Combat Sports: An Encyclopedia of Wrestling, Fighting, and Mixed Martial Arts

by David L. Hudson Jr.

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Fistic combat represents the greatest human drama in all of sport. Roman gladiators thrilled citizens and emperors alike when they entered the octagon to face an intense, life-threatening experience. Boxing, the sport of kings, also has its roots in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Banned in 500 A.D. by the Emperor Theodoric, it resurfaced twelve centuries later in England. John Milton praised it as a noble art for building character...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313343837

ISBN13:9780313343834

Release Date:May 2009

Publisher:Greenwood

Length:408 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"

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Social Science Social Sciences Sociology of Sports Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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