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 George:
Email: [email protected]
Georgia and George discuss:
- The definition that: A martial art is an imaginative adaptable system of physical human fighting techniques designed in order to deal with perceived problems in combat and society.
- The line between art and sport in martial arts
- The role of martial arts in decolonising societies, and how can we decolonise martial arts
- The value in learning historical martial arts (HEMA)
- What is a trauma informed martial art? What are some examples of therapeutic martial arts programs?
- The positives and negatives of learning self help from martial artists
- Martial arts movement systems
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Thank you so much to Nari for the beautiful song "Shape Me" heard at the beginning and end of this episode. Nari wrote this song about Shape Your Life, a boxing program for self-identified female survivors of violence in Canada. She wrote this song using the words and experiences shared by participants with Cathy Van Ingen. You can find out more about Shape Your Life in my interview with Cathy in Episode 8. You can hear more of Nari's work by going to her Instagram: @narithesaga
