Budovideos.com - Budo Perspectives Book Edited by Alex Bennett

Budō , the martial “Ways” of Japan are perhaps the most significant of all Japanese cultural exports. Literally millions of people practice Japanese budō around the world such as karate, judo, aikido, kendo, and so on. Despite the remarkable post-war international proliferation of budō, surprisingly little interaction has been conducted at an academic level between Japanese and non-Japanese experts in the field. Furthermore, there are few academic publications that consider the various budō from different historical, cultural, philosophical, and regional perspectives in Japanese, let alone English. This publication is the result of an international symposium: The Direction of Japanese Budō in the 21st Century: Past, Present, Future conducted at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in November, 2003. The objective of the symposium and this book is to stimulate further meaningful international cooperative research into the field of budō studies.

Contents:

-Introduction
-Editorial note
-Symposium participants

Budo Ideals
-20th century budo and mystic experience by Suzuki Sadami
-Research of Miyamoto Musashi's Gorin no Sho: From the perspective of Japanese intellectual history by Takashi Uozumi
-Zen and Japanese swordsmanship reconsidered by William H. Bodiford
-Ken-Zen-Sho: An analysis of swordsmanship, zen, and calligraphy and their relevance today by Terayama Tanchu

Budo Concepts
-Cultural friction in budo by Abe Tetsushi
-From jutsu to do: The birth of Kodokan Judo by Murata Naoki
-Budo as a concept: An analysis of budo's characteristics by Irie Kohei
-Confusion in the concept of budo in South Korean society by Na Young-il
-The culture of 'bu' by Sakudo Masao

Budo and Education
-What should be taught through budo? by Sogawa Tsuneo
-Central issues in the instruction of kendo: with focus on the inter-connectedness of waza and mind by Oya Minoru
-The promotion of budo for the disabled by Matsui Kantaro
-Budo in the physical education currriculum of Japanese schools by Motomura Kiyoto
-Budo and education by Duncan Robert Mark
-Off the warpath: Military science and budo in the evolution of ryuha bugei by Karl Friday

Internationalization of Budo
-The influence of the Japanese martial disciplines on the development of the US Marine Corps martial arts program by Richard Schmidt and George R. Bristol
-Thinking differently about the teaching of judo in Japan by David Matsumoto
-Folk martial arts and ritual: Continuity through economic change by Raymond Ambrosi
-Kendo or Kumdo: The internationalizaion of Kendo and the olympic problem by Alexander Bennett
-Tilting at windmills: Observations on the complexities in transmission ofthe koryu bujutsu in Japan and the US by Meik Skoss
-Budo's potential for peace: Breaking down barriers in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by Danny Hakim

Public Lectures
-The paradox of "Judo as an olympic sport" and "Judo as tradition" by Anton Geesink
-The role of judo in an age of internationalization by Yamashita Yasuhiro

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