30 years of the Idokan Polska Association (1993–2023): scientific and educational activity

Problem. 30 years of activity of the Idokan Poland Association (IPA) have passed. Is this a sufficient period to evaluate institutional achievements and concrete achievements? The aim of this study is to describe IPA – in diachronic and synchronic perspectives, in its current activity and axiology, with an emphasis on the specificity and state of institutionalization.Method. The main research method here is over 40 years of participant observation by the author, analysis of documents and press reports, and analysis of the content of the literature on the subject.Results and Conclusions. The content of teaching and upbringing, values and symbols, institutional development, and changes in the priorities of action were shown. It is more and more a scientific society, but it still implements practical teaching of martial arts. Institutional advancement manifests itself here in cyclically organized training camps, symposiums, and methodological workshops, in social activities in the field of research and development, in the process of teaching and educating young people, in nurturing the ethos of a noble warrior and in the Ido philosophy.