Este artículo reevalúa el papel de las mujeres en el judo en Japón, desde sus comienzos aislados y restringidos a fines del siglo XIX hasta los cambios graduales en los paradigmas sociales y de género provocados por la influencia de la lucha feminista occidental desde la década de 1960 en adelante. El judo se ha considerado en teoría un arte marcial inclusivo porque su creador, Jigoro Kano, hizo hincapié en la seguridad, la etiqueta y las enseñanzas morales independientemente de la edad, el tamaño o el género de sus practicantes. Sin embargo, el entorno social y cultural de Japón tradicionalmente ha discriminado a las mujeres tanto fuera como dentro del dojo (lugar de entrenamiento). Tratamos este tema históricamente, considerando el contexto más amplio de los desarrollos sociales, políticos y culturales japoneses.
Palabras clave: judo: Japan; women; martial arts; Jigoro Kano; Keiko Fukuda
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