Martial Arts Studies

Education Podcasts

Conversations on the academic field of Martial Arts Studies, hosted by Professor Lauren Miller of Texas Tech University and featuring academics, scholars and experts from around the world.

Episodes

Beyond Participation: A Conversation with Dr. Anne Tjøndal on Social Inclusion in Norwegian Boxing

Immersive Research and a Social Science that Matters: A Conversation with Dr. Christopher Matthews

A Conversation with the MASA Board (Part 2 of 2)

A Conversation with the MASA Board (Part 1 of 2)

Youth Development & Martial Arts: A Conversation with Marc Theeboom

Wrestling with Ancient Greece: A Conversation with David Larmour, Cory Johnson, and Joshua Kulseth

Karate as Personal Reinvention: A Conversation with Dr. Noah Johnson

From Habtius to the Specatularization of Violence: A Conversation with Raúl Sánchez-García

Turning the Page at Martial Arts Studies: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Katz and Dr. Martin Meyer

Trojan Horses: A Discussion of How Martial Arts Studies became a Legitimate Academic Field with Dr. Tom Green (Texas A&M University)

The Historical and Cultural Development of Brazil’s Martial Arts: A Conversation with Dr Ben Penglase (Loyola University Chicago)

Conversation with Paul Bowman, by Prof. Lauren Miller (Texas Tech University)

What Comedy Can Teach Us About Self-Defence, by Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University)

On the Self-Defence Scenario, by Dr Francis Dodsworth (Kingston University)

Can A Rear Naked Choke Be Chinese? By John Tasker (Cardiff University)

Self-Defense, Power and the Epistemology of Ignorance, by Dr Peter Katz (California Northstate University)

On Kung Fu Movies, Feminism, and Self-Defence in the 1970s, by Dr Luke White (Middlesex University)

On Movement Inspired by Martial Arts, by Dr George Jennings (Cardiff Met)

Women, guns and violence in the work of contemporary artists, by Dr Bernadette Buckley (Goldsmiths)

Kendo, self-defence and spirituality, by Jiongyan Huang (Cardiff University)