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Chinese guó shù (國術 “national art”) in Shaolin Temple

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Skowron-Markowska S.
Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
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2019
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vol. 19
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issue 1S
25-31
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Background. The Shaolin monastery offers a meeting with Chinese culture by implementing a guo shu, program that the Chinese government supports and helps develop. Guo shu, implemented during the republican era in China supported the development of national arts, including Chinese martial arts. It was developed to rebuild a sense of patriotism and national pride in the Chinese nation after the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion. Problem and Aim. The purpose of this paper is to present the new challenges that the Shaolin monastery has faced in modern times and how is it currently implemented based on the guo shu concept. Because the Shaolin monastery is also seen as a great emissary of the culture of the Middle Kingdom, students also have the opportunity to get acquainted with Chinese culture. Methods. The theoretical perspective is based on the sociology and anthropology of martial arts. For the theoretic background, an analysis of specialist text and documents was applied. The author also applied participant observation and interviews with foreign Shaolin kung fu students, visiting Shaolin temple in 2007, 2012. Results. For students from Europe and the United States some changes and regulations had to be made (eg. learning the Chinese language, calligraphy classes). Chinese teachers are not only martial artists, but also act as emissaries of Chinese culture. Conclusions. Shaolin returned to the teaching concept previously implemented by Jingwu and the National Academy of Skills. Currently, the Shaolin Monastery is a brand, that promotes the new Chinese guo shu and sends a strong message about the potential of China to the world: it is no longer the “sick man of Asia”.
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Experience of learning Chinese martial arts at Shaolin monastery by students coming from Europe

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Skowron-Markowska S.
Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
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2022
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vol. 22
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issue 1
46-56
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Background. Chinese martial arts and monasteries of fighting monks have become a permanent part of the traditional and cultural landscape of China. At present, Shaolin Monastery has become a specific laboratory where Chinese martial arts traditions confront international martial arts tourism. Problem and aims. Through ethnographic research, the author tried to better understand the expectations of European martial arts practitioners coming to Shaolin Monastery in China for training and practice. The second important issue is practitioners’ on-site experiences, so the author tried to investigate how expectations and experimentation meet in reality. The author also examined how important the role of the “living carriers’ of the Shaolin martial arts tradition the monks, who teach foreigners Chinese Gong Fu is. Finally, the way in which trainees find themselves more deeply immersed in Chinese culture while undertaking the practice of martial arts was researched. Methods. The author applied participant observation during her stay in Shaolin Monastery in July and August in 2019, practicing together with and interviewing two groups of foreigners from Europe, Polynesia and Taiwan. The theoretical perspective is based on the anthropology of martial arts. Results. The author analyzed 10 personal stories from European students and used the findings to develop a model of foreigners seeking education in Shaolin monastery. This model includes such variables as motivation, the level of knowledge of Chinese culture, and previous experience in martial arts of people practicing in Shaolin. Conclusions. Those who come to Shaolin Monastery for training purposes are increasingly well prepared for this challenge. Many of them know exactly what they want to achieve there, both in terms of spiritual development and training progress. However, there are also those who come to the monastery and ‘get carried away’ by this place. Both groups try to ‘absorb’ the atmosphere of this place and ‘to immerse’ in Chinese culture.
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Wprowadzenie. Chińskie sztuki walki i klasztory walczących mnichów stały się nieodłączną częścią tradycyjnego i kulturowego krajobrazu Chin. Obecnie klasztor Shaolin to specyficzne laboratorium, w którym stare tradycje mieszają się z nowymi trendami. Wiele osób przybywa tutaj, aby dotknąć i poznać chińskie sztuki walki. Problem i cele. Poprzez badania i analizy etnograficzne autor zamierzał zbadać, jakie oczekiwania wobec treningu i praktyki w klasztorze Shaolin mają przybywający tu europejscy praktycy sztuk walki. Drugą istotną kwestią jest ich doświadczenie na miejscu, a więc próba zbadania, w jaki sposób oczekiwania i doświadczenie konfrontują się. Istotnym dla badań jest też sposób, w jaki odnajdują się trenujący w głębszym zanurzeniu w kulturę chińską, towarzysząca praktyce sztuk walki. Metody. Autorka zastosowała obserwację uczestnika podczas swojego pobytu w lipcu i sierpniu 2019 r. W Shaolin, ćwicząc razem z dwiema grupami obcokrajowców z Europy, Polinezji, Tajwanu i przeprowadzając wywiady ze stażystami. Perspektywa teoretyczna oparta jest na antropologii sztuk walki. Wyniki. Autorka uzyskała 10 prywatnych historii od europejskich studentów, które pozwoliły stworzyć model osób poszukujących edukacji w klasztorze Shaolin. Model ten obejmował takie zmienne, jak motywacja, poziom wiedzy o chińskiej kulturze i wcześniejsze doświadczenia w sztukach walki osób ćwiczących w Shaolin. Wnioski. Odwiedzający klasztor w celu odbycia szkolenia są coraz lepiej przygotowani na to wyzwanie. Wielu z nich dokładnie wie, co chciałoby tutaj osiągnąć, zarówno pod względem rozwoju duchowego, jak i postępu treningu. Są jednak i tacy, którzy przyjeżdżają do klasztoru i ‘dają się ponieść’ temu miejscu. Obie grupy starają się ‘wchłonąć’ atmosferę tego miejsca, ‘zanurzyć’ się w chińskiej kulturze.
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