180 Episodes

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

    Published: 11/27/2025

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

    Published: 10/31/2025

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

    Published: 9/21/2025

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

    Published: 9/21/2025

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

    Published: 8/20/2025

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

    Published: 7/3/2025

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

    Published: 5/15/2025

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

    Published: 3/10/2025

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

    Published: 2/24/2025

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

    Published: 2/10/2025

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

    Published: 1/27/2025

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

    Published: 1/13/2025

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

    Published: 12/30/2024

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

    Published: 12/16/2024

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

    Published: 12/2/2024

  16. Intro to conference on the Ethics and Ideologies of Self-Defence by Paul Bowman

    Published: 11/18/2024

  17. Guangdong-Hong Kong Martial Arts Fiction, by Petr Vrána

    Published: 11/4/2024

  18. Playing out violence as an act of responsibility, by Sarriy Anani

    Published: 10/21/2024

  19. In Defence of Self-Defence, by Professor David Stevens (Nottingham University)

    Published: 10/7/2024

  20. Bonus Episode: Conversation on Teaching Martial Arts Studies and Aesthetics

    Published: 9/30/2024

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Conversations on the academic field of Martial Arts Studies, hosted by Professor Paul Bowman of Cardiff University and featuring academics, scholars and experts from around the world.