| （School of Physical Education，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China) Abstract: Based on body technique theories by Marcel Mauss, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault etc, by using qualitative research methods as main means, and by means of participant observation and in-depth interview, the author investigated the actual conditions of students at different levels in a Taijiquan classroom in Chiba prefecture of Japan in the proves of Taijiquan technique acquisition, so as to test the relations between the acquisition of Tai-jiquan body techniques and social structure as well as body resistance. The author revealed that the acquisition of Taijiquan body techniques is not only copying via such social structures as authority imitation, habit regularization, discipline etc, but also including many factors (including body resistance induced by body structure).
Key words: sports sociology；body technique；body resistance；Taijiquan；qualitative research |
