Martial Arts Studies

Bruce Lee, Aesthetics and Sidekicks, by Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University). Keynote given at Göttingen University Bruce Lee and Aesthetics workshop, February 2024.

Part Two of the Conference Roundtable at Göttingen University on martial arts aesthetics, with Paul Bowman, Katja Pessl, Martin Minarik, Martin Meyer, Valentin Mohring and Charlotte Böttcher. Also available as a video on the Martial Arts Studies YouTube Channel.

Part One of a Roundtable discussion on martial arts aesthetics before and after Bruce Lee, at the Georg August University of Göttingen, February 2024. Participants are: Dr Martin Minarik (Chair), Dr Katja Pessl, Professor Paul Bowman, Dr Martin Meyer, and postgraduate students, Valentin Mohring and Charlotte Böttcher. Also available as a video on the Martial Arts Studies YouTube Channel.

Samurai, Scouts, and Suffragettes, by Prof. Oleg Benesch (York University). First published as a 'York Talk'. Also available as a video on The Martial Arts Studies YouTube Channel.

Real-time update on location, pricing, instructions, etc. Really important stuff! This episode is also available as a video on the Martial Arts Studies YouTube Channel. You might want to watch it there, to see the locations and venue.

Reflecting on Authority and Power in and through Martial arts, by Dr Jamie Coates (Sheffield University). A talk given at the 2023 Martial Arts Studies Conference.

Energy Talk! A conversation with Professor Daniel Mroz (Ottawa University). Daniel would like to thank Simon Cox for sharing so many great ideas and sources. A lot of the material shared in the podcast came from following up on Simon's suggestions

The Screen Legacies of Jeet Kune Do, by Dr Lindsay Steenberg (Oxford Brookes University). Keynote given at the July 2023 Martial Arts Studies Conference

A short presentation on Developing Martial Arts Studies for a conference at Beijing Sports University.

Our 2023 Conference Intro, followed by Professor Lauren Steimer's opening keynote on Bruce Lee as a 'delebrity' or Dead Celebrity

Bruce Lee and the Martial Rhetorics of Hip Hop, by Dr Spencer Bennington (Texas Tech).

'Does my Forward Stance Look a Little Fascist? On Meiji-Era Karate and Embodied Politics', with Dr Peter Katz

This episode takes the form of a 'dress rehearsal' of the conference presentation, 'The Sublime Object of Martial Arts Studies', by Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University). This is a talk written for the 8th annual Martial Arts Studies Conference, 19-21 July 2023, at Sheffield University.

We continue our series on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year with 'Bruce Lee and the Way of Perfectionism', by Dr Kyle Barrowman. This talk was given at the 2018 Martial Arts Studies Conference at Cardiff University. Dr Barrowman will also be giving a talk in Bruce Lee at the July 2023 conference (later this week).

We continue our Bruce Lee season in this 50th anniversary year, with 'More Lessons From Bruce Lee' by Professor Siu Leung Li, introduced and discussed by Professor Meaghan Morris.

Continuing our series on Bruce Lee during this 50th anniversary year, and in the run-up to our annual conference (this year at Sheffield University in July), we present 'Bruce Lee and the invention of martial arts', with Dr George Jennings (Cardiff Met)

We continue our series on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year with 'Bruce Lee: A Kinetic Analysis for CGI Reconstruction', by Dr John Twycross (Oxford Brookes University)

Continuing our series on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year, this week we have 'Bruce Lee's Embodied Charismatic Affect', by Dr David Brown (Cardiff Metropolitan University)

Continuing our focus on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year, this episode is the talk, 'Bruce Lee's Influence on TV Advertising', with Dr Sally Chan (Leeds University)

Netflix Ninjas and the Legacy of the Kung Fu Craze, with Dr Luke White (Middlesex University)