1st Annual Conference, March 30-31, 1992

1st Annual Conference, March 30-31, 1992

Nara Women’s University

Symposium:
“Sociological Approaches to Traditional Sports (Including the Martial Arts)”

Chairmen:
Hiroshi Komuku (Tenri University) and Yoshiaki Kameyama (Ryukoku University)

Presentations:
Hideo Tatano (Kyushu University),
“The Transformation of the Institution of Judo”

Lee Thompson (Osaka Gakuin University),
“Tradition and Modernity in Sumo”

Kimio Itoh (Osaka University),
“Discourse, Form, and Practice in a Martial Art: Kendo”

Commentators:
Ken Kageyama (Aichi University of Education) and
Hideki Nishimura (Kochi Women’s University)