Martial Arts

P. Foss

These pages document interests and initiatives in the area of Martial Arts. [IN PROGRESS....; version: 8 January 2007]

• The Ethics of Combat. A comparative study of the ancient Mediterranean and Japanese worlds towards the development of a new undergraduate seminar at DePauw University. Supported by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics.
  • DePauw University Faculty Fellowship application (granted, for 2007-2010): pdf file
• Tracking Musashi's world. A GPS itinerary of the sites, monuments, houses, temples and museums of Miyamoto Musashi, the Yagyu clan, et al. Courtesy of a grant from the Japan Study Center at Earlham College.

Dojos where I have trained:

• All-American Karate Academy (Greencastle, IN) 2005-present. Kyoshi Stephen A. St. Pierre
• The Jitsu Foundation (Keighley, U.K.) 2006-07. Sensei Antony Detoeuf
• Bismillah Karate Centre (Keighley, U.K.) 2006-07. Sensei Mohammed Ilyas

Useful and instructive webpages:

• Ethics, Conflict and Peace: Philosophy and Ethics
  • Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University
  • The Killology Research Group
• Ancient Japan
  • History
    • History of Japan: Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
    • Samurai Archives
  • Musashi and his world
    • Musashi USA
    • Hyoho Niten Ichiryu, Musashi's style
    • Yagyushinkage-ryu Heihou, Yagyu clan style
  • Literature
    • The Tale of the Heike, Summaries and Notes
  • Religon
  • Fighting Arts: Karate
  • Fighting Arts: Ju Jitsu
  • Fighting Arts: Kendo and Iaido
  • Reading
    • Koryu Books: Classical Japanese Martial Traditions
• Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Greek History
  • Greek Literature
  • Panhellenic competitions
    • Historical Pankration Project
  • Roman History
  • Roman Literature
  • Arena Combat
  • Roman War

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