Choreographed combat

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Chapters: Mock combat, Theatrical combat, Martial arts film, Professional wrestling, Capoeira, Randori, Weapon dance, Stunt, Hong Kong action cinema, Stage combat, The Attitude Era, Combat in film, Gun fu, Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Tinku, Girls with guns, Bullet time, Swashbuckler film, Scarlet Blade Theatre, The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie, Sword dance, Seattle Knights, Combat reenactment, Heroic bloodshed, Aliveness, British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Sparring, El Juego de Maní, Codex Belli, Endemic warfare, Extreme martial arts, Scottish sword dances, ZeroGravity, Pillow fight, David L. Chandler, B.H. Barry, Paddy Crean, Display, Wire fu, Kailao, William Hobbs, War dance, Nick Gillard. Excerpt: Professional wrestling (or pro wrestling) is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance. It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport. The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws, and acrobatic maneuvers; much of these derive from the influence of various international martial arts. An additional aspect of combat with improvised weaponry is sometimes included to varying degrees. The matches have predetermined outcomes in order to provide entertainment value, and all combative maneuvers are worked in order to lessen the chance of actual injury. These facts were once kept highly secretive but are now a widely accepted open secret. By and large, the true nature of the performance is not discussed by the performing company in order to sustain and promote the willing suspension of disbelief for the audience by maintaining an aura of verisimilitude. Originating as a sideshow exhibition in North American traveling carnivals and vaudeville halls, professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many diverse variations in cultures around the globe, and is now considered a multi-million dollar entertainment industry. In North America, it has experienced several different periods of prominence in cultural popularity during its century and a half of existence. The advent of television gave professional wrestling a new outlet, and wrestling (along with boxing) was instrumental in making pay-per-view a viable method of content delivery. A wrestler (Christopher Daniels) leaps off the top ropeProfessional wrestling has become especially prominent in Japan and in Central and North America. In Brazil, there was a very popular wrestling television program from the 1960s to the early 1980s called Telecatch. High-profile figures in the sport have become celebrities