The Future Course of the Eastern Martial Arts

Autor:	Allan Back, Daeshik Kim
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Literature Martial arts business.industry Excellence media_common.quotation_subject Spiritual development Sociology CONTEST business Indigenous Education Visual arts media_common
Zdroj:	Quest. 36:7-14
ISSN:	1543-2750 0033-6297
Popis:	The Oriental martial arts being taught in the U.S. today, such as taekwondo, are characteristically different from those being taught in the East. The traditional modes of training still used in the East are being ignored by American practitioners. The idea of martial training to achieve artistic excellence is being replaced by the notion of winning a competitive contest. Elements indigenous to taekwondo and other martial arts, such as spiritual development (Zen teachings), awareness of cultural origins, and repetitive drilling are challenged as being impractical. In the United States, emphasis is placed on full contact training, with the focal point being the concept of “winning.” Are these current changes in taekwondo and other Eastern martial arts positively influenced and therefore ideally molded for American society? The following analysis will attempt to answer this question.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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