July 12, 2011

Desire to Show Superiority in Karate

武道である空手には,究極的に言えば,目的や目標はない。しかし多くの人にとって,それでは空手を続ける動機が得られない。そこで,武道である空手においても,しばしば試合(乱取り試合,自由組手試合)が導入される。これは,自分の強さを知りたい,それを他者に証明したいという欲求に基づく目的になりうるからである。

Karate as budo, ultimately speaking, has no purpose and no goal. But, it does not enable most of karate students to be motivated to continue practicing karate. Then, karate as budo also introduce competitions (randori, free fighting) to itself, in many cases. It is because competitions can become goals based on a desire to know their own superiority, and show it to others.

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