The content of this presentation will give an detailed overview about the historical development of the Japanese Martial Arts from ancient to modern times.
1. Introduction
2. Early development - until the seventh century
3. Development under the dominance of the imperial court - seventh to twelfth century
4. Development under the dominance of the warriors - thirteenth to sixteenth century
5. Development under the rule of the Tokugawa Shōgunate - seventeenth to around mid-nineteenth century
6. Excursus - on the terms bugei, bujutsu and budō
7. Development around the Meiji Restoration and into the Modern Era - mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War
8. Reorientation, new developments and international spread - the period after 1945
