Travel to the Polish borderlands. Martial arts training and meetings on the way

The authors describe their car journey through Poland and a two-week stay on the Baltic coast, in Chlapowo and Swinoujscie respectively. The description of events is complemented by a reflection from the perspective of the anthropology of tourism and with reference to a number of conceptual categories. This is a typical case study of martial arts, sightseeing and educational tourism (also to acquire knowledge of alternative medicine). The text provides a brief description of the twentieth anniversary Summer Camp of the Idokan Poland Association, remarks about the stay in Swinoujscie and a meeting with Prof. Wojciech Pasterniak. The trip under discussion also included Poland's northern and western borderlands.