2018 年 40 巻 2 号 p. 119-130
The purpose of this study is to discuss on the bodywork technique in terms of the cultural dimension and educational values in Budo. It is also an attempt to re-evaluate the bodily culture cultivated through Budo training as a current issue. This attempt may indicate that understanding of tradition through bodywork technique in Budo has a certain educational significance and is a basic viewpoint in the field of human formation. Use of the body integrated into culture is called as bodywork technique and in Budo training there exists the culture cultivated over the years, as well as the philosophy in which we can feel and touch traditional ideas through bodywork technique. In addition, acknowledging the perspective of cultural differences within the training may guide to understand the current issues for education of the body, yet it is necessary for us to recognize the importance of the value again. The bodywork technique in Budo is stylized by Kata at its most basic, then Rei and manner is an important practice of bodywork technique in Budo. In considering Rei and manner as equipment to maintain culture, there can be seen the extent of their properties. That is to say, it is a rule or cultural mechanism. Budo is an educational concept invested with its purpose of human formation since established. The acquisition of Rei and manner through the bodywork technique in Budo encourages to understand the own traditional culture. It would be a vital issue in discussing the educational value of Budo in modern society.