Martial arts simulate combat and stem from warfare. Here we delve deeper into the martial roots of martial arts.
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Interview with Professor Andreas Kinneging: To Fight Successfully is the Father of Everything
The Ancient Greek philosophers not only wrote about martial arts: they practiced them as well. What motivated them, and how did it fit into their worldview? Andreas Kinneging, Professor of Philosophy of Law at Leiden University helps us answer these questions.
Pugilist Profiles, Part I: Diagoras of Rhodes
Boxing fans all have their favoured fighters. We follow them and cheer them on. Often they become stars transcending the sport itself. Contemporaries may think of the likes of Muhammad Ali and Tyson Fury. But even the Ancients had their pugilist heroes. This is the story of Diagoras of Rhodes.