Trieste on January 29, 2008 Room "OLIMPIA" CONI - Nereo Rocco Stadium "




Great success for the end of January conference in Trieste, a day of culture, sports opening to all the jewelry trade.
Thanks to all the speakers:
Moderator
George Tamaro: Director of Panathlon International Trieste
Emilio Felluga: President CONI regional FVG
Paris Lippi: Town Deputy Mayor of Trieste-2008
John Lessio: Taking institutional relationships Friuladria Bank-Credit Agricole
Augustus King David: President USSI Friuli Venezia Giulia
Mauro Tommasini: Assessor provincial sport
Roberto Antonaz: Regional sports
Speakers:
James Spartaco Bertoletti: A Brief History of the Martial Arts
Titian Agostini (lecturer in psychology at the University of Trieste): Psychology in sports situation
Gianfranco Fornasar (specialist in sports medicine and neurosurgery): Sports Traumatology in combat
Peter Aschieri (lecturer in physical sciences University of L'Aquila): Situazionalità and sport fighting
Elizabeth Pontello (President Panathlon club Gorizia, a professor of psychology socialeFacoltà sciences training University of Trieste):
The agressività combat sports: sociological and psychosocial aspects of Karate
Claudio Babiloni (associate professor of physiology faculty Medicine and Surgery University of Foggia): Neuroscience and Sport
Alberto Bortolotti (vice president USSI): Greeting Press sports;
Alberto Nuvolari (physical sciences Professor Verona University): The Olympic discipline Kendo
Enzo De Money (President FIJLKAM Friuli Venezia Giulia): FIJLKAM in Friuli Venezia Giulia
Vincenzo Ficco () 900 2008
Stefano Stefanel (national FIJLKAM Adviser): The development of Judo in Friuli Venezia Giulia
David Benetello (Karate world champion): The Karate-discipline combat


To open the conference the intervention of Dr Bertoletti. Below is a glimpse of his speech:

A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS
Giacomo Spartaco Bertoletti

Important dates
-- 5 th century AD: Bodhidharma for the Indians, the Japanese Daruma to go to China. Born the Shao-lin
-- In China, this time reigned in the Sung dynasty (420-479). Meeting with the Emperor of Wu Liang Dynasty (501-557)
-- 1470: invasion of Satsuma Clan Islands Ryukyu Islands. Born the Okinawa-te
-- 1488: King Sho Shin prohibits the port of arms
-- 1905: enters the karate school in Okinawa
-- 1913: Presentation of karate in front of the Prince Imperial
-- 1916/1923: Funakoshi often in Japan

The future of modern budo
The utopians more preveggenti could never have imagined the effect that would have on dō men of the twentieth century all over the world. And in all likelihood they would be horrified to see what is happening today in the name of the austere Eastern philosophy.
The growing aversion of representatives of conservative classics against the noisy progressivism, sciorinato by practitioners of modern disciplines is very clear. This aversion means resistance to change unwanted. The reaction of conservatives is to deliberately hide their disciplines to society, but to leave them to decay through neglect, as are accused by the progressives. One thing to do, reasonable and acceptable, is to give a new old ideas spread, which justifies the notion of progress. In any period of history, however, is still relatively easy to be progressive, because the side of conservatives often requires considerable reflection and a strong determination. Since the Conservatives must continually up the current fashion and the general, they have developed a spirit of firmness which is reflected in their adherence to the classics.
The representatives of conservative classics say that the idea of creating the modern disciplines from ancient traditions is a process that must be adjusted with great care. While criticizing those who follow the trend of the modern age to seek the easy way in life, they recognize the fact that it is hard to escape from one's own age, go ahead and at the same time maintain control over universal truth. Such a process of advancement is not the same actions of those advocates of modern, even if acting in good faith, when they create modern disciplines, usually end up with the arbitrary make compromises that have very little value from the point of view authenticity, and even less respect for tradition. In these cases, the tradition is used to improve your personal prestige, or to give an exaggerated and imaginary value to the systems created.
The modern disciplines thrive sull'irrequietezza people belonging to the modern world, and that moves back and forth from one place to another. The modern Japanese budo was transplanted in the West where, with regard to the workout, the distinction between means and ends is rarely acknowledged, much less appreciated. Westerners looking for material progress. Progress toward what? When disciplines in modern technical efficiency is met from, what else need? When the impulse to culminates in universal brotherhood and cooperation among men, which should serve the purpose budo modern? If this is the aim of egocentric individualism budo exponents of modern quell'avanzamento really find where they both boast? It may be that modern disciplines are still too young for any critical final, but the words of Okakura are once more appropriate: "The mechanism of competition requires the monotony of fashion instead of the variety of life. It venerates what is economic rather than what is beautiful, while the race and the struggle of modern life not grant alcun'opportunità leisure necessary for the realisation of the ideals "………

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