African and Caribbean Martial Arts List

[blackdiamondcobra]

Ed Powe has done tremendous work on the african martial arts:

http://blacfoundation.org/black_martial.html

He has a series of self published books as well that go in depth into several of the arts.

 

[chien_fu]

Great website! There are lots of great publications there on African martial arts of all sorts. More stuff I've never heard of. Thanks a lot! I will try to contact some of the instructors listed there to see if I can get an interview.

 

[ATACX GYM]

Great website! There are lots of great publications there on African martial arts of all sorts. More stuff I've never heard of. Thanks a lot! I will try to contact some of the instructors listed there to see if I can get an interview.

It's soooooo good to find people like you

 

[ATACX GYM]

Ed Powe has done tremendous work on the african martial arts:

http://blacfoundation.org/black_martial.html

He has a series of self published books as well that go in depth into several of the arts.

I never heard of Mr.Powe til now and I'm glad that you are spreading the word.

 

[blackdiamondcobra]

if you are very serious and want to take a deep dive into the various topics i definitely recommend Ed Powe and also very highly recommend Thomas Desh Obi's Engolo: Combat traditions in African and African Diaspora History. Both men are Ph.D.'s. Desh-Obi's work was his doctoral thesis.

I have not read this but it is available from Desh-Obi.
http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Hono...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324744374&sr=1-1

Thomas Green has a chapter as well in his compilation Martial Arts of the World on Africa and Africa American, you can access it here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8772706/Thomas-a-Green-Martial-Arts-of-the-World