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Although many karate styles emphasize competition over the so-called effete “dancing” of “traditional” styles that “begin and end with kata,” all karate practitioners decry the sportification suspōtsuka of karate.
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Although many karate styles emphasize competition over the so-called effete “dancing” of “traditional” styles that “begin and end with kata,” all karate practitioners decry the sportification suspōtsuka of karate.
井の中の蛙 » Karate and Modernity: A Call for Comments » Print 2005
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Although many karate styles emphasize competition over the so-called effete “dancing” of “traditional” styles that “begin and end with kata,” all karate practitioners decry the sportification suspōtsuka of karate.
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I suspect you mean that those who self-identify as traditionalists decry the sportification.
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Although many karate styles emphasize competition over the so-called effete “dancing” of “traditional” styles that “begin and end with kata,” all karate practitioners decry the sportification suspōtsuka of karate.
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But the problem with applying swathes of visual sportification to something as humble as an estate car based on a small hatchback is that, sometimes, the basic shape can't stand the decoration.
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BMW recently pulled the proverbial wraps off of two new sportification packages which will soon be available on its all-new, all-grown-up Z4: the M-Sport package and the iS
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“ all karate practitioners decry the sportification suspōtsuka of karate.”
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Sportification means to either: (a) view, organize, or regulate a non-sport activity in such a way that it resembles a sport and allows a fair, pleasurable, and safe environment for individuals to compete and cooperate, and compare their performances to each other, and future and past performances; or (b) add a sport component to an existing activity in order to make it more attractive to its audiences.
Embracing the sportification of society: Defining e-sports through a polymorphic view on sport 2025
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Sportification means to view, organize, or regulate a non-sport activity in such a way that it resembles a sport and allows a fair, pleasurable, and safe environment for individuals to compete and cooperate.
Embracing the sportification of society: Defining e-sports through a polymorphic view on sport 2025
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