Abstract
The education, which respect traditional culture of Japan has been required in the globalized international community. In order to realize the education for the development and the inheritance of Japanese traditional culture, Budo has been compulsory in junior high schools, for experiencing an inherent Japanese culture since 2012. Budo has not only aspects of Japanese traditional culture, but also aspects of one of competitive sports. Therefore in the education of budo, it is required to make students realize the essence of the traditional and cultural characteristics of budo not only skills. Budo had been positioned as optional program in physical education program of junior-high school, and practice of it had been left to the discretion of each schools. In such situations, making budo compulsory at junior-high school has introduced confusions into education.
The aim of this study is to examine the outlook for the future of the budo education through considering various issues facing the teaching budo in junior-high schools based on the results of some surveys.
