This is an encyclopedia of Martial arts. It discusses the traditions of each Major Art followed by branches, forms, Styles and deviations of it. Also includes biographies of major martial artists from all arts and styles. Both face terms within an entry indicate that parents elsewhere in a book and also has further reading which indicates specific books and magazines contain a more elaborate information about a particular subject the names and arts and styles are capitalized only when they derive from a person's name and the spelling is due to foreign martial arts as well as the names of some foreign martial artists hyphens and punctuation like spelling punctuation defines consistent translation from east to west.

ISBN: 0961512636