Risk, Failure, Play: What Dance Reveals about Martial Arts Training

by Janet O'Shea

Risk, Failure, Play illuminates the many ways in which competitive martial arts differentiate themselves from violence. Presented from the perspective of a dancer and writer, this book takes readers through the politics of everyday life as experienced through training in a range of martial arts practices such as jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, Filipino martial arts, and empowerment self-defense. Author Janet O Shea shows how play gives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190871547
• ISBN13: 9780190871543
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"