한국무예 정체성 확립을 위한 기반구축

Abstract

What is the philosophy of Korean traditional martial arts? That is an important problem in the world of physical education. There had been discussions about that problem but there are different opinions as before. It requires consideration of three conceptions, 'the military skill'(巫術), 'the martial arts'(武藝) and 'the martial way'(武道). When we say the traditional martial arts in the point of physical education. I think that the conception of 'the martial way'(武道) is proper. And then I suggest that the philosophy of Korean traditional martial arts has to be investigated in the general category of oriental philosophy. We can say that the three categories of oriental philosophy are 'the theory of substance'(本體論), the theory of human nature(人性論) and the theory of mental culture(修養論). The traditional martial arts comes within the category of the theory of mental culture. I demonstrated that 'the way' is a final goal of oriental philosophy and 'the martial way'(武道) is also a philosophical goal of traditional martial arts. Nowadays there are many organizations of traditional martial arts. In modern Korean society, the military meaning of martial arts is weakened. The martial arts is not only the physical training but also cultivation of mind. And it should have philosophical aim to complete 'the way' of oriental value. The traditional martial arts appeared on modern society as an important factor of physical activities. In this paper I attempted the philosophical access of physical education on Korean traditional martial arts by demonstrating the conception and meaning of 'the martial way.