v. 1. Regions and individual arts. Africa ; Americas ; Central and Southwest Asia ; East Asia ; Europe ; Oceania ; South Asia ; Southeast Asia -- v. 2. Themes: social uses of the martial arts. Belief systems ; Commodification of leisure ; Expressive culture ; Globalization of martial arts ; Martial media ; Military, paramilitary, and law enforcement methods ; Performing arts ; Political uses of the martial arts ; Secret societies and fraternal organizations.

v. 1. Regions and Individual Arts -- Africa -- Canary Islands Stick Fighting and Wrestling -- Dambe -- Gidigbo -- Moraingy -- Zulu Stick Fighting -- Americas -- 52 Hand Blocks/Jailhouse Rock -- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu -- Capoeira -- Caribbean Martial Arts -- Kenpo Karate -- Central and Southwest Asia -- Central Asian Archery -- Iranian Martial Arts -- Mongolian Martial Arts -- Ottoman Martial Arts -- Ottoman Oiled Wrestling -- East Asia -- China: Boxing Styles -- China: Martial Arts -- China: Martial Arts in Hong Kong -- China: Martial Arts in Taiwan -- China: Martial Theories -- China: Martial Women -- China: Shaolin Temple Legends -- China: Weapons -- China: Wrestling -- Japan: Jujutsu-Based Systems -- Judo -- Aikido -- Japan: Kendo, Iaido, and Jodo -- Kendo -- Iaido -- Jo -- Japan: Kyudo -- Japan: Naginata -- Japan: Ninpo -- Japan: Shorinji Kempo -- Japan: Sumo -- Korea: Hapkido -- Korea: Kumdo -- Korea: Ssireum -- Korea: Taekkyon -- Korea: Taekwondo -- Okinawa: Karate -- Europe -- Amazons and Gladiatrices -- Canne de Combat -- Celtic Martial Arts -- English Pugilism -- Fighting Arts of the Hellenic, Hellenistic, and Roman Eras -- Fighting Arts of the Early Middle Ages -- Fighting Arts of the Later Middle Ages -- Fighting Arts of the Renaissance -- Savate, Chausson, and French Boxing -- Oceania -- Australia -- Melanesia -- Micronesia -- Polynesia: Tahiti, Hawai'i, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) -- South Asia -- South Asian Martial Arts -- Indian Wrestling -- Thang-Ta -- Southeast Asia -- Arnis -- Kuntao -- Muay Thai -- Silat.

v. 2. Belief Systems -- Belief Systems: Africa -- Belief Systems: China -- Belief Systems: European Chivalry -- Belief Systems: European Occult Sciences -- Belief Systems: India -- Belief Systems: Iran -- Belief Systems: Japanese Budo, Bujutsu, and Bugei -- Belief Systems: Japanese Martial Arts and Religion Before 1868 -- Belief Systems: Japanese Martial Arts and Religion Since 1868 -- Belief Systems: Silat -- Commodification of Leisure -- Chinese Martial Arts and Money -- Martial Arts Tourism -- Expressive Culture -- Folklore -- Invented Traditions -- Globalization of Martial Arts -- Asian Martial Arts in the United States and Canada -- Bartitsu -- Capoeira in Europe -- Finnish-Canadian Wrestlers -- International Boxing -- International Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling -- International Karate -- Jeet Kune Do -- Mixed Martial Arts -- Professional Wrestling -- Reality-Based Defense -- Sambo -- Women's Boxing, 1972-Present -- Women's Freestyle Wrestling -- Martial Media -- Film and the Martial Arts -- Gunfighters -- Television and the Martial Arts -- The Internet and the Martial Arts -- Written Texts: Japan -- Military, Paramilitary, and Law Enforcement Methods -- American Judo, 1942-1945 -- Bayonet Training in the United States -- Judo in Japan, 1931-1950 -- Jukendo -- Kapap and Krav Maga -- Military Unarmed Fighting Systems in the United States -- Police Defensive Tactics Training in the United States -- Social and Cultural Evolution of Kendo -- Performing Arts -- Action Design for Professional Wrestling -- Stage Combat in the Elizabethan Tradition -- Taiwanese Street Performances -- Political Uses of the Martial Arts -- Afrikan Martial Arts -- Jujutsuffragettes -- Political Conflict and Aikido, 1931-1942 -- Women in Combat: The U.S. Military, 2001-Present -- Secret Societies and Fraternal Organizations -- Plains Indian Warrior Societies -- Social Aspects of Kata and Waza.