The purpose of this study is to examine the surroundings of moving body based on the theory of “affordance”, that is to refine the concept of “body environment” in sport. The study also try to consider its implication into the theory of physical education and sport philosophy.
First, the concept of “affordance” presented by J. Gibson is discussed to express the meaning lurked in environment around us. Then, the environment in sport is examined in terms of two ways of talking sport which is introduced by M. Sasaki. Namely, the first manner is the way talking sport inside the body. The second is that of the border between body and environment. Especially, author concentrates to focus on the latter manner in discussing sport environment. Next, the study attempts to define the concept of “body environment” in sport. It may give us the meaning of environment found in bodily movement.
At any rate, refining this concept is an approach to understanding the lived experience in sport by its useful manner of experiential description. That is to say, it is an attempt to explore the potentiality in the enterprise educating sport. Finally, author may also inquire the significance and limitation of using experiential description of sport which is a method finding the meaning of lived movement. Then, the study may conclude that this manner of describing sport experience would be possible to apply into every educational affairs.