Combat Sports Texts

Battle Exhortation: The Rhetoric of Combat Leadership
By Keith Yellin
Published by Univ of South Carolina Press, 2008
ISBN 1570037353, 9781570037351
191 pages

Possible. It seems like a stretch, but there's an early chapter on Greeks in there. Additionally, perhaps leadership can be linked to teacher/pedagogy?



Aaron Freundschuh
‘New Sport’ in the Street: Self-Defence, Security and Space in Belle Epoque Paris
French History Advance Access published on December 1, 2006, DOI 10.1093/fh/crl026.
French History 20: 424-441.

Of possible interest discussion self-defense. More interested in this in terms of bibliographies and sources.



Chapman, Kris. "Ossu! Sporting masculinities in a Japanese karate dōjō" Japan Forum 16.2 (2004). 09 Jan. 2009

Possibly interesting material on sports and masculinities. Get to examine the bibliographies. See if there's a discussion of budo vs. bujutsu.




Crowther, Nigel. "Sports, nationalism and peace in ancient Greece" Peace Review 11.4 (1999). 09 Jan. 2009

More than 100 years ago, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, declared that the Olympic games should promote “international understanding, brotherhood and peace.” Was this a modern concept, a dream of Coubertin, or did it resurrect the ideals of the ancient Olympics?

On the one hand, the ancient Olympic games certainly promoted in Greece a sense of unity among the independent city states, for Greece was for much of its history not a united nation but rather a collection of individual cities. Every four years the games brought together as many as 40,000 spectators, athletes, politicians, merchants and cultural figures to a festival that celebrated not only sports but also religion—since it honored Zeus and other gods. It was also a kind of trade fair, as were some of the more modern Olympics, such as the one held in Paris in 1900. The ancient Olympic games were the biggest single gathering of any kind in the Greek world, and thus their importance to the Greeks can hardly be overemphasized.

That was the official abstract. Maybe I need this? A little bit of background? I'm not sure, but I did not want to lose track of this.



Militarism, Sport, Europe: War Without Weapons
By J. A. Mangan
Published by Routledge, 2003
ISBN 0714653608, 9780714653600
316 pages


Virtually everywhere, directly or indirectly, modern men are prepared for war through sport. It has been no different in the past. Throughout history a constant imperative has been a moral commitment to defend the society. Sport has played its part in the inculcation of this commitment. However, sport has also been considered both a substitute for war and an antidote to war. This collection explores the relationship between sport and war and brings together established authors, including Peter J Beck, Hans Bonde, Vassil Girginov, J A Mangan, John McClelland and Gertrud Pfister, and emerging authors such as Steve Bailey, Penelope Kissoudi, Orestis Kustrin, Callum McKenzie, Alethea Melling, Antonio Misseroli, Hamad Ndee and Roberta Vescori.

This looks quite exciting with a lot of potential, but it is super expensive. Review the chapter selection more closely.