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A Comparative Study of the Somatic Movement Characteristics Between Kouk Sun Do and Katsugen Undo

  • The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
  • Abbr : KRSDS
  • 2019, 75(3), pp.19-35
  • DOI : 10.16877/kjds.75.3.201909.19
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Dance Studies
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Dance
  • Received : August 14, 2019
  • Accepted : September 11, 2019
  • Published : September 30, 2019

KIM, KYUNG HEE 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to explore the similarities and differences between Kouk Sun Do and Katsugen Undo. The two programs incorporate the 4 following somatic movement characteristics: self-awareness through self-reflection, self-exploration through self-directed process, self-regulative control through self-acceptance, and self-heeling through the embodiment process. Differences are as follows: In Kouk Sun Do, there is a guidance to empty our mind and to practice the exercises. It is aimed to approach to "Right Mind", and is proved to help balancing the sympathetic and parasympathetic in the autonomic nervous system. In Katsugen Undo, there is no guidance, but it suggestst just to follow the voice of one's own body. It is called "Tenshin(Heaven's Mind)" when Katsugen Undo occurs, and its purpose is to order the body by activating the extra pyramidal movement.

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