Limits of Understanding in the Study of Lost Martial Arts

The paper is organised around the notion of embodied technique. The recent attempts to formulate scientific methodologies for the reconstruction of medieval fighting techniques based on a study of premodern fight books raise questions about the epistemological status of these (re)constructed techniq...

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Main Author: Burkart Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:Acta Periodica Duellatorum
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/apd.2016.4.issue-2/apd-2016-0008/apd-2016-0008.xml?format=INT
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