be precise, brought to him, as a tiny baby, from across the great Pacific. A work of magical realism in the vein of Gabriel Garcia Márquez and David Mitchell, chronicles the efforts of the great sage to create the woman of his dreams. It is a novel of idealism, frustration, persistence, unimaginable endurance, failure, tragedy, and triumph. Set alternately in current China’s era of economic marvels and social change, and in the formative, ancient dynasty during which the seeds of today’s great nation were sown, entrances and enchants as a love story for the ages, yet also mines an ancient philosophy to offer readers both a different way of thinking and of looking at the world, and a recipe for social and environmental change. is a Taoist monk born in America and ordained in China. The recipient Japanese of numerous honors and awards, he hosted the hit national public television show Longevity Tai Chi, is a highly respected martial arts master, teacher, and the author Y of more than a dozen critically acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction. -
The Practice of Pencak Silat in West Java
The Politics of Inner Power: The Practice of Pencak Silat in West Java By Ian Douglas Wilson Ph.D. Thesis School of Asian Studies Murdoch University Western Australia 2002 Declaration This is my own account of the research and contains as its main content, work which has not been submitted for a degree at any university Signed, Ian Douglas Wilson Abstract Pencak silat is a form of martial arts indigenous to the Malay derived ethnic groups that populate mainland and island Southeast Asia. Far from being merely a form of self- defense, pencak silat is a pedagogic method that seeks to embody particular cultural and social ideals within the body of the practitioner. The history, culture and practice of pencak in West Java is the subject of this study. As a form of traditional education, a performance art, a component of ritual and community celebrations, a practical form of self-defense, a path to spiritual enlightenment, and more recently as a national and international sport, pencak silat is in many respects unique. It is both an integrative and diverse cultural practice that articulates a holistic perspective on the world centering upon the importance of the body as a psychosomatic whole. Changing socio-cultural conditions in Indonesia have produced new forms of pencak silat. Increasing government intervention in pencak silat throughout the New Order period has led to the development of nationalized versions that seek to inculcate state-approved values within the body of the practitioner. Pencak silat groups have also been mobilized for the purpose of pursuing political aims. Some practitioners have responded by looking inwards, outlining a path to self-realization framed by the powers, flows and desires found within the body itself. -
2016 MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES CONFERENCE Programme THURSDAY 21 July
MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES CONFERENCE 19 - 21 July 2016 information & PROGRAMME MARTIAL second international CONFERENCE ARTS STUDIES CONFERENCE 19-21 July 2016 contents 1 Welcome and introduction Paul Bowman, Conference Organiser 3 Expectations Three ground rules for success 4 General information For delegates, panels and chairs 5 Conference Programme Daily programme of events 8 Biographies and abstracts A-Z of speakers and contributors 33 Find a panel At-a-glance guide to the conference panels 34 Find a speaker A-Z guide to our speakers, times & venues 38 Films Competition and screenings 44 Martial Arts Studies Research Network, Journal and Book Series The Martial Arts Studies Conference is part of a network of projects that connect academics, practitioners and institutions as they contribute to this rapidly expanding field of studies. MARTIAL Open access peer-reviewed ARTS STUDIES journal published twice JOURNAL a year to share the latest research and scholarship in the field martialartsstudies.org MARTIAL Connecting and ARTS STUDIES engaging researchers and RESEARCH NETWORK practitioners to shape the multidisciplinary field of Martial Arts Studies mastudiesrn.org MARTIAL An academic book series ARTS STUDIES of Martial Arts Studies MONOGRAPHS monographs from Rowman and Littlefield International goo.gl/F0o3DX MARTIAL The Annual International ARTS STUDIES Martial Arts Studies CONFERENCE Conferences goo.gl/gRyzf2 19 - 21 July 2016 MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES CONFERENCE WELCOME & INTRODUCTION PAUL BOWMAN, CONFERENCE ORGANISER Welcome to the second international Martial Arts Studies We have also established a book series with one of the Conference at Cardiff University. The first conference took most exciting academic publishers to have emerged in place last year, in June 2015, and it sparked and helped to fuel recent years, Rowman & Littlefield International (RLI). -
Silat Martial Ritual Initiation in Brunei Darussalam
Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Vol 14, 2014, pp 1–13 © FASS, UBD Silat martial ritual initiation in Brunei Darussalam Gabriel Facal Institut de recherches Asiatiques (Aix-Marseille Université) Abstract Almost no research has been done on the silat martial ritual initiations developed in Brunei even though silat continues to be a main cultural marker of the sultanate and it is recurrent in legendary narratives as well as in contemporary local film productions. For Bruneian people, the image of silat is also conveyed by the multitude of Malaysian and Indonesian movies they can watch. Therefore the upheavals that silat has endured since the inception of the sport’s federation in the 1980’s have challenged the possibility of local silat groups keeping alive their practice, structure and organization. These evolutions also reflect certain conflicts in the Bruneian cultural policy, as the government seeks to promote a traditional cultural heritage while at the same time transforming its content to match an alternative ideological discourse. Introduction Martial ritual initiations have spread widely across the so-called Malay world (for debate about this notion, see Barnard, 2004), and have been extensively documented. For example, Maryono (2002) describes pencak and silat in Indonesia, De Grave (2001) deals with pencak in Java, Facal (2012) focuses on penceu in Banten, Wilson (2002) analyzes penca in West Java, and Farrer (2012) considers silat in Malaysia. However, there has been less coverage of the situation in Brunei. This discrepancy can be explained by the secrecy surrounding the transmission and integration of the practice in a wide and complex set of transmission frames, based on an authority structure which refers to local cosmology and religious values. -
Styles of Kung-Fu Is Choy Lee Fut, a Long-Range, High-Speed Style Pioneered in Southern China As a Response to the Manchu Occupation
Kung-Fu Styles ______________________________________________________________________________ THE THREE MAIN “INTERNAL” STYLES Certainly there were well-developed martial arts in the Chinese military for centuries before the time of Bodhidharma. However, the seed which grew into the majority of Asian martial arts today was Shaolin Temple Boxing (Shaolin Ch'uan fa, “Way of the Shaolin fist”) which originated around the 6th century A.D. Succeeding Shaolin masters of Ch'uan (Zen) Buddhism refined and expanded the fighting art until it became known throughout China. Taoist priests were also attracted to it because of its philosophical emphasis on peace, inoffensiveness and meditation. Developing it in their own way to emphasize balance and muscular control, which in turn enhance health, peace-of-mind and longevity, they created the style known as Tai Chi Ch'uan. David Chow and Richard Spangler (Kung fu History, Philosophy and Technique, 1982) have reviewed the history of Kung-fu and its various styles in detail. T'ai Chi Ch'uan An obscure Taoist priest, Chang San-feng, is credited with creating the T'ai Chi Ch'uan (“Grand Ultimate Fist”) exercise system. He lived during the Sung, Yuan or Ming dynasties (historians are unsure), and was reputed as being tall, robust and heavy-bearded (a sign of vitality in China). Chang's overriding personal philosophy was: “My own destiny depends upon myself and not upon heaven.” Therefore his primary pursuit was to find ways of protecting and enhancing health and prolonging life. He left his native province of Liao Tung in northern China on a long search for useful methods and techniques. -
Captivation, False Connection and Secret Societies in Singapore D.S
Douglas Farrer is Visiting Professor of Performance at the University CONTRIBUTOR of Plymouth, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Guam. He has conducted extensive field research in Singapore, Malaysia, and Guam. Dr. Farrer’s research interests include martial arts, sorcery, anthropology of performance, visual anthropology, sociology of religion, social theory and psychoanalysis. His publications include War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance [2016]; Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World [2011]; and Shadows of the Prophet: Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism [2009]. CAPTIVATION, FALSE CONNECTION AND SECRET SOCIETIES IN SINGAPORE D.S. FARRER DOI ABSTRACT 10.18573/mas.48 Interminable ritual repetition of set movements (taolu) has resulted in Chinese martial arts facing trenchant criticism as being useless in fight sports, mixed martial arts, and actual combat. In Singapore, the neglect of body-callousing or conditioning methods in Chinese martial arts may render them KEYWORDs unfit for unarmed combat. This led me to ask whether the entire edifice of set practice in the martial arts is based upon a false Captivation, false connection, connection. Researching Hong Shen Choy Li Fut, a Chinese psychoanalysis, performance, fighting style notoriously infested with gangsters in the red-light triads, Chinese martial arts, district of Singapore, I was informed that all Chinese martial taolu, combat, Singapore. arts and lion dance associations are triads. Nevertheless, even here I was shown curious dancelike interpretations for martial CITATION arts moves taught. Does the endless repetition of sets captivate the performer into a delusional belief that they are becoming Farrer, D.S. ‘Captivation, a better fighter? Are the audiences of such sets, performed in False Connection and Secret dramatic rendition, similarly held captive in a false connection? Societies in Singapore’, Martial Arts Studies 5, 36-51. -
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS the Filipino Martial Arts
Ronald A. Harris, Ph.D. FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS The Filipino martial arts (FMA) can be called Filipino fencing, because they are methods of personal armed combat that emphasize skills in weaponry over skills in empty hands. Unarmed combat is practiced in FMA, but is traditionally studied after weaponry. This training sequence sets FMA apart from other martial arts that initiate with empty hands. Armed combat is known as Arnis, Eskrima (fencing, Spanish), and Kali. Arnis derives from the Spanish arnes meaning armor. It also comes from “harness,” referring to the battle harness worn by Filipino soldiers under Spanish command. Arnis-de-mano means “harness of hand”, referring to deft hand movements of Filipino grooms for Spanish officers. These lightning fast hand movements were native martial arts techniques in disguise. Forbidden by the Spanish to practice martial arts, defiant Filipinos retained their fighting skills in secret by hiding them in dance forms called Santikan, Sayaw, and Moro-Moro. Other etymologies have been suggested for the names of the various Filipino arts. Dueling an opponent is “to skirmish”. The Spanish term Esgrima is in the Pilipino language. Kali might be named after the Hindu Goddess of c:\mars\clio\fma 1 Ronald A. Harris, Ph.D. Destruction. Dan Inosanto says Kali is the conjunction of the first syllables of two words from the Philippine Islands Visayan language--kamot meaning “hand” and lihok meaning “motion”. Thus, Kali means “hand motion”. An etymology of the Pilipino language indicates otherwise. In the Hiligaynon dialect of the Western Visayas, the term kali means “to dig”, as with a shovel (pala). -
Of Monkeys, Tigers, Staffs and Sabres
Of Monkeys, Tigers, Staffs and Sabres The Tiger In China the tiger is considered to be the king of the beasts and lord of the land animals , much as the lion is in Africa and in European symbolism. The tiger is seen as encapsulating the qualities of courage, power, physical strength and military prow- ess. It represents both human vitality and animal energy. It is one of the 4 animals associated with the 4 directions, the seasons and the elements. Its stripes represent the double aspects of yin and yang. In Feng Shui the tiger shows its yin side, whereas in Chinese Astrology its yang qualities come to the fore. Feng Shui – The Yin Tiger In Feng Shui the tiger is associated with the metal element, the colour white, the season of autumn and the direction of the west. As this is where the sun sets it also represents death, and this is why the tiger is considered to be the Guardian of Graves. In contrast, the east, where the sun rises is the domain of the dragon, creation, birth and the spring. In much Chinese symbolism, the dragon and phoenix are seen as counterparts, whereas in feng shui it is the dragon and the tiger which are seen as balancing aspects of nature, the heavenly and the earthly. Mountains represent the dragon whilst the plains and gently rolling hills are related to the tiger. A fa- vourable location is usually where the dragon and tiger meet. However, it is said that the dragon should be dominant to keep the tiger benevolent. -
Bios for Website
Troy J. Price, Kyoshi • Director, Shuri-Te Bujutsu-Kai • 7th Dan Shuri-Ryu Karatedo • 7th Dan Shuri-Te Ju-Jutsu • 6th Dan US Ju-Jitsu Federation • Kyusho-Jutsu Instructor • Combative Flow System • Student of Baguazhang, Xingyiquan & Taijiquan Troy J. Price began his Karatedo and Kobudo training in 1982 at the Columbia School of Karatedo West Columbia, SC, under the direction of Hanshi Ridgely Abele. In 1985 he began studying Ju-Jutsu along with his Karatedo training. In 1997 he also began studying Baguazhang and Qigong and in 1999 began studying Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. Mr. Price trains with several nationally and internationally known in- structors in the traditional Martial Arts of Karatedo, Ju-Jutsu, Kobudo, Aikido, Kyusho-Jutsu, Judo, Chin- Na, Wing Chun, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan and Qigong. In 2004 Troy Price was awarded an international instructor's license to teach Martial Arts worldwide. He is presently doing extensive research on the Kyusho-Jutsu (vital point striking) aspects within Karate and Ju-Jutsu. Mr. Price has authored three books/training manuals on Shuri-Te Ju-Jutsu and Kyusho-Jutsu. He has also developed large a DVD series on Combative Flow Training, Kyusho-Jutsu, Karate-Jutsu and Ju-Jutsu. Troy Price conducts seminars nationally and in Europe. He has helped start Ju-Jutsu programs at Karate schools throughout the southeast. Mr. Price travels and trains throughout the United States, Europe, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He presently serves as the Secretary General for the International Shuri-Te Yudansha-Kai and is the Director of the Shuri-Te Bujutsu-Kai. Troy Price is a former member of the USA Karate Federation National Team Pool. -
Alternative Titles Index
VHD Index - 02 9/29/04 4:43 PM Page 715 Alternative Titles Index While it's true that we couldn't include every Asian cult flick in this slim little vol- ume—heck, there's dozens being dug out of vaults and slapped onto video as you read this—the one you're looking for just might be in here under a title you didn't know about. Most of these films have been released under more than one title, and while we've done our best to use the one that's most likely to be familiar, that doesn't guarantee you aren't trying to find Crippled Avengers and don't know we've got it as The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. And so, we've gathered as many alternative titles as we can find, including their original language title(s), and arranged them in alphabetical order in this index to help you out. Remember, English language articles ("a", "an", "the") are ignored in the sort, but foreign articles are NOT ignored. Hey, my Japanese is a little rusty, and some languages just don't have articles. A Fei Zheng Chuan Aau Chin Adventure of Gargan- Ai Shang Wo Ba An Zhan See Days of Being Wild See Running out of tuas See Gimme Gimme See Running out of (1990) Time (1999) See War of the Gargan- (2001) Time (1999) tuas (1966) A Foo Aau Chin 2 Ai Yu Cheng An Zhan 2 See A Fighter’s Blues See Running out of Adventure of Shaolin See A War Named See Running out of (2000) Time 2 (2001) See Five Elements of Desire (2000) Time 2 (2001) Kung Fu (1978) A Gai Waak Ang Kwong Ang Aau Dut Air Battle of the Big See Project A (1983) Kwong Ying Ji Dut See The Longest Nite The Adventures of Cha- Monsters: Gamera vs. -
Kung-Fu Cowboy to Bronx B-Boys: Heroes and the Birth of Hip Hop
Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2005 Kung-Fu Cowboys to Bronx B-Boys: Heroes and the Birth of Hip Hop Culture Cutler Edwards Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES KUNG-FU COWBOYS TO BRONX B-BOYS: HEROES AND THE BIRTH OF HIP HOP CULTURE By CUTLER EDWARDS A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2005 Copyright © 2005 Cutler Edwards All Rights Reserved The members of the Committee approve the Thesis of Cutler Edwards, defended on October 19, 2005. ______________________ Neil Jumonville Professor Directing Thesis ______________________ Maxine Jones Committee Member ______________________ Matt D. Childs Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii I give this to many people: to my parents, who alternately encouraged, cajoled, and coerced me at the appropriate times in my life—good timing, folks. To my brothers by birth, who are stuck with me, and my brothers and sisters by choice, who stick with me anyway—you are true patriots. Thanks for the late nights, open minds, arguments, ridicule, jests, jibes, and tunes—the turntables might wobble, but they don’t fall down. I could not hope for a better crew. R.I.P. to O.D.B., Jam Master Jay, Scott LaRock, Buffy, Cowboy, Bruce Lee, and the rest of my fallen heroes.