Titel Education and Self-Cultivation in Early Kōdōkan judo
Autor*innen Andreas Niehaus
Tagungsbeitrag in Journal of Martial Arts Research, 2024, Volume 7, Article 51
Schlagworte Kanō, Jigorō, Kōdōkan judo, education, ethics, self-cultivation
Doi https://doi.org/10.25847/jomar.conference.51
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Zitationsvorschlag
Niehaus, A. (2024). Education and self-cultivation in early Kōdōkan judo. Journal of Martial Arts Research, 7, Article 51. https://doi.org/10.25847/jomar.conference.51
Abstract
When Kōdōkan judo was founded by Kanō Jigorō in 1882 it intrinsically harbored strong educational goals that were based on neo-Confucian thought as well as ideas of Western philosophers and educators, including Dewey, Mill, Bentham, and Spencer. To gain a deeper understanding of the educational philosophy and his ideas on self-cultivation during the formative years, I will approach judo from the historical context and the perspective of contemporary educational philosophy. Based on an analysis of contemporaneous primary texts I will pursue the question, what idea of ‘man’ judo is based and what the goal of self-cultivation in judo training is.