Encounters between Japanese Budo and Western Combative Sports: Cultural Confrontation and Exchange through Interdisciplinary Matches

organized by Goka Tomotsugu (International Budō University), Yabu Kōtarō (Ritsumeikan University), and Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University)

joined workshop by

武道・スポーツ科学研究所プロジェクト研究「武道の海外普及・展開に伴い実施された異種試合に関する研究」

The Budo and Sports Research Institute Research Project “The Study of Interdisciplinary Matches Conducted with the Spread of Budo Internationally”

and

Ghent University Centre for Research on Body Cultures in Motion (BOCULT)

Programme

Wednesday, March 5

10-13 Meeting at Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent (5th floor): Library Tour and Meeting with students.

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-17:00 Preparatory Research Meeting of research groups BOCULT and The Budo and Sports Research Institute Research Project (5th floor)

Thursday, March 6

Venue: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, room Avalon (3.31), Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent

9:30-10:15

星野映 (早稲田大学) Hoshino Utsuru (Waseda University)

Title: 芸人からレスラーへ：1910年代のフランスにおける相撲興行

(From Performer to Wrestler: Sumo Tournaments in France in the 1910s)

10:15-11:00

工藤龍太（上智大学）Kudō Ryūta (Sophia University)

Title: 合気道と異種格闘技試合 (How Did Aikidō Meet Different Types of Martial Arts and Combative Sports?)

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00

劉暢（国際武道大学） Liu Chang (Kokusai Budō Daigaku)

Title: 摔跤と柔道の邂逅：歴史に埋もれた中国武術と日本武術の交差点

(Shuai Jiao Meets Judo: A Forgotten Crossroads in the History of Chinese and Japanese Martial Arts)

12:00-12:45

中嶋哲也（茨城大学）Nakajima Tetsuya (Ibaraki University)

Title: 1920～40年代のブラジル日系移民における正しい柔道の諸相

(Aspects of “correct judo” among Brazilian Japanese immigrants in the 1920s-1940s)

12:45-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:15

ニーハウス・アンドレアス (ゲント大学) Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University)

Title: 体現された国家: 1921年の靖国神社におけるレスリングと講道館柔道の試合

(Embodied Nations: Catch-as Catch-Can Wrestling and Kōdōkan judo Fights at the Yasukuni Shrine in 1921)

14:15-14:30 Coffee Break

14:30-15:15

ジョン・タスカー (カーディフ大学) John Tasker (Cardiff University)

Title: Pride FC（1997–2007）日本文化とグローバルMMA (Pride FC (1997-2007): Japanese Aesthetics and Global Sports Entertainment)

15:15-16:00

藪耕太郎 (立命館大学) Yabu Kōtarō (Ritsumeikan)

Title: 伊藤徳五郎の秘蔵写真から読み解くMMA：1910-20年代の北中米における柔道vs西洋格闘技

(Reading MMA matches from Itō Tokugorō’s private photo collection: Jūdō vs. Western Martial Arts in North and Central America from the 1910s to 1920s)

16:00-16:45

五賀友継（国際武道大学）Goka Tomotsugu (International Budō University)

Title: なぜ弓道はオリンピック参加を目指したのか？：弓道とアーチェリーの異種試合

(Why did Japanese Traditional Archery “Kyūdō” aim for Olympic Participation?: Interdisciplinary Archery and Kyūdō Matches)

Friday, March 7

10:00-12:30

Joining workshop Studying Food in Japan. A Roundtable on New Research and Approaches. Room 2.24, Blandijnberg 2.

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14-17:00

Workshop with presentation and demonstration of traditional archery in Belgium (Koninklijke Handboog Gilde Willem Tell, venue: Merendree)