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Toshinobu Sakai (University of Tsukuba)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Bud\u014d<\/em> is a traditional form of physical culture that developed in Japan. It is now practised enthusiastically by men and women of all ages throughout the world.<\/p>\n The reasons why people start and continue studying bud\u014d<\/em> vary. Some participate for the enjoyment of competition, others as a form of self-defence, and some because of an interest in Japanese culture. There are many enthusiasts who take up bud\u014d as a means to understand Japanese culture. When Japanese people venture overseas and visit venues where bud\u014d<\/em> is being practised, they are constantly surprised at the keen interest shown by non-Japanese practitioners in the culture of bud\u014d<\/em>.<\/p>\n Throughout many centuries, bud\u014d<\/em> has blended with various cultural influences such as faith, religion and the arts, and evolved into a profound form of physical culture that is characteristic of Japan. Because of this, bud\u014d<\/em> is becoming a field of scholastic endeavour in \u201cJapanology\u201d, or Japan studies. Nevertheless, information pertaining to the cultural characteristics of bud\u014d<\/em> has not been properly conveyed to the rest of the world. We often receive requests to translate some of this material, even if it is only into English, and provide accurate information to bud\u014d<\/em> enthusiasts outside Japan.<\/p>\n In response to requests for information from outside Japan, this website was launched in February 2012 to try and convey accurate, quality information related to bud\u014d in both Japanese and English. It is a ground-breaking trial based on the accumulated knowledge of researchers in the field.<\/p>\n Now, at the time of the renewal of this website in March 2017, we are trying to further expand our activities and develop the \u201cThree Pillars\u201d that constitute the \u201cBudo World Project\u201d as outlined below.<\/p>\n In Bud\u014d<\/em>, the term \u2018keiko<\/em>\u2019 is used to denote training. This word first appeared in the preface of an ancient text the Kojiki<\/em> with another term \u2018sh\u014dkon<\/em>\u2019. Together, \u2018keiko\u2013sh\u014dkon<\/em>\u2019 means \u201cto shed light on the present by considering the past.\u201d By following the three pillars of this project, I hope that we can converse and think together with the people of the world about the significance and depth of bud\u014d<\/em> as a form of traditional Japanese culture developed by our predecessors, and find ways to enhance its relevance in our ever-globalising modern society.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bud\u014d is a traditional form of physical culture that developed in Japan. It is now practised enthusiastically b… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1999,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Three Pillars of the Budo World Project<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Budo World Staff<\/h4>\n
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\n Chief<\/strong><\/td>\n Toshinobu Sakai<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n (University of Tsukuba)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Junko Oishi<\/strong><\/td>\n (University of Tsukuba)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Tetsushi Abe<\/strong><\/td>\n (Hungarian Kendo Federation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Yoshitaka Karukome<\/strong><\/td>\n (Tenri University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Bal\u00e1zs Szab\u00f3<\/strong><\/td>\n (E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n