The amalgamation of eastern and western philosophies within Idokan Karate

Wojciech Jan Cynarski; John Arthur Johnson

doi:10.18002/rama.v18i2.6201

Autores/as

Wojciech Jan Cynarski University of Rzeszów https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-5456
John Arthur Johnson National Coalition of Independent Scholars http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-9612

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v18i2.6201

Palabras clave:

Artes marciales, deportes de combate, filosofía, ética, religión, taoísmo, cristianismo

Agencias Financiadoras:

The authors received no funding for this work

Resumen

Cada escuela del arte marcial japonés del karate posee valores y normas especiales, únicas para su práctica. Así, la filosofía del Karate Idokan es similar a la de otras escuelas, a la vez que distinta, en la miríada de prácticas marciales. El Karate Idokan posee una filosofía práctica (es decir, aplicable a la vida cotidiana) influenciada por los sistemas de creencias orientales y occidentales, que sus practicantes internalizan y utilizan en el ámbito civil como formas actuales del camino del guerrero. Este estudio de caso único examina la ética, los valores y las reglas principales del Idokan y, asimismo, detalla su contenido específico y simbólico. A través del método de investigación fenomenológico hermenéutico, presenta un análisis de contenido de la literatura sobre el Idokan, dentro del discurso más amplio de los estudios sobre las artes marciales, realizando un amplio análisis discursivo de estos temas, tanto en estudios científicos como en publicaciones divulgativas. Al hacerlo, las implicaciones prácticas de este estudio son que este no solo ofrece una mirada a la singularidad de la filosofía del Karate Idokan, sino también a la enorme y maravillosa diversidad de las artes marciales. La filosofía del Karate Idokan se deriva claramente de la comprensión que tienen sus fundadores sobre las artes marciales chinas y japonesas, el taoísmo y el cristianismo, y dicta a los practicantes una moralidad única. Tal teleología proviene de valores, reglas y objetivos especiales, que se incrustan en las enseñanzas del Idokan. En la ética normativa, el Decálogo y la nobleza de espíritu (el Homo Creator Nobilis) son lo más importante. El Tao en el Idokan se entiende como la Palabra de Dios, el principio del amor y el camino del cielo (cristiano).

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Wojciech Jan Cynarski, University of Rzeszów

Wojciech J. Cynarski, PhD (Poland), is a full professor at the University of Rzeszów in Rzeszów, Poland. He is the Founder and President of Idokan Poland Association (IPA) and International Martial Arts and Combat Sports Scientific Society (IMACSSS), and the editor of the Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology since 2000, which is indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Since 2005, Professor Cynarski has been the Chair of Socio-Cultural Foundation for Physical Education and Sport at University of Rzeszow. He is the current president of IMACSSS and of the IPA. He has published over 800 scientific works, including 20 books (monographs and manuals). His major scientific interests concern sociology of culture, tourism, and sport; philosophy; pedagogy; and martial arts. He is a high-ranking karate black belt and an honorary black belt in Taekwondo. Email: ela_cyn@wp.pl

John Arthur Johnson, National Coalition of Independent Scholars

John A. Johnson, PhD (USA), was an assistant professor at the Department of Taekwondo in Keimyung University (Daegu, Korea). He was the executive director of the International Association for Taekwondo Research (IATR) and is currently the vice president of the International Academic Center for Taekwondo (iACT). He is also the editor of iACT Publishing, an academic textbook publishing company. His research lies at the intersections of Taekwon-Do international relations, peace studies, sports pedagogy, and martial arts philosophy. Over the years he has taught ITF Taekwon-Do and Hapkido classes and/or workshops in Thailand, South Korea, Poland, and the USA. He lived in South Korea from 1999-2021 where he earned his PhD. He has spent nearly four decades studying martial arts and has earned high-ranking black belts from the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) and the Korea Hapkido Federation. Email: beowulf600@gmail.com

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