순환론적 역사관에 따른 무도의 가치변화 과정과 의의

Abstract

Since martial arts consist of value system, they still remain inherited and accepted to this generation for training purpose, although our contemporary society has a sense of value to get over any violence and nature of power inherent in martial actions. These characteristics of martial arts imply that they may face a risk of discontinuation or unsustainable presence, if their aspects of value are undermined fundamentally. Thus, on a premise that martial arts have evolved to embrace contemporary sense of values and every history moves in a cycle (from a viewpoint of historical cycle), this study sought to make phased classification and examination of value transition of martial arts in history. As a result, this study could classify the value transition broadly into 3 phases: 1) Period when values of martial arts in community life began to form in a sense of survival, 2) Period when martial arts tried to extend their significance from conventional sense of value in it, not to pursue a new significance, in the primitive national system, and 3) Period when martial arts became diversified throughout all dimensions in the era of organized national system. Here, such historical transition of martial values is a result from dominating discourses about uselessness versus practical values of martial actions, and implies that the martial arts have evolved to sustain and last altogether through senses of value. Hence, it has been more necessary than before to fuel up discussions on values of martial arts, so that martial arts are and will be still considered a part of valuable activities in our contemporary society mixed up with various values as well as in near future. Therefore, this study proposes 3 major future-oriented challenges of martial arts: 1) Build up practice-orientedness of martial arts, 2) Build up skill-orientedness of martial arts, and 3) Build up value-orientedness of martial arts.