Abstract - The training of a warrior following the teaching of the classical Japanese and Korean schools of martial arts (C14 – C19th)
The author describes the canon of martial arts training of a warrior in Japan and Korea from the perspectives of the humanistic theory of and the anthropological systems of martial arts. He includes the skills of wielding weapons and hand-to-hand combat. Here we find an original classification of fighting arts and fighting skills. The author presents his practical knowledge of some Japanese schools of martial arts and an analysis of the contents of the royal Korean martial arts manual. This study also includes a comparison of the teaching martial arts in Japan and Korea, with similar traditions in other countries, and the content of other textbooks.