This is a fantastic piece covering Zen and Japanese archery (kyudo) for those vaugly familiar with the concepts. It also has a little history of kyudo for any one into martial arts. I'm not all the way through it yet, but I likes what I sees (so far). It appeared in the 2001 Japanese Journal of Religious Studies.
Martial Art Guide::
64 Martial Arts 1.13Zen What is Zen? Nothing yet Everything . . of such an "artless art" in Eugen Herrigel's little book Zen in the Art of Archery. 68 Martial Arts 1.14Myth & Diet Since dieting and weight loss are surrounded with
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I am sure most everyone has heard of, or even read, "Zen in the Art of Archery" by Eugen Herrigel. It was a book that came out in 1948 and joined the ranks of things inspiring interest in all things eastern. It was translated also into Japanese and rejoined the popular lexicon on must-reads for the Kyudo student. Heck, one of my old teachers even gave me the book as a parting gift when I moved dojo's in Japan.
Martial Arts of EA::
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLJun 15, 2006 Hurst, G. Cameron, Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery, (New [OPTIONAL: Takuan Sôhô, The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to What is a martial art? What is East Asian about martial arts? . Is it different from the types of myth-making we saw in earlier weeks,
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This article goes a ways towards looking at the historical links between kyudo and zen, Herrigel's personal experience, and hints at the changes ideas and concepts are subject to when interpreted for other audiences (and in this case what happens when the interpreted ideas are reintroduced back into their home environment).
Kyudo (Japanese Archery)::
Kyudo is a traditional Japanese martial art in which form takes precedence over accuracy. The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery (by Shoji Yamada)
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The myth offers hope to those caught up in a painful present; such myths die hard.32 . the martial-law curfew imposed during the Hunter's Point conflagration. .. Zen in the Art of Archery, with a foreword by D. T. Suzuki, trans.
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Like I said, I haven't made it all the way through, but I hope some one else will start reading too and we can have a little discussion, maybe also with people who have experience with mental approaches to other martial arts can chime in.
Enjoy - M
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