Chasing Dragons
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Martial Arts Film
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781850439820
Subjects: Films, cinema; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Mass Media - General; Performing Arts / Mass Media; Film & Video - General
First sentence: There have been systems of combat, both armed and empty-handed, in countless different cultures throughout history, from the Ancient Greek arts of wrestling and pankration, through to the development of boxing in England in the eighteenth century, to the Eastern martial arts like Shotokan karate and Wing Chun kung fu.