Furthering taekwondo as an academic discipline: A report on Youngsan University’s 1st International Academic Taekwondo Conference

John Arthur Johnson; Udo Moenig

doi:10.18002/rama.v14i2.6035

Autores/as

John Arthur Johnson Keimyung University, Daegu (Korea) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-9612
Udo Moenig Youngsan University, Yangsan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2516-8662

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v14i2.6035

Palabras clave:

Artes marciales, deportes de combate, conferencia académica, diplomacia blanda, Federación Internacional de Taekwon-Do (ITF), taekwondo olímpico

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Resumen

La 1^st International Academic Taekwondo Conference de la Universidad de Youngsan se celebró el 4 de octubre de 2019 en Yangsan, República de Corea (ROK; i.e., Corea del Sur). En un esfuerzo por reunir a investigadores internacionales de taekwondo, se invitó a tres ponentes no coreanos y a tres reconocidos académicos, dos no coreanos, que participaron como panelistas invitados. Los temas tratados fueron: 1) el cambio en las obligaciones relativas a la promoción de la paz a través del taekwondo, 2) discusión sobre el mudo ("estilo de vida marcial") en la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC; i.r., Corea del Norte), y 3) el declive del taekwondo como deporte de combate. Aunque pequeña en escala, la conferencia se basó iniciativas previas relativas al taekwondo desarrolladas tanto dentro como fuera de Corea. Y lo que es más importante, la conferencia destacó el hecho de que los académicos no coreanos están expandiendo el campo de investigación más allá de los conceptos nacionalistas que aún se mantienen en la comunidad coreana del taekwondo. El evento generó un inmediato interés para celebrar una conferencia ampliada en el 2020.

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John Arthur Johnson, Keimyung University, Daegu (Korea)

John A. Johnson (PhD) is an assistant professor in the Department of Taekwondo at Keimyung University (Daegu, South Korea). He received his PhD from the Department of Taekwondo at Kyung Hee University (Suwon, South Korea) and was the first practitioner from the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) to do so. His research focuses on Taekwondo international relations, pedagogy, and philosophy, but he has published in other academic disciplines as well. He is the executive director of the International Association for Taekwondo Research (www.actataekwondo.com) and vice president of the International Academic Conference for Taekwondo (www.iactkd.com). Email: beowulf600@gmail.com.

Udo Moenig (PhD) is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Taekwondo, Youngsan University, in Yangsan, since 2005. He has a PhD in Physical Education from Keimyung University, and teaches and researches in the areas of martial arts and Asian studies. He was appointed as the first foreigner in Korea to teach Taekwondo at a university. He has been researching, lecturing, and publishing extensively in the fields of Asian Studies, martial arts, and sports. He has over forty years of practical experiences in martial arts and Taekwondo. Email: udomoenig@yahoo.com

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