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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Now with Kung Fu Grip!: How Bodybuilders, Soldiers and a Hairdresser Reinvented Martial Arts for America

Now with Kung Fu Grip!: How Bodybuilders, Soldiers and a Hairdresser Reinvented Martial Arts for America

Miracle, Jared

Paperback

FictionGeneral SociologyMartial Arts

ISBN10: 1476663505
ISBN13: 9781476663500
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jul 1 2016
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.90 Depth: 5.90
Language: English

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.

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