Japanese Security Culture in the Global Village. The Budo Charter as a Modernized Element of Ancient Military Tradition
Journal Title: Security Dimensions - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 20
Abstract
Authors have presented and discussed the content of the Budo Charter, positioning it in social phenomenon forming a system of security culture. This is modernized ethics canon and a kind of credo showing today’s social mission, which is implemented by the transmission of Japanese martial arts of budo. Triangulated problem analysis was carried out from three perspectives – humanist theory of martial arts, security sciences and anthropology of martial arts. It was concluded that the content contained in the Budo Charter are elements of security culture, which show continuous up-to-date ideals carried since ancient times by the honorable Samurai code bushido and its manual application, which is a collection of martial arts of budo from the Japanese Islands.<br/><br/>
Authors and Affiliations
Wojciech J. Cynarski, Juliusz Piwowarski
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