Ⅰ. Project 

 

□ Name : 2009 World Martial Arts Academy Workshop

□ Period : December 9, 2009(Wed) 09:30 ~ 17:00

□ Venue : Chung-ju National University Seminar room

□ Participants : 37 representatives from WoMAU member organizations

□ Program : Keynote Address, presentations and discussion

□ Host : WoMAA(World Martial Arts Academy)

□ Sponsors : Chung-ju National University, World Martial Arts Union(WoMAU)

□ Language : Korean, English(Consecutive Interpretation)

□ 2009 World Martial Arts Academy Workshop Schedule

Date	Time	Order	Program	remarks
Dec. 9 (wed)	09:30 ~ 09:45	Opening ceremony	․Introduction of guests ․Opening address   (Joong-Woong Nam/President of the World Martial Arts Academy) ․Welcome address   (Byung-Jib Jang/General of Chung-ju national University) ․Photography
	09:45 ~ 10:00	Keynote speech	․Joong-Woong Nam(President of the World Martial Arts Academy) ․Thesis : World Martial Arts Academy and Leadership Program
	10:00 ~ 11:00	Speech 1	․Yeong-Il Na(professor of Seoul National University) ․Thesis : UNESCO"s Traditional Sports & Games(TSG) and Martial Arts
	11:00 ~ 12:00	Speech 2	․Geon-Sik Heo(Professor of Seo-il University) ․Thesis : UNESCO"s Intangible Cultural Heritage(ICH) and Martial Arts
	12:00 ~ 15:00	Lunch	․Chung-ju Grand Hotel
	15:00 ~ 16:00	Speech 3	․Jong-Gyun Choi(Professor of Sun-mun University) ․Thesis : Modern Society and Martial Arts
	16:00 ~ 17:00	Discussion & Assessment	․Chair: Byung-Yong SOH   (President of the World Martial Arts Union)

  

 

Ⅲ. Participant List

 

□ 26 countries 29 Organization 35 Persons

 

No.	Country	Representative NameNotes
1	Netherlands	Young Kook Kim
2	Latvia	Oleg Onopchenco
3	Russia 1	Alexey Levitsky / Pavel Zhuravlev	R.U.M.A.
4	Russia 2	Mikhail Kokorin / Ms. Ezhova	saint-petersburg
5	Malaysia	Haji MEGAT SULKARNAIN BIN DATO
6	Moldova	Moldovan Anatolie
7	Mongolia	Sainbayar Urtnasan
8	USA	Hyung Nam Soo
9	Brazil	Jo Yeo Jong
10	Venezuela	Fernandez Carlos Enriques
11	Vietnam	Le Kim Hoa
12	Sudan	Mohammed Hassan M. S / Khalid shaik Idriss Mohamed
13	Singapore	Azlan Abu Hassan
14	India	Mohan Peters Edachery
15	Indonesia	Oyong Karmayuda
16	Philippines	GIALOGO Richard Cruz
17	Uzbekistan 1	Ms. Abdurashitova	IKA
18	Uzbekistan 2	Umarov Fakhridin /  Sadikov Sardor	Jang sanaty
19	Ukraine	Popovich Anatolie
20	Japan	Shimizu Nobuko
21	China 1	Yang Xingjing / Jin Yeung Sub
23	China 2
24	France	Dhumez Joel
25	Cambodia	SAN KIMSEAN
26	Canada	Ms. Maureen Coyle
27	Kenya	Ojwando Kennedy Joshua
28	Thailand	Siraphop Ratanasuban
29	Serbia	Krivokapicboris
30	Korea	Nam, Soh, Na, Heo, Choi, Seok

 

Ⅲ. Participant List

 

□ 26 countries 29 Organization 35 Persons

 

No.	Country	Representative NameNotes
1	Netherlands	Young Kook Kim
2	Latvia	Oleg Onopchenco
3	Russia 1	Alexey Levitsky / Pavel Zhuravlev	R.U.M.A.
4	Russia 2	Mikhail Kokorin / Ms. Ezhova	saint-petersburg
5	Malaysia	Haji MEGAT SULKARNAIN BIN DATO
6	Moldova	Moldovan Anatolie
7	Mongolia	Sainbayar Urtnasan
8	USA	Hyung Nam Soo
9	Brazil	Jo Yeo Jong
10	Venezuela	Fernandez Carlos Enriques
11	Vietnam	Le Kim Hoa
12	Sudan	Mohammed Hassan M. S / Khalid shaik Idriss Mohamed
13	Singapore	Azlan Abu Hassan
14	India	Mohan Peters Edachery
15	Indonesia	Oyong Karmayuda
16	Philippines	GIALOGO Richard Cruz
17	Uzbekistan 1	Ms. Abdurashitova	IKA
18	Uzbekistan 2	Umarov Fakhridin /  Sadikov Sardor	Jang sanaty
19	Ukraine	Popovich Anatolie
20	Japan	Shimizu Nobuko
21	China 1	Yang Xingjing / Jin Yeung Sub
23	China 2
24	France	Dhumez Joel
25	Cambodia	SAN KIMSEAN
26	Canada	Ms. Maureen Coyle
27	Kenya	Ojwando Kennedy Joshua
28	Thailand	Siraphop Ratanasuban
29	Serbia	Krivokapicboris
30	Korea	Nam, Soh, Na, Heo, Choi, Seok

 

Ⅳ. Announcement Summary

□ Keynote speech

   Joong-Woong Nam(President of the World Martial Arts Academy)

☞ Thesis : World Martial Arts Academy and Leadership Program

Joong-Woong Nam, a professor at Chung-ju National University, delivered a lecture on the development direction of a leadership program and the future challenges of the World Martial Arts Academy in his keynote speech as its president. Mentioning the development direction of a leadership program, the president stressed the need to create a platform for mutual communication through an organic two-way idea and went on to speak about setting up the archives for academic records. In addition, he cited as the future challenges of the World Martial Arts Academy securing top-level instructors, establishing top-class training facilities, building up an international network, which is expected to be overcome by conducting a model operation, building up an infrastructure for research foundation, promoting the World Martial Arts Academy, and opening its homepage.

 

□ Speech 1

   Yeong-Il Na(professor of Seoul National University)

☞ Thesis : UNESCO"s Traditional Sports & Games(TSG) and Martial Arts

Yeong-Il Na, a professor of Seoul National University, who first made his speech on UNESCO’s Traditional Sports and Games(TSG) and Martial Arts, reminded that the round-table conference on UNESCO’s Traditional Sports and Games was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in November, 2009, while looking back over the history of the International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport(MINEPS). Expressing his hope that TSG will be preserved as a kind of living culture as UNESCO calls for since it is a symbol showing the diversities of the Korean culture as an intangible heritage of each local community. Mr. Na insisted TSG requires the multifaced approach such as education, culture, environmental preservation, competitive sports through which new martial arts values can be created. In addition, he presented the formation and realization of the World’s Overall Martial Arts Contest as a practical challenge for it.

□ Speech 2

   Geon-Sik Heo(Professor of Seo-il University)

☞ Thesis : UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage and Martial Arts

Geon-Sik Heo, a professor of Seo-il University, who second made his speech on UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage and Martial Arts, recommended each and every member organization to establish a committee for preserving intangible cultural heritage and select its members, while reminding that UNESCO encourages individuals, agencies and various organizations to take part in preserving oral traditional and intangible cultural heritage and reinforcing its management as a business strategy. In addition, in relation to the statement of oral traditional and intangible cultural heritage, he mentioned that it is a genuine urgent task to set up a secure financial support system, not to speak of the collection and distribution of up-to-date information on a code of conduct, while vehemently emphasizing that local organizations and agencies which have already established the code should be supported.

□ Speech 3

☞ Thesis : Modern Society and Martial Arts

Jong-Gyun Choi, a professor of Sun-mun University, explained that as a classification in an attempt to explore the primitive origin and meaning of martial arts, they can be divided into physical culture related closely to ancestral ritual ceremonies (Japan’s Sumo prototype (Sumai), India’s Kalaripayattu, Iran’s Koshti, Ancient European wrestling), physical culture related to marriage and coming-of-age ceremonies (India’s ancient style ssireum, Nuba tribe’s ssireum of Sudan in Africa, Lee tribe’s traditional ssireum in China, physical activity of the natives of Newzealand(bungee jump)), physical culture related to augural and repose of souls ceremonies (Japan’s Sumo, Dan tribe’s ssireum in Africa, Yabusamei, Korea’s ancient ssireum), physical activities related to harvesting ceremonies (Korea’s ssireum, Army tribe’s ssireum in Taiwan, Buh in Mongolia), and physical activities at the level of religion, body health, and regimen, (the class of China’s traditional martial arts including Shaolin Martial Art and Taiji Martial Art, the class of Japan’s Shugendo, the class of secret religion in Tibet).

□ Discussion

ㅇ As Byung-Yong Soh, the president of the World Martial Arts Union, was present as the prime leader, Joong-Woong Nam, a professor at Chung-ju National University, who is the president of the World Martial Arts Academy, Yeong-Il Na, a professor of Seoul National University, Geon-Sik Heo, a professor of Seo-il University, and Jong-Gyun Choi, a professor of Sun-mun University answered the questions of the participants. Their remarks were interpreted in Korean and English in consecutive order.

Q. What kinds of lectures related to martial arts are offered at the World Martial Arts Academy?

A. The World Martial Arts Academy intends to offer as many lectures related to martial arts across the world as possible by dividing them into theory subjects and practice ones. But I think we should secure good space circumstances, leaders, and supporting systems before opening those lectures.

Q. I want to know whether any course related to martial arts are offered in Chungju University, where the World Martial Arts Academy is located. In addition, what steps I should take in order to be admitted if I want to go to the university as a foreigner?

A. We want to first consult with the university as to whether the graduate school will be opened since the issue should be authorized by the university, and if everything goes well, we want to provide anyone in the world with an opportunity to study martial arts-related academic fields by opening majors related to global martial arts.

Q. What preparations are you making in order to enhance the global prestige of the World Martial Arts Academy?

A. In order to do so, The World Martial Arts Academy will make efforts to be registered as an advisory body to UNESCO and do activities, and correctly step up its academic status related to global martial arts. In addition, we will make preparations for establishing the World Martial Arts Museum in Chung-ju, a mecca of world martial arts.

Q. I understand that financial issues should be immediately dealt with if the World Martial Arts Academy is to firmly establish its global position. What measures will you take for that matter?

A. By means of continuous global activities, the World Martial Arts Academy has already been included in the list of organizations supported by the promotion assistance fund from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the relevant authorities in the South Korean government.

Q. What recognition papers do you issue for those who take part in The World Martial Arts Academy? For example, do you issue a kind of certificate?

A. We will issue a participation certificate for all the participants in the 2009 The World Martial Arts Academy Workshop.

Q. When, where, and in what type are the regular events of The World Martial Arts Academy held?

A. The World Martial Arts Academy prepares for holding the world martial arts leaders leadership program twice a year, and we will hold various workshops and international academic conferences every year to firmly establish our academic status.

Q. I think that it is essential to build up and operate your home page in order to create an international network. What types of preparations are you making?

A. We have not built up our home page yet. We will create an international network by linking to UNESCO, the World Martial Arts Union, and the Martial Arts Association in each country by building up our home page as quickly as possible.

Q. Mutual development should be sought by sharing academic materials related to global martial arts with each other. I expect that The World Martial Arts Academy will play a pivotal role, and do you think it is possible to open the global martial arts digital archives?

A. In order to share the academic materials of The World Martial Arts Academy, we will make all-out efforts to build up the world martial arts digital archives where scholars and academic activist related to each nation’s martial arts around the world can provide information through mutual cooperation and share it with each other.

□ Future Challenges

- Next challenges of World Martial Arts Academy based on these discussions are as follows.

ㅇ Serve as Advisory NGO for UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage

ㅇ Attend UNESCO General Assembly

    - Accumulate performance of World Martial Arts Academy by attending UNESCO"s official business and meetings

ㅇ Secure funding resources for the Reliable and continuous operation of World Martial Arts Academy

ㅇ Issue journals of World Martial Arts Academy

ㅇ hold Conference & Workshop on world martial arts on a regular basis

ㅇ Active interchange through homepage of World Martial Arts Academy

ㅇ Construction and operation of scholarly archive of World Martial Arts

Ⅴ. Closing

□ Batch enforcement responsibilities of World Martial Arts Union

Ⅵ. Results Material

□ 2009 World Martial Arts Academy Workshop Speech Material

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