Doctorate in Martial Arts Philosophy

[PrideampPoise]

Exactly, unlike Math, for example, there is no "right" answer. Studying liberal arts is more a matter of learning about what's out there and coming up with your own ways of developing and applying it.

[KnifeHand]

One of my professors has a doctorate in a single verse of the Bible - 2 Corinthians something or other. Pretty amazing that you can research, analyze, and get a doctorate on one sentence. I think the martial arts philosophy one would be sweet. I'd like to know what universities offer it.

[Shorin Ryuu]

It may be a case where they got a degree in philosophy, only they wrote their dissertation on martial arts philosophy.

[fangshi]

I have heard of educational degrees in martial arts before . Mostly in asia.

here is one . Some are phylosophy and others are more spots or human kenetic . There are "physical education universities in many asian cities . Here is the link for one that I found .

http://www.bupe.edu.cn/jgsz/htm/xzbm/wsc/htm/wsc_lbww.html

[dtstiachi]

Hey gang.

I just returned from campus and here is the info:

My Grandmaster has a Doctor of Martial art Philosophy from American Martial Art University.

Wanna find it? Google it =)

Later

[Bleeding Lion]

heres my educated guess:

they probably just teach you how to defend opinions, construct them, further them, apply them and criticize them. just like regular philosophy but with a MA twist.

of course no philosophy can be proven absolutely right. everybody has a philosophy. it just that you would look bad if you couldnt even elaborate it properly or defend its legitimacy.

[Shorin Ryuu]

Hey gang.

I just returned from campus and here is the info:

My Grandmaster has a Doctor of Martial art Philosophy from American Martial Art University.

Wanna find it? Google it =)

Later

I googled it, and only found it being quoted as sources of B.S., M.S. or Ph. D.'s in Martial Arts on sites of dubious reliability. I haven't been able to find any other information on it (where it is, address, phone number, etc.). Can you help me on this?

[krunchyfrogg]

I agree w/ SR. Something smells a little fishy about a doctorate degree in Martial Arts Philosophy from a school called American Martial Art University.

[senseipaul]

from what i read of it, (givin that i never found an actual site) it is to certify you as an instructor. i do not need a degree to do what i have been doing and have been trained to do for the past 12 years. if i am wrong, and there is really a credited college or university in which offers a martial arts degree of any kind, please post a link or contact information. thank you.

[Master Jules]

Im not sayin that it smells fishy, like Krunchy said, but it does seem a little weird.....For one thing, as I asked before, when you submit your thesis, WHOM do you submit it to ?......yeah yeah....I know....the professor teaching the class......not what I mean......Im talking about .....what are the professor's qualifications to grade a paper on the philosophy of martial arts?????? Furthermore...being that there are SO many different styles of martial art, each with its own type of "philosophy" , from which school of thought does this professor derive his knowledge base ???? And being that there are all types of "philosophys" what if the professor has his/her knowledge base in a "philosophy" which differs from the one which a student has chosen as his/her field of study ???? On the mat, so to speak, a genuine master of ...lets say....TKD....should be able to assess a student of Goju Ryu, for example, and determine if the Goju practicioner is making a proper fist, or if his/her deep stance is correct, despite the fact that TKD and Goju Ryu are clearly not the same "style". In psychology, for example, the two main schools of thought are Freud and Jung....VERY different in their "philosophies"......I wouldnt feel so comfortable submiting a paper based on the Freudian school of thought to a Jungian based professor.......

I dunno.....now that I think about it.....KrunchyFrogg.....it does smell a lil fishy.....but thats just my philosophy