☆ Martial Arts in Japan

武道といっても、
具体的にどんな物が外国人に
人気なのでしょうか？

Today martial arts is a popular and
competitive sport. It is also used
for physical and mental fitness.
Many foreigners learn martial arts
to protect themselves in dangerous
situations. Judo is especially popular
to learn in both America and Australia.
Because Judo is an art about
self-defense from the Tokugawa period,
many young boys, teenagers and men
enjoy learning about the basic strategies.
In Australia, Karate became extremely
popular in the 1980s. This was because of
the famous movie: 'The Karate Kid'.
After many people saw that movie,
they wanted to learn the destructive
art on boards, tiles and practice on their
opponents!

competitive-競争する
physical-身体の
fitness-健康
martial arts-武道
protect-守る
especially-特に
self-defense-自己防衛
strategy-兵法、戦術
extremely-非常に、大いに
destructive-破壊的な、有害な
opponent-対抗者、相手

昔自己防衛のために作られた武道が
現代では、健康のために役立っています。
アメリカ映画「ベストキッド」のように
映画によって多くの人に広まると嬉しいですね。

By Christina
日本語解説ーベラスタッフ