Taekwondo

From a Martial Art to a Martial Sport

Udo Moenig (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-83983-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, political, and technical evolution of taekwondo. Many of the supposedly ‘traditional’ and ‘ancient’ Korean cultural elements attached to taekwondo are, in fact, remnants of East Asia’s modernization drive, and largely inherited from the Japanese martial arts. The current historical portrayal has created an obstacle to a clear understanding of the history of taekwondo, and presents problems and contradictions in philosophy and training methodology. Using rich empirical data, including interviews with leading figures in the field, this book brings together martial arts philosophy with an analysis of the technical aspects and the development of taekwondo, and provides a detailed comparison of karate and taekwondo techniques. It debunks nationalistic mythology surrounding taekwondo to provide a reinterpretation of taekwondo’s evolution.

Udo Moenig, Lecturer, Department of Taekwondo, Youngsan University, South Korea.

1. Early Korean martial arts and t’aekkyŏn 2. The relationship of taekwondo to karate 3. The significance of forms 4. The origins of full-contact sparring 5. The origins of taekwondo competition rules 6. The evolution of sparring technique 7. The philosophical roots of taekwondo 8. Forms versus sparring 9. Conclusion: the incomplete transformation of taekwondo from a ‘martial art’ to a ‘martial sport’

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.4.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Sports History
Zusatzinfo	17 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 34 Halftones, black and white; 37 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-83983-3 / 1138839833
ISBN-13	978-1-138-83983-0 / 9781138839830
Zustand	Neuware