Capital game: male athletes’ rationalisation of playing hurt and reproduction of the risk, pain, and injury custom in professional combat sports

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant information.

Name	Age group	Sport	Athletic career (years)	Coaching career (years)	National representative career (years)	Achievement	Current position
Athlete 1	20–29	Boxing (n = 4) Judo (n = 5) Wrestling (n = 5)	11		3	All of them have won medals in international competitions (e.g. Olympics, World championships, and Asian games)	Professional athlete
Athlete 2	20–29		13		3		Professional athlete
Athlete 3	20–29		12		2		Restaurant employee
Athlete 4	20–29		18		10		Professional athlete
Athlete 5	30–39		19		12		Professional athlete
Athlete 6	30–39		18		4		Professional athlete
Athlete 7	30–39		19		14		Professional athlete
Athlete 8	30–39		18		7		Professional athlete
Coach 1	30–39		13	3	2		Head coach of a sport-specialised school team
Coach 2	40–49		20	8	15		Head coach of a professional team
Coach 3	40–49		17	11	10		Professor directing a university team
Coach 4	40–49		19	4	15		Head coach of a professional team
Coach 5	40–49		21	14	13		Head coach of a professional team
Coach 6	40–49		22	3	10		Head coach of a professional team

Figure 1. Confucian-style message exhibited in the national training centres.

Figure 2. MRI of an ordinary person’s spine (2a: left) and that of Athlete 1 (2b: right).

Figure 3. Practice of the RPIC, which is (re)produced by the dialectic interplay of capital, habitus, and field.