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Surfing and the Korean Martial Art Tang Soo Do

Byuck Ki, Taek Kyun and others" (Tang Soo Do). When Korea won its independence from Japan in 1945, Korean martial arts "flourish...

Uses and Discipline of Tae Kwon Do

In two pages this essay examines the discipline of the Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do and considers its contemporary social uses. ...

Martial Arts' Overview

such practice that date as far back as 1066-256 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty (Short History of Chinese Martial Arts, 2005). Wit...

New York Korean Immigrant Families

In five pages Pyong Gap Min's Changes and Conflicts Korean Immigrant Families in New York is analyzed....

Overview of Karate

In five pages karate is considered in an overview of history, theory, and basic martial arts techniques. Four sources are cited i...

Martial Art of Capoeira

In a paper consisting of twenty three pages the culturally complex Capoeira martial art is examined in terms of its Afro-Brazilian...

Historical Origin and Development of Jiu jitsu

of danger(Jiu http://homepage.oanet). "Gradually over the centuries various masters of kumi-uchi emerged and they formed fightin...

'Smashing Kick Fist Way' of Taekwondo

In eight pages this report examines the taekwondo martial art as a sport and examines how at Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympic Games it...

Tang Dynasty Artists and the Silk Road's Cultural Influences

its open access was that of the Tang Dynasty from 618-907 A.D. In addition to the Silk Road land routes, many scholars also includ...

Influence and Influential Bruce Lee Film Enter the Dragon

the Bond films (Antulov, 2004). They all seem to come together on some lonely little island, in the middle of nowhere, where th...

Art of China

the nobility and at court, but also arts was appreciated in everyday life (China-Tang Dynasty). Art objects were found in the home...

Modern Gladiator Days

pankration matches were held in a confined arena space with a referee presiding or few rules beyond the prohibition of eye gouging...

Sports Markets and Demand Forecasting

for a number of reasons. For instance, when one takes a superficial look at any given culture, it seems as if there are certain "c...

Art Interpretation: Guernica by Picasso

abstracts pain and fear from history" (Berger 169). He also discusses what Picasso was doing, and not doing and in that respect th...

Martial Arts and Screen Legend Bruce Lee

in Hollywood features he decided to pack up his wife Linda and two young children and move to Hong Kong, where his ambitions would...

Kempo Style of Martial Arts

technique, its origins and finally, its application. Kempo was not originally called, Kempo, but rather Shorinji Toraken Ry...

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...

Ancient Korean Pottery

began making pottery, there was "an influx of immigration from China, Manchuria, and Siberia" (Korean traditional pottery, 2002). ...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

Korean Calligraphy History

In five pages this historical consideration of Korean calligraphy includes the Chinese influence and also discusses the works and ...

Ecuador and Texaco

including a primary pipeline that extends 280 miles across the Andes. To build the roads, forests were cleared and Indian lands bu...

Research on Ovarian Cancer

is an article that illustrates perhaps how little the medical community really knows about the condition. In trying to understan...

Post-Cold War Policies to Facilitate “One Europe”

be issued an invitation" (Krahmann, Terriff and Webber, 2001). Despite the opposition, the U.S. position won the day (Krahmann, Te...

Business Differences: Canada and Egypt

choice for a project management company. It is a middle income country that seeks to grow at a controlled and managed pace. It i...

International Business and the Implications of Religion and Ethics

Heres where we get onto more of a sticky situation. Ethics is something else that is societal, but it can change from society to s...

Then and Now: Children’s Pastimes in the 1980s and Today

the Internet with other on-line players. The single-player, individual experience has replaced the community. But todays children...

Toyota and Johnson & Johnson - Doing It Wrong, Doing it Right

way. Instead, they put consumers ahead of profits (Rehak, 2002). First, they stepped up and took responsibility, then they pulled...

Aspects of Modern and Postmodern Art

from representational meaning and locating the meaning of the art within the work itself (Fleming 364). On the other hand, abstrac...

Art History Questions

content, concept and style of art used during another chosen time in history. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was one of the...

Virtual Art Museum Tour: African Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

the author also, properly, offers the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art so that the visitor to this site can go directly t...