Japanese people to other oriented martial arts

[LNGUYEN]

I have seen many people of other countries included Asian, study Japanese Martial Arts. However, I haven't seen much or not at all Japanese People study others like Kungfu, Vovinam, Taekwondo or other oriented sword Art. Does it have to do with pride, popularation, or any reason. Give me some reason or prove me wrong.

[mingshi]

A few other oriental Martial Arts under http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Recreation/Sports/Martial_Arts/ are listed below:-

Kungfu/Wushu, Kenpo
Tai Chi Chuan
Taekwondo

-- These are just the more popular ones. People doing Martial Arts are just a minority comparing to those interested in horse-racing and soccer. Besides, things like this need to be transmitted by people moving around the world (immigration and/or war). Seems like History didn't allow that to happen. IMHO.

[LNGUYEN]

Yeah, but the point is not many Japanese practice others beside Japanese Martial Arts. I don't think there is no Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, or other orients living in Japan. However, other Western things are popular there, music, sports, fencing, etc. Is this about pride?

[Shiro]

Mingshi's right. I don't think there are a lot of chinese and/or korean people in Japan.

[lucian]

Its kind of a hard question to ask with everyone being different,



My nephew does 少林寺拳法 (Shorin ji kenpo, in English Shaolin gung fu)in Japan, his mother, farther, grandparents and great grandfather are cool with him studying it

It’s not taboo to practise another countries martial art

Some Japanese that do not want to do other martial arts may be doing it out of ignorance and pride

But I would find it more likely that it makes more sense to do a Japanese art because they are fluent in the native language and have centuries of information available to them

And I bet in some towns in Japan you can spin a hashi and find a dojo of some sort in that direction, its just common sense to practise a fighting style that is easily accessible and convenient.

and there are quite a few Korean, Chinese and half's living in Japan, but they do not talk about it openly

[Saito]

Its kind of a hard question to ask with everyone being different,



My nephew does 少林寺拳法 (Shorin ji kenpo, in English Shaolin gung fu)in Japan, his mother, farther, grandparents and great grandfather are cool with him studying it

It’s not taboo to practise another countries martial art

Some Japanese that do not want to do other martial arts may be doing it out of ignorance and pride

But I would find it more likely that it makes more sense to do a Japanese art because they are fluent in the native language and have centuries of information available to them

And I bet in some towns in Japan you can spin a hashi and find a dojo of some sort in that direction, its just common sense to practise a fighting style that is easily accessible and convenient.

and there are quite a few Korean, Chinese and half's living in Japan, but they do not talk about it openlyYes that is true we the japanese don't like to give secrets about certain arts like Aikido it was not brought out until well I forgot whenit belong to the Daitoryu, but the Chinese do it two like the Qui luo and Ssu-ling arts.

[xvikingx]

Mingshi's right. I don't think there are a lot of chinese and/or korean people in Japan.

Wrong, there are lots of Korean and Chinese that live in Japan. Many that are 3rd or 4th generation that have changed their names so they can try to assimilate into the homogeneous Japanese society. I'll just stop here...

Anyways Mingshi has pretty much hit the nail on the head I think. Yes, budo is not as popular as soccer/volleyball/baseball... People that practice budo start at school clubs, so of course they are going to practice what is available (aikido,kendo,judo,etc.). Foreign fighting arts are plentiful. Boxing, shorinji kenpo, fencing, tae kwon do, and capuerla (don't know how to spell it) can be found quite easily if you want to learn. Hell, I even know a yakitoriya-san who studies suiken (drunken fist).

And Saito, enough with the cliches o.k.? Lay off the manga for a while and stop pretending to be Japanese.

[JSchmidt]

And Saito, enough with the cliches o.k.? Lay off the manga for a while and stop pretending to be Japanese.

Yeah, it's getting old already...