{"id":19449,"date":"2026-06-14T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=19449"},"modified":"2026-06-16T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:52:40","slug":"modernization-of-japanese-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=19449","title":{"rendered":"Modernization of japanese martial arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the dissolution of the samurai class during the Meiji Restoration (1868\u20131912), traditional martial arts lost their practical military purpose. To preserve this vital part of their cultural heritage, the Japanese transformed these deadly combat techniques into educational sports for modern citizens.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Kory\u014d Bud\u014d (created < 1868)<\/th>\n<th>Gendai Bud\u014d (created >= 1868)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ky\u016bjutsu (Art of the bow)<\/td>\n<td>Ky\u016bd\u014d (Way of the bow) <sup>1<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kenjutsu (Art of the sword)<\/td>\n<td>Kend\u014d (Way of the sword) <sup>1<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u016bjutsu (Art of yielding)<\/td>\n<td>J\u016bd\u014d (Way of yielding) <sup>2<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Dai Nippon Butoku Kai renamed Ky\u016bjutsu\/Kenjutsu to Ky\u016bd\u014d\/Kend\u014d in 1920.<br \/>\n<sup>2<\/sup> Kan\u014d Jigor\u014d created J\u016bd\u014d in 1882.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the dissolution of the samurai class during the Meiji Restoration (1868\u20131912), traditional martial arts lost their practical military purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19449"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19449"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19475,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19449\/revisions\/19475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}