Fan Hong is Professor of Sport Studies at Shanghai University of Sport, China. Her main research interests are in the areas of sports history, gender and sport, Asian Sports Studies and Olympic Studies. Liu Li is Professor at the School of Physical Education, Anhui Normal University, China. Her main interests are in the areas of sports history and Asian sports culture.

• Introduction: Indigenous Sports in Asia: Tradition and Modernity 1. Conquering the World: The ‘Martial’ Power of Japan Goes Global 2. The Japanese and Korean Martial Arts: In Search of a Philosophical Framework Compatible to History 3. The Heritagization and Institutionalization of Taekkyeon: An Intangible Cultural Heritage 4. Comparative Research on the Modernization of Chinese and Japanese National Traditional Sports from a Culturology Perspective 5. Body · Experience · Imagination: The Collective Memory of Chinese Martial Arts 6. From Exclusion to Inclusion: Changes in Women’s Roles in Folk Sports and Indigenous Physical Culture in China 7. History and Singularity of Krav-Maga 8. Taekwondo and Peace: How a Killing Art Became a Soft Diplomacy Vehicle for Peace

Fan Hong is Professor of Sport Studies at Shanghai University of Sport, China. Her main research interests are in the areas of sports history, gender and sport, Asian Sports Studies and Olympic Studies. Liu Li is Professor at the School of Physical Education, Anhui Normal University, China. Her main interests are in the areas of sports history and Asian sports culture.

• Introduction: Indigenous Sports in Asia: Tradition and Modernity 1. Conquering the World: The ‘Martial’ Power of Japan Goes Global 2. The Japanese and Korean Martial Arts: In Search of a Philosophical Framework Compatible to History 3. The Heritagization and Institutionalization of Taekkyeon: An Intangible Cultural Heritage 4. Comparative Research on the Modernization of Chinese and Japanese National Traditional Sports from a Culturology Perspective 5. Body · Experience · Imagination: The Collective Memory of Chinese Martial Arts 6. From Exclusion to Inclusion: Changes in Women’s Roles in Folk Sports and Indigenous Physical Culture in China 7. History and Singularity of Krav-Maga 8. Taekwondo and Peace: How a Killing Art Became a Soft Diplomacy Vehicle for Peace

Fan Hong is Professor of Sport Studies at Shanghai University of Sport, China. Her main research interests are in the areas of sports history, gender and sport, Asian Sports Studies and Olympic Studies. Liu Li is Professor at the School of Physical Education, Anhui Normal University, China. Her main interests are in the areas of sports history and Asian sports culture.

• Introduction: Indigenous Sports in Asia: Tradition and Modernity 1. Conquering the World: The ‘Martial’ Power of Japan Goes Global 2. The Japanese and Korean Martial Arts: In Search of a Philosophical Framework Compatible to History 3. The Heritagization and Institutionalization of Taekkyeon: An Intangible Cultural Heritage 4. Comparative Research on the Modernization of Chinese and Japanese National Traditional Sports from a Culturology Perspective 5. Body · Experience · Imagination: The Collective Memory of Chinese Martial Arts 6. From Exclusion to Inclusion: Changes in Women’s Roles in Folk Sports and Indigenous Physical Culture in China 7. History and Singularity of Krav-Maga 8. Taekwondo and Peace: How a Killing Art Became a Soft Diplomacy Vehicle for Peace