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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.
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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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#7:Georgia Verry: Can you help us help women?
Can you help us open a dedicated trauma informed martial arts gym? Please watch Georgia present our pitch deck and comment, email us or use the contact form on our site to share your feedback. We seriously appreciate...
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#6: Deb and Nicole: Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Content warning: Dieting, eating disorders, poor body image
This week (September 4th – 10th, 2023) is Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW). The theme this year is The Time is Now to Act on Eating...
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#5: Georgia Verry: My lived experience with an eating disorder
Content warning: Eating disorders and body image
Leading up to Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (BIEDAW), Georgia shares her personal experience with disordered eating. Georgia discusses how her...
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Fight Science #3: Promoting Executive Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Mixed Martial Arts Training.
Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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#4: Kenisha Coy: Breaking boards and binaries
Kenisha Coy (she/her) is a creative encourager who believes in the value of second chances. She is a taekwondo practitioner and researcher at Lesley University curious about the interplay between art, board breaking,...
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#3: Danielle Salber: Boxing therapy
Danielle Salber (she/her) is a passionate trauma specialist who merges boxing and psychotherapy to empower individuals, foster hope after trauma, and promote personal growth through empirical therapies. She is...
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Fight Science #2: Boxing, myths and reality building in sport for development programmes.
Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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Fight Science #1: Communicating consent in sport: A typological model of athletes’ consent practices within combat sports.
Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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