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Fight Science #7: Molly Higgins: “It literally makes me feel harder to kill” (Part 1/2)
Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 14 years old.
In this episode I...
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#15: Erik Jumelet-Boom: TRAP kickboxing
Erik (he/him) is a lifelong martial artist spanning the spectrum of practices from tai chi to kickboxing and Muay Thai. Erik has 10 years experience as a psychomotor therapist, working primarily with patients with...
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#14: Assunta Morrone: Feminism on and off the mats
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Assunta (she/her) is a 1st generation migrant women form Italy who arrived in Australia in 1968, when she...
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Fight Science #6: Dr Zoe John: "Normally a cock”: Embodiment, gender and violence in Mixed Martial Arts
Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 13 years old.In this episode I...
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#13: Hilary Irwin: Why we're delivering 50 trauma-informed scholarships in 2025
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Hilary Irwin (she/her) is the daughter of Constance (Con) Irwin, in whose name she established the Con Irwin...
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Fight Science #5: Dr Wolf Mehling: A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 14 years old.
In this episode I...
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#12: Emily Dobrich: Embodied learning and self-determination for women in muay thai
Emily Dobrich (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Adult Education and Community Development program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests...
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#11: Richie Hardcore: How to speak to boys and men about gender-based violence
Richie Hardcore (he/him) is an educator, speaker, and activist, working in family and sexual violence prevention, masculinities, mental health, and fitness. Richie is a retired multiple New Zealand Muay Thai champion...
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Fight Science #4: Reinventing martial arts in the 21st century
Dr. George Jennings (he/him) is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Sociology at Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK. George’s research explores martial arts and combat sports, health and society.
To contact...
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#10: Donna Abela: A forgotten piece of historical slut-shaming
Donna (she/her) has written award-winning stage and radio plays for audiences of all ages, and has extensive experience in script development, story development, and mentoring and teaching emerging writers from...
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#9: Georgina Capone: Trauma informed boxing in the UK
Georgina (George) Capone (she/her) is the founder of the Warrior Women Project, a trauma informed boxing program for women to embrace and unleash their anger, feel empowered and strong. George lives in sunny North...
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#8:Jess Gordon: Experiential social-emotional learning through self defense in schools
Jess Gordon (she/her) is a school teacher, educational researcher, and BJJ practitioner based in Vancouver, Canada. Combining these areas of interest, she is developing a new, experiential, and transformative approach...
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