Black Martial Arts
Black Martial Arts – Sample Papers
- Sample Nigerian Martial Arts (Dambe)
- Sample Nigerian Martial Arts (Farauta)
- Sample African Indian Ocean Martial Arts (Mrenge)
Black Martial Arts – Full Submissions
- “Scufflin” Juma Mshabazi
- C.P. A Black Martial Art of N.C. kmmtk_munk1@yahoo.com
- “Umlabalaba”
- “Malaso of Madagascar”
- Indian Martial Arts contact: edward@kalari-payat.org
- Silambam Reminiscences by Dr. J. David Manuel Raj (contact: david.manuelraj@redifmail.com)
- The Origins and Historical Development of Silambam Fencing by Dr. J. David Manuel Raj (contact: david.manuelraj@redifmail.com)
- Silambam DV Programme by M. Shahul Hameed (contact: simashan_sha@yahoo.com)
- Black Martial Arts: An Introduction by Dr. Edward L. Powe (contact: edpowe1@hotmail.com)
- Dambe Paper © Tom Green (contact: t-green@tamu.edu)
- Comba-tai Paper by Dr. Alonzo Jones. This rather lengthy selection deals with ” Comba- tai , a modern Black-American Martial Art form developed from a presumed Ethiopian Base. © Dr. Alonzo Jones. He can be contacted at karatem88@yahoo.com
- Reflections from the World African Martial Arts Conference © Kamau Rashid
- Martial Arts, Capoeira and Sankofa © 2014 Kamau Rashid
- Black Terror: Bill Richmond’s Revolutionary Boxing © 2009 T.J. Desch Obi
- GIDIGBO: Yoruba Martial Arts, Part 1 © 2018 Awo Falokun
- How to study African combat arts © 2020 Kamau Rashid
- African=Black Combat Arts Hidden in Plain Sight © 2018 Dr. Obadele Kambon
- Multi-dimensionality of Capoeira © 2020 by Kamau Rashid
- Le Boloye ou la danse des hommes panthères ( Korhogo )
- Thoughts on teaching & Practice of Capoeira © 2020 by Kamau Rashid
- A History Of Martial Arts In Africa
- Pan Afrakan Diasporic Ancestral Warrior Society Organizational History © 2020 by Mkuu Malenga Shakara
- The Science and Continuities of African/a Fighting Arts (Kamau Rashid Interview)
- Traditional Martial Art of Indonesia (18)
- Martial Arts of Timor Leste (2)
- Kandeka, the Ancestor of Modern Slap-Boxing
- Kamau’s Insights
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