scholarly journals From the Calendar to the Flesh: Movement, Space, and Identity in a Mexican Body Culture

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Body ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Class Session ◽  
Body Culture ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Martial Art

There are numerous ways to theorise about elements of civilisations and societies known as ‘body’, ‘movement’, or ‘physical’ cultures. Inspired by the late Henning Eichberg’s notions of multiple and continually shifting body cultures, this article explores his constant comparative (trialectic) approach via the Mexican martial art, exercise, and human development philosophy—Xilam. Situating Xilam within its historical and political context and within a triad of Mesoamerican, native, and modern martial arts, combat sports, and other physical cultures, I map this complexity through Eichberg’s triadic model of achievement, fitness, and experience sports. I then focus my analysis on the aspects of movement in space as seen in my ethnographic fieldwork in one branch of the Xilam school. Using a bare studio as the setting and my body as principle instrument, I provide an impressionist portrait of what it is like to train in Xilam within a communal dance hall (space) and typical class session of two hours (time) and to form and express warrior identity from it. This article displays the techniques; gestures and bodily symbols that encapsulate the essence of the Xilam body culture, calling for a way to theorise from not just from and on the body but also across body cultures.

scholarly journals DOJO KYOKUSHIN KARATE KALIMANTAN SELATAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-117
Author(s):  
Adji Purnama Sandi ◽  
Gusti Novi Sarbini
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
The Body ◽  
Special Training ◽  
Full Contact ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
Linguistic Methods

Kyokushin karate in South Kalimantan is one of the martial arts that still applies a full contact fighting system. The kyokushin karate practitioners in South Kalimantan do not have their own practice sites, and are forced to rent a place to practice. The kyokushin karate dojo in South Kalimantan aims to create a special training ground for practitioners of kyokushin karate who have values from the kyokushin philosophy itself, so that they understand that the art of fighting is only a tool to perfect the body and soul, and can be a strong foundation for human development completely. The philosophy of Kyokushin as a concept will be combined with linguistic methods as the goal of solving problems in the design of this dojo.

scholarly journals El Dojang: escuela de disciplina y moralidad

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Ariel Millán
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sport Activities

Martial arts can be defined as history in motion. Few sport activities of international fame represent a complex symbolic and practical repertory of ethic morality and aesthetic sensuality so distinctive of a nation as the Korean martial disciplines do, especially taekwondo and gumdo. Similar to other combat sports the martial arts gym (<em>dojang</em>) is the place where values are produced and reproduced and where the appropriation of skills, cognition and recognition – degrees, certificates, and so on – that legitimates the social and bodily devotion of an individual to a martial art takes place. This article aims to transmit the emotions generated in a neophyte by the practice of a martial art and the social and kinaesthetic strains that result from this action in modern Korean society. It also explores some of the historical factors linked to its development and rapid expansion, in barely half a century.

scholarly journals Bioimpedance to assess the body composition of high-performance karate athletes: applications, advantages and perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Luciana Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
The Body ◽  
Composition Analysis ◽  
Bioimpedance Analysis ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Karate Athletes

Abstract Karate, a millennial martial art, was recently inserted among traditional Olympic combat sports for the Olympic Games in Japan. The aim of the present study is to determine, through bioimpedance analysis, the body composition of high-performance athletes participating in the São Paulo Olympic Karate Project. Participants were 22 athletes of both sexes, average age of 23.6 (6.0) years old, body mass of 66.6 (13.5) kg and fat percentage of 16.6 (5.5)%. Bioimpedance test indicated significant differences between sexes related to sexual dysmorphia, which had an impact on bioelectrical variables. Through comparative evaluation between male and female athletes, this study contributes to body composition analysis, indicating that, in the future, related bioimpedance tests should be used beyond their classical application, including phase angle, muscle function and other attributes.

scholarly journals ‘A Very Unstatic Sport’: An Ethnographic Study of British Savate Classes

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Southwood ◽  
Sara Delamont
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
English Speaking World

The empirical focus of this paper is a martial art, Savate, which has received little scholarly attention from social scientists in the English-speaking world. The disciplinary framework is based on symbolic interactionist approaches to bodies, embodiment and movement. The ethnographic methods employ the research agenda of John Urry as set out in his wider call for a mobile sociology. Here Urry’s research agenda is used as a strategy: a key goal for ethnographic researchers. The utility of Urry’s sociological work on mobilities for scholarship on combat sports is exemplified. Until now that approach has not been widely used in martial arts investigations or sports studies. The data are drawn from an ethnographic study conducted dialogically by an experienced Savate teacher and a sociologist who observes him teaching. Nine ways in which the ethnographic data on Savate classes are illuminated by the mobilities paradigm are explored so that previously unconsidered aspects of this martial art are better understood and the potential of Urry’s ideas for investigating other martial arts and sports is apparent.

scholarly journals From the Physical Body to Dynamic Embodiment: Towards an Anthropological Study of Martial Arts Body Movement

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1165-1185
Author(s):  
Marta Nešković
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Theoretical Orientation ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cartesian Dualism ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Anthropological Study

This paper seeks a theoretical approach to the body best suited to the anthropological study of body movement in the martial arts. It follows the development of the anthropological attitude to the body from its formative period up until the present day, and this is done from the position of the “embodiment” paradigm as a theoretical orientation which enables a deeper understanding of the connection between specific cultural environments in which martial arts evolve and the meaning of the movements themselves. The introductory section provides a brief summary of “unembodied” theoretical schools of thought, which laid the foundations for the “somatic revolution”. The paper then considers the authors who have made the most significant contribution to the anthropological study of embodiment, and looks at four theoretical perspectives on the body, namely, the physical, socio-cultural, embodied, and dynamic embodiment perspectives. The paper also considers the question of overcoming the ontological body-mind dichotomy, which is the legacy of Cartesian dualism. Particular attention has been given to the embodiment and dynamic embodiment perspectives, and to their potential for application in anthropological studies of martial physical practices, illustrated with concrete examples.

scholarly journals Renkoho: Manteniendo un cuerpo flexible para lograr la salud y la longevidad

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Katsumi Murakami
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spiritual Discipline ◽  
Martial Art

<p>For nearly sixty years Murakami Katsumi (b. 1927) has been a practitioner of Okinawa Karatedo and martial arts. He also studied Chinese martial arts under Sato Kinbei (b. 1926). Yet despite his advanced years, he still moves like a much younger man, a tribute to his diligence in pursuing martial arts as both a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline. This article is excerpted from his book <em>Karate no Kokoro to Waza</em> (<em>The Spirit and Techniques of Karate</em>) and details the exercises he has created to prepare the body for martial art training and extending one’s life through the practice of good health. All the exercises demonstrated in this article are performed by the original author.</p>

scholarly journals Psychomotricity and adversities in the teaching of early childhood education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e32491211303
Author(s):  
Weber da Silva Mota ◽  
Josilene Pereira Valente ◽  
Edith Gonçalves Costa ◽  
Pedro Roberto Sousa da Silva ◽  
Herson Oliveira da Rocha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Investigation Process

Psychomotricity is one of the foundations in child development, a science that unites the body in movement and mental activity, admits a translation that relates body movement and its intentionality, studies human development in all phases. In this sense, this article aims to understand psychomotricity and adversities in early childhood education, to recognize the relationship between body and mind, and the importance of psychomotor development since childhood. In order to promote and achieve a deeper study on psychomotricity in early childhood education, this research took place in a bibliographic way through studies by authors dealing with the theme. The authors who guided this research were Duprê (1862-1921), Wallon (1879-1962) and Le Boulch (1981), who report the contexts and challenges of psychomotricity for a better development in human life. The results of the present study brought deeper reflections regarding the knowledge of the psychomotricity investigation process and the adversities in early childhood education.

scholarly journals 3D Human Pose Estimation in Vietnamese Traditional Martial Art Videos

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 471
Author(s):  
Tuong Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Van-Hung Le ◽  
Duy-Long Duong ◽  
Thanh-Cong Pham ◽  
Dung Le
Keyword(s):  
Pose Estimation ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Pose Estimation ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Benchmark Datasets ◽  
Human Pose

Preserving, maintaining and teaching traditional martial arts are very important activities in social life. That helps preserve national culture, exercise and self-defense for practitioners. However, traditional martial arts have many different postures and activities of the body and body parts are diverse. The problem of estimating the actions of the human body still has many challenges, such as accuracy, obscurity, etc. In this paper, we survey several strong studies in the recent years for 3-D human pose estimation. Statistical tables have been compiled for years, typical results of these studies on the Human 3.6m dataset have been summarized. We also present a comparative study for 3-D human pose estimation based on the method that uses a single image. This study based on the methods that use the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for 2-D pose estimation, and then using 3-D pose library for mapping the 2-D results into the 3-D space. The CNNs model is trained on the benchmark datasets as MSCOCO Keypoints Challenge dataset [1], Human 3.6m [2], MPII dataset [3], LSP [4], [5], etc. We final publish the dataset of Vietnamese's traditional martial arts in Binh Dinh province for evaluating the 3-D human pose estimation. Quantitative results are presented and evaluated.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.  

scholarly journals Empathy in children practising judo compared to their non-practicing peers

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2s) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Piotr Kozdras
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Martial Art

<div><p>Many authors dealing with martial arts and combat sports indicate that this form of activity contributes to limiting aggressive behavior towards other people. Contemporary psychological and pedagogical knowledge explains that empathy is one of the factors that determines a friendly and aggression-free attitude of people towards others. This study we compared the level of empathy between children practicing judo for a minimum of two years and their peers who did not practiced any martial art. Results showed higher levels of empathy in the group of judo practitioners. Judo trainers also agreed that judo participation may improve children’s emotional development (emotional self-regulation and emotional self-awareness).</p></div>

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