Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2018 - 2022 The Educational Function of Martial Arts in Junior High Schools for the Inheritance of Traditional Japanese Culture
2014 - 2017 Glocalization and assessment of educational value of budo as a compulsory program in junior high school
2009 - 2011 The globalization of Budo and the nature of Budo education in junior high school in Japan
Papers (48):
Shigeki Maesaka, Marina Kodato, Muneto Takanami. The Contemporary Musha Training for British Kenshi Project. Martial Arts Studies. 2025
Goichiro YOSHIDA, Sachiko MACHITORI-TANOUE, Katsuyuki SHIOKAWA, Daisuke MURAKAWA, Toru AOKI, Naotake INOUE, Shigeki MAESAKA, Haruko TAKESHITA, Kunihiko KISHI, Yutaka YOSHITAKE. Seasonal variations in water balance in elite Japanese university male soccer players during training. Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche. 2024
Eiji FUJITA, Kentaro TAKENAKA, Mika SHIMOKAWA, Kengo YOTANI, Yuji OZAWA, Isamu NAKAMURA, Ryousuke OZAKI, Shigeki MAESAKA. Effects of full-force pedaling exercise on deep body temperature and exerted power while wearing kendo-gu with a mask and face shield in a hot and humid environment. 2023
Goichiro Yoshida, Akira Tokumaru, Shigeki Maesaka, Kentaro Takenaka, Mika Shimokawa, Akiyo Higashionna, Takahide Matsumoto, Yutaka Yoshitake. Water balance in Japanese male kendo college athletes during training: a pilot study assessing seasonal differences with adjusted energy expenditure. The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness. 2022. 63. 5. 609-616
Takahiro Kitamura, Shigeki Maesaka, Isamu Nakamura. What do students learn of Japanese culture through budo in physical education class?. 17th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference. 2021
Characteristics of choice reaction time and striking movement time among top level collegiate kendo player. 2016. 4. 49-56
Contribution of the body segments to the striking velocity in kendo
(2017)
What students have learned from budo: A qualitative evaluation of budo education
(7th ISSSS Conference 2015)
Effects of kangaroo-jump-training on striking-movement-velocity and striking-position.
(2013 INTERNATIONAL BUDO CONFERENCE BY THE JAPANESE ACADEMY OF BUDO 2013)
An examination of the relationship between physical condition and subjective evaluation on the no-painting floor of kendo-jyo and the injuries of kendo practitioners.
(2013 INTERNATIONAL BUDO CONFERENCE BY THE JAPANESE ACADEMY OF BUDO. 2013)