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Now with Kung Fu Grip! - How Bodybuilders, Soldiers and a Hairdresser Reinvented Martial Arts for America (Paperback)
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Now with Kung Fu Grip! - How Bodybuilders, Soldiers and a Hairdresser Reinvented Martial Arts for America (Paperback)
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List price R969
Loot Price R519
Discovery Miles 5 190
You Save R450 (46%)
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Why do so many Americans practice martial arts? How did kung fu get
its own movie genre? What makes mixed martial arts so popular? This
book answers these questions for the first time with historical
research. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States
enjoyed a time of prosperity but feared that men were becoming
soft. At the same time, the Japanese government sponsored research
to develop the best fighting techniques for its new empire. Before
World War II, American men boxed and Japanese men practiced judo
and karate. Postwar Americans began adopting Chinese, Brazilian,
Filipino and other fighting styles, in the process establishing a
masculine subculture based on physical and social power. The rise
of Asian martial arts in America is a fascinating untold story of
modern history, from the origin of karate uniforms to the first
martial arts themed birthday party. The cast of characters includes
circus strongmen, professional cage fighters, an award winning
comic book artist, the inventors of judo, aikido and Cornflakes,
and Count Juan Raphael Dante, a Chicago hairdresser and used car
salesman with the ""Deadliest Hands in the World."" Readers will
never look at taekwondo class the same way again.
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