International Journal of African Martial Arts & Combat Traditions
IJAMACT ISSN 2790-265X
JEET KUNE DO (JKD) is a vision of combat and life. It is born from the desire of wanting to break with pre-established principles and patterns to achieve the essential. The basic concept of this philosophy is that of interception: feel then, act as, there and when necessary…..
Chinese Kung-Fu movies found their ways on Africans screens since the 1970’s and left African audiences with deep impressions, giving rise to generations of “Kung-Fu dreamers”. Determined to make their dream become a reality, some of them set for a long journey of adventure and discovery across China.
ABSTRACT: This article put forward the urgent need of restructuring the actual patterns of China-Africa Education Cooperation so as to balance and sustain the fastest-growing economic cooperation between China and African Countries. In fact, “Business” but not “Education” remains the top driver of the overall China-Africa Cooperation, a pattern that put African countries at disadvantaged…
ABSTRACT: This article put forward the interest of African youth for Kungfu Movies, highlights the driver’s role and the cross-cultural communicative competences of Kungfu Movies in strengthening the cultural exchanges and boosting the China-Africa Movie Cooperation. The content of this paper relies on the author’s previous research and surveys conducted on 197 Cameroonian residents and…
ABSTRACT: The French anthropologist Marcel MAUS had defined the concept of “Body Techniques” as the ways in which from society-to-society people know how to use their bodies. It involves cultures and traditions developed by Man in relation with its social environment. Martial arts as an indispensable part of human culture, embody the way people understand…
ABSTRACT: China and Africa have become culturally closer as the relationship between both sides is growing in leaps and bounds. The martial arts culture can provide a new outlook to deepen the China-Africa cultural understanding as well as open a window to other cultures to better connect with Chinese and African people. In this regard,…
ABSTRACT: This article put forward the thorny problem of researching on African Humanities. It uses African martial arts as case study to demonstrates that some historical underpinnings must be fixed to make possible any authentic research and innovation from historical perspectives on African Humanities. More precisely: (1) The dilemma on the existence of an…
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