The Practice of Self-Overcoming: Nietzschean Reflections on the Martial Arts

Promoting perseverance and challenge in physical education: the missing ingredient for improved games teaching

“…(1938, p. 49) The field of adventure education and outdoor learning relies heavily on the work of John Dewey and other Heracliteans and as such the practical aspects of that field of practice overlap considerably with PE. These Dionysian principles have also been identified directly in talent development studies such as Monahan (2007) in martial arts and Varley (2006) in adventure training. Furthermore, it is worth noting that Dewey differentiated between educative and miseducative experiences.…”

Deconstructing martial arts

“…As mentioned, there is a widespread belief in and around the nascent discourses of martial arts studies that a primary and orientating task must be to define martial arts (Monahan 2007;Cynarski 2008;Lorge 2012Lorge , 2016Channon and Jennings 2014;Cynarski, Sieber, and Szajna 2014). The matter of defining martial arts has also prompted some valuable recent reflections on the many problems and issues that it raises (Wetzler 2015; Judkins 2016b; Channon 2016).…”

The definition of martial arts studies

“…There is a widespread belief in and around the nascent discourses of martial arts studies that a primary and orientating task must be to define martial arts [Monahan 2007;Cynarski 2008;Lorge 2012;Channon and Jennings 2014;Cynarski, Sieber, and Szajna 2014;Lorge 2016]. The matter of defining martial arts has also prompted some valuable recent reflections on the many problems and issues that it raises [Wetzler 2015;Judkins 2016b;Channon 2016].…”