Constructing a Martial Tradition: Rethinking a Popular History of Karate-Dou  

Oleh:

Tan, Kevin S. Y.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Sport and Social Issues vol. 28 no. 2 (May 2004), page 169-192.
Topik: karate; Okinawa; martial arts; Japan; tradition; popular history.
Fulltext: 169.pdf (255.15KB)

Isi artikel

This article seeks to explore and to rethink popular narratives that commonly surround the martial art known as karate. Adopting a dynamic and less exclusive definition of terms such as culture or tradition, I intend to provide a more critical and historically grounded understanding of karate’s technical evolution and ideological foundations. In doing so, this will reveal that contemporary and popular perceptions of karate as a “martial tradition” aremore historically complex and politically contingent than what has often been widely accepted.

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