Moving the Past: Embodied Research on Discontinued Movement Cultures
Edited by Maciej Talaga
Paperback (Published)
(December 2025)
ISBN: 9781805831921
7.99 x 10.87 inches
Price: $42.00
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This volume examines discontinued movement cultures through experiential research. Drawing on case studies from ancient combat to Irish wrestling and medieval training, it explores how embodied practice can illuminate past skills, methods, and the limits of reconstructing lost traditions.
This volume examines discontinued movement cultures through experiential research. Drawing on case studies from ancient combat to Irish wrestling and medieval training, it explores how embodied practice can illuminate past skills, methods, and the limits of reconstructing lost traditions.
Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Introduction – Maciej Talaga
Chapter 1. Triangle of Diverging Incentives. Methods for Reconstruction of Personal Combat Techniques – Bartłomiej Walczak
Chapter 2. Leveraging Reenactment and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) for the Understanding of Ancient Combat – Paul M. Bardunias and Benjamin R. Truska
Chapter 3. Crooks, Hooks, Trips, and Taps. Reconstructing Irish Collar and Elbow Wrestling – Ruadhán MacFadden
Chapter 4. Gripping Affordances of Select Post-Medieval European Sidearms – Jerzy Miklaszewski
Chapter 5. Boots on the Ground: Late-Medieval Infantry Marches and Infrastructure – Charles Lin
Chapter 6. Going Medieval on the Body. An Autoethnographic Study on a Late-Medieval Fighter’s Physical Conditioning Regimen – Maciej Talaga and Krzysztof Kozak
Coda: Why Moving the Past? – Maciej Talaga
References
- Edited by Maciej Talaga
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