These books trace the movements and series of movements in the forms of Taekwondo from their roots in the classical forms, developed hundreds of years ago, through the years and up to those we practice today. Grandmaster Nicholls studied the classics with the world's foremost instructors, and has been analyzing and comparing some one hundred forms for over fifty years. This is the lifetime work of a ninth dan black belt, inducted member of the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame and former National Champion and World Championships competitor. This is the ultimate guide to the history of the forms.
The Anthropocene is the human-dominated modern era that has accelerated social, environmental and climate change across the world in the last few decades. This open access book examines the challenges the Anthropocene presents to the sustainable management of deltas, both the many threats as well as the opportunities. In the world’s deltas the Anthropocene is manifest in major land use change, the damming of rivers, the engineering of coasts and the growth of some of the world’s largest megacities; deltas are home to one in twelve of all people in the world. The book explores bio-physical and social dynamics and makes clear adaptation choices and trade-offs that underpin policy and governance processes, including visionary delta management plans. It details new analysis to illustrate these challenges, based on three significant and contrasting deltas: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Mahanadi and Volta. This multi-disciplinary, policy-orientated volume is strongly aligned to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals as delta populations often experience extremes of poverty, gender and structural inequality, variable levels of health and well-being, while being vulnerable to extreme and systematic climate change.
