Author : Li Hsing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Hand-to-hand fighting
ISBN : 0873642848
China's Ninja Connection
Li Hsing
China S Ninja Connection
China S Ninja Connection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of China S Ninja Connection book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
In Search of the Ninja
Antony Cummins
Author : Antony Cummins
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483559
In Search of the Ninja by Antony Cummins Pdf
Lost in modern myth, false history and general misinterpretation, the Ninja have been misrepresented for many years. More recently, a desire for a more historical view of the ninja has become a popular theme in the history/martial arts community and Antony Cummins is the primary driving force behind that movement. In Search of the Ninja is based upon the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team's translations of the major ninja manuals and consists of genuinely new material. Little historical research has been done on the Ninja of Japan. Here for the first time the connection of the famous Hattori family warriors with the Ninja is explained. The Samurai versus Ninja myth is dispelled. The realities of Ninja skills are analysed. How did a Ninja work underwater when mining castle walls? How can a bird be used to set fire to the enemy's camp? The book explores newly discovered connections to ancient Chinese manuals, lost skills and the 'hidden' Zen philosophy that the Ninja followed. In Search of the Ninja is the first and only historical look at the shinobi of ancient Japan.
Beyond The Chinese Connection
Crystal S. Anderson
Author : Crystal S. Anderson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781628467499
Beyond The Chinese Connection by Crystal S. Anderson Pdf
In Beyond “The Chinese Connection,” Crystal S. Anderson explores the cultural and political exchanges between African Americans, Asian Americans, and Asians over the last four decades. To do so, Anderson examines such cultural productions as novels (Frank Chin’s Gunga Din Highway [1999], Ishmael Reed’s Japanese By Spring [1992], and Paul Beatty’s The White Boy Shuffle [1996]); films (Rush Hour 2 [2001], Unleashed [2005], and The Matrix trilogy [1999-2003],) and Japanese animation (Samurai Champloo [2004]), all of which feature cross-cultural conversations. In exploring the ways in which writers and artists use this transferal, Anderson traces and tests the limits of how Afro-Asian cultural production interrogates conceptions of race, ethnic identity, politics, and transnational exchange. Ultimately, this book reads contemporary black/Asian cultural fusions through the recurrent themes established by the films of Bruce Lee, which were among the first—and certainly most popular—works to use this exchange explicitly. As a result of such films as Enter the Dragon (1973), The Chinese Connection (1972), and The Big Boss (1971), Lee emerges as both a cross-cultural hero and global cultural icon who resonates with the experiences of African American, Asian American and Asian youth in the 1970s. Lee’s films and iconic imagery prefigure themes that reflect cross-cultural negotiations with global culture in post-1990 Afro-Asian cultural production.
Mortal Kombat
David Church
Author : David Church
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472902620
Mortal Kombat by David Church Pdf
Upon its premiere in 1992, Midway’s Mortal Kombat spawned an enormously influential series of fighting games, notorious for their violent “fatality” moves performed by photorealistic characters. Targeted by lawmakers and moral reformers, the series directly inspired the creation of an industrywide rating system for video games and became a referendum on the wide popularity of 16-bit home consoles. Along the way, it became one of the world’s most iconic fighting games, and formed a transmedia franchise that continues to this day. This book traces Mortal Kombat’s history as an American product inspired by both Japanese video games and Chinese martial-arts cinema, its successes and struggles in adapting to new market trends, and the ongoing influence of its secret-strewn narrative world. After outlining the specific elements of gameplay that differentiated Mortal Kombat from its competitors in the coin-op market, David Church examines the various martial-arts films that inspired its Orientalist imagery, helping explain its stereotypical uses of race and gender. He also posits the games as a cultural landmark from a moment when public policy attempted to intervene in both the remediation of cinematic aesthetics within interactive digital games and in the transition of public gaming spaces into the domestic sphere. Finally, the book explores how the franchise attempted to conquer other forms of media in the 1990s, lost ground to a new generation of 3D games in the 2000s, and has successfully rebooted itself in the 2010s to reclaim its legacy.
The Book of Ninja
Antony Cummins
Author : Antony Cummins
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780286310
The Book of Ninja by Antony Cummins Pdf
The first complete translation of the ultimate Ninja manual—a comprehensive guide to the arts of the ninja, including espionage, warfare, assassination, and more In 1676, a ninja named Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga—regarded to be the homeland of the ninja—and compiled it into an authoritative book. Known as The Bansenhukai, Fujibayashi's book has now been translated into English by the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team and is widely considered to be the ‘bible’ of ninjutsu, the arts of the ninja. The Book of Ninja begins with an in-depth introduction to the history of Fujibayashi's scripture. The teachings themselves, appealingly rendered in this translation, then take us into the secrets of guerrilla warfare and espionage. We learn how to become the ultimate spy, whether through a network of spies or by hiding in plain sight. Through the stealth and concealment tactics of night-time infiltration, through weapon and tool building skills, and through mission planning, we can learn much both about warfare and about adopting the right mindset for tackling our own inner and outer enemies. Adding to the mix for the spycraft lover, there are sections on capturing criminals, performing night raids, making secret codes and signs, and even techniques for predicting the weather, and using an esoteric Buddhist system of divination. An exciting and engaging tome of lost knowledge, The Book of Ninja is the final say in the world of the ninja and the ultimate classic for samurai and ninja enthusiasts alike.
Small Press Record of Books in Print
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Small press books
ISBN : UCAL:B4204321
Small Press Record of Books in Print by Anonim Pdf
New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies
Rick Baker,Kenneth Miller
Author : Rick Baker,Kenneth Miller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648210174
New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies by Rick Baker,Kenneth Miller Pdf
Extensively revised and expanded, The New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies includes over 670 film reviews, a poster gallery, and a look at the key studios that made Hong Kong cinema so amazing, along with insights into the Hong Kong movie industry written by global superstar Jackie Chan and Hong Kong film stars Cynthia Rothrock, and Vincent Lyn. Rick Baker and Ken Miller have curated a huge selection of reviews of kung fu and swordplay films, gangster flicks, crime dramas, action, horror, fantasy, erotic, and assorted Category III films, sharing their love for these distinctive, kinetic, and sometimes utterly bizarre Hong Kong genre productions with an infectious enthusiasm.
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
Author : Wu Cheng'en
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789812298898
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en Pdf
The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
American Book Publishing Record
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1394 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015058392609
American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf
Mew Hing's 18 Daoist Palms System: Chi Enhancement Meditations
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781602430037
Mew Hing's 18 Daoist Palms System: Chi Enhancement Meditations by Anonim Pdf
The Cumulative Book Index
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3246 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373609
The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf
A world list of books in the English language.
Ninja Tools and Weapons
Michel Farivar
Author : Michel Farivar
Publisher : White Cat Publications
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Ninja Tools and Weapons by Michel Farivar Pdf
Warriors of myth and legend, ninja are a fascinating, mysterious presence in our world. Through generations of disinformation and, more recently, their place in popular culture, the origins, tools, and methodology of the ninja have been shrouded in secrecy to alternately terrify or entertain the populace. The weapons of Ninjutsu are unusual and unorthodox. Though they have been popularized by the public's expanding interest in the Ninja arts, they remain poorly understood. Glamorization of this method of defense has led to a publicly perceived disassociation from its origins as a "peasant art." Ninja Tools and Weapons provides a reframing of the skills of Ninjutsu closer to the discipline's lower-class roots. Dr. Michel Farivar clarifies the origins of the weapons as well as supplies indepth insight into the mindset that developed them. As Ninjutsu moves into the modern age, this clarification remains relevant to those interested in the history of the ninja as well as the anatomy and evolution of conflict.
Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture
Tim Trausch
Author : Tim Trausch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786609038
Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture by Tim Trausch Pdf
Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is considered one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, the essays in this collection are looking across and beyond these alleged borders. From 1920s wuxia cinema to the computer game cultures of the information age, they trace the continuities and transformations of martial arts and media culture across time, space, and multiple media platforms.
Gung-ho
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Mercenary troops
ISBN : STANFORD:36105071551308
Gung-ho by Anonim Pdf
Ninja
John Man
Author : John Man
Publisher : Random House
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446487662
Ninja by John Man Pdf
The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, under-cover skills and determination to survive, they were the opposite of the overt, self destructive samurai. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? Of course not.It was just that their skills gave them a magical aura. As a result, martial artists and story-tellers have turned them into fantasy creatures, from James Bond to Mutant Turtles. In Ninja John Man goes in search of the truth. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, he takes us from their origins over 1,000 years ago, through their heyday in the civil wars that ended with Japan’s unification in 1600. But that was not the end of the ninja ethos. That re-emerged in World War Two as a little-known counterpart to Japanese militarism. Ninja ways live on in the real ‘last of the ninjas’, Hiroo Onoda, who held out in the Philippine jungle for 30 years.
