Abstract

SILVA, Luiz Arthur Nunes da  and  CAMPELO, Camila Barbosa. BODY AND MARTIAL ARTS IN THE CINEMA: A READING OF THE MASTER-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP IN THE FILM THE KARATE KID. Contrapontos [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.2, pp.357-371.  Epub Feb 01, 2021. ISSN 1984-7114.  https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v20n2.p357-371.

In this text, we seek to access the mythical and poetic imaginary of Martial Arts through cinematographic language, as this relationship with art brings to light a sensitive dimension that can prompt reflections about the relationship between master and disciple. The basis of this aesthetic analysis is the understanding of the body as presented in the phenomenological studies of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who shows that the body has no way of being such, other than through experiences, creating meanings in its primordial relationship with the world. In the same way, we also assume the phenomenological attitude as a method, allowing the reflections offered here, on the body, cinema and the Martial Arts to glimpse the educational phenomenon that influences, and is influenced by the master-disciple relationship. We believe access to expressive language in the cinematographic work constitutes a memorable and immemorial archive of events that transports us to realities and worlds shared by the perceptive presence, awakening our sensations and illuminating our reflection on themes, events, and emotions, among other aspects that permeate life and human existence.

Keywords : Body; Martial Arts; Cinema.

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