This thesis is made of two main parts. First main part of the thesis is based on the qualitative
enquiry of twenty-three Aikido participants from different levels - beginner, intermediate,
advanced- from three different dojos. Open ended questions regarding the difference of
Aikido from other sports is asked to the participants. Their written responses were coded
using qualitative methods. Based on coding of documents: labels, categories and themes have
been generated. Second main part of this thesis is based on the discussion of those findings.
The discussion between different levels, the comparison with other findings in Aikido
Literature was done. Lastly and largely the position of findings and possible arguments it can
generate in the Philosophy of Sports Literature are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611594/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2010 |
| Creators | Sentuna, Baris |
| Contributors | Korkusuz, Feza |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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