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Ssireum: Approaching the Korean Wrestling

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present and discuss the practice of ssireum, or Korean wrestling. The practice is a short-range combat sport where fighters are linked through a belt (satba) that each holds in order to throw the opponent down. Our study employs a method based on phenomenology to comprehend the experience of practicing ssireum through intertwinement. It also considers its history and definition, as well as the descriptions of a technical research visit carried out in South Korea in 2019. Descriptions were made considering perceptual processes and also gender issues that arise from practical experiences with ssireum. We claim that ssireum should be replicable in non-Korean environments, and could be developed as an important tool to promote engagement in fighting activities and broaden cultural diversity through embodied knowledges.

Source: Martial Arts Studies

DOI: 10.18573/mas.107

Authors: Thabata Telles, Cristiano Barreira

Institutions: Universidade de São Paulo, Université Paris Cité, Institut des Sciences du Sport-Santé de Paris

Language: English

Topic: Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Korea National University of Transportation, Yeungnam University

OpenAlex ID: W3103788331

FWCI: 0.325

Cites: 8

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10