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Mixed Martial Arts - A History From Ancient Fighting Sports to the Ufc

English · Hardback

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This book is a fascinating history of mixed martial arts, from ancient fighting sports to the present day. It examines the growth and development of the different sports and features vignettes of famous moments in fighting history alongside stories of the fighters themselves.


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Acknowledgments
Introduction: For the Love of Fighting
Chapter 1: Ancient Fighting Sports
Chapter 2: Putting the "Martial" in Martial Arts
Chapter 3: Colonizing Martial Arts
Chapter 4: Fighting Around the World
Chapter 5: Globalization, Media, and MMA
Conclusion: The Future of Fighting Sports
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author


About the author

L.A. Jennings is the owner and head coach of Train.Fight.Win.MMA in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of She’s a Knockout! A History of Women in Fighting Sports and wrote for VICE on fighting sports history. She has been interviewed by NPR, The Economist, Cosmopolitan, and the HISTORY channel as an expert on the history and culture of MMA. She is an instructor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado Denver.

Product details

Authors L. A. Jennings, L.A. Jennings
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 26.03.2021
 
EAN 9781538141953
ISBN 978-1-5381-4195-3
No. of pages 260
Subjects Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence

Martial Arts, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, history of sport, Oriental martial arts, Combat sports & self-defence, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General

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