IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE

Oriental martial arts and combat sports are becoming more and more popular. These particular types of activity are more accessible than ever and have utilitarian and corrective values. Ad­ditionally, there are ethical and moral aspects that unquestionably contribute to helping shape lives of individuals. Experts claim that the message accompanying the physical activeness is invaluable in educating the youth. Introducing judo, karate, aikido, and Korean taekwon-do in to schools is gaining in popularity and assuming a key role in educational programmes (as a modern and alternative approach towards educational obstacles).
The author of the paper speaks in favour of cooperation with school authorities on various levels in order to make martial arts part of the current educational programmes. There are a number of benefits that come along with martial arts: they shape psychomotor features; they are a unique system based on philosophy and morality of the Far East which demands self-discipline and self-control; they have a positive psychophysical impact.
Taekwon-do with its affluence of forms and openness to everybody regardless of age and environment presents a perfect supplement for the educational process of young people. It can be implemented in a number of ways: specialization classes, organized sports activities, after-school practice, or extra interest-developing forms of schooling. It is not insignificant that taekwon-do, in its starter phase, can be practised without specialized gear and facilities – it can take place in a gym, corridor, a classroom, or outdoors. Schools that face facility problems should mostly take advantage of this.