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   The text discusses command and control, tactics, and training. Chapter 14, the 'Quanjing Jieyao Pian' (Chapter on the Fist Canon and the Essentials of Nimbleness), endorses unarmed combat exercises as physical training for troops. No literary precedent for such a work has been discovered.

2. repository.arizona.edu › handle › 10150An English translation of General Qi Jiguang's "Quanjing ...

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   The text discusses command and control, tactics, and training. Chapter 14, the "Quanjing Jieyao Pian" (Chapter on the Fist Canon and the Essentials of Nimbleness), endorses unarmed combat exercises as physical training for troops. No literary precedent for such a work has been discovered.

   • Author: Clifford Michael Gyves

   • Publish Year: 1993

3. www.academia.edu › 98352117 › An_English_translation(PDF) An English translation of General Qi Jiguang's ...

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   Chapter of the Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree with a major in Psychology with specialization number 13.00.04 – Theory and methodology of physical education, sport training, restorative and adaptive physical culture (psychological sciences) entitled “Mind-body theory of the Eastern Asia in the modern system of sport's martial arts (historical ...

4. www.oed.com › dictionary › nimbleness_nnimbleness, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   The earliest known use of the noun nimbleness is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for nimbleness is from before 1500, in the writing of Andrew of Wyntoun, prior of St Serf's, Lochleven, and historian.

5. journals.aom.org › doi › 10"Organizational agility: What it is, what it is not, and why ...

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   Feb 23, 2018 · Organizational agility—defined loosely as a combination of flexibility, nimbleness, and speed—is increasingly regarded as a source of competitive advantage in today’s fiercely competitive and fast changing markets. We aim to tighten and explicate a conceptualization of organizational agility that clarifies what it is and what it is not. We theorize that agility is a bi-dimensional ...

   • Author: Jagdip Singh, Garima Sharma, James Hill, Andrew Schnackenberg

   • Publish Year: 2013

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › nimblenessNIMBLENESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Oct 14, 2018 · NIMBLENESS definition: 1. the quality of being quick and exact either in movement or thoughts: 2. the quality of being…. Learn more.

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8. www.oed.com › dictionary › nimble_adjnimble, adj., adv., & n. meanings, etymology and more ...

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