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April 24, 2024

Playing out Violence as an Act of Responsibility

Sarriy Anani Göteborgs Universitet, Gothenburg, Sweden For those of us who have been touched and challenged by the possible intimacy and suffering of Martial Arts; how […]
April 24, 2024

Taekkyon – A Traditional Korean Martial Art?

Martin Minarik Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany When speaking about Korean martial arts, most people will probably think about Taekwondo in the first place. Taekwondo is currently […]
April 24, 2024

Locating Silat in Modern Malaysia

Izzati Aziz Cardiff University This paper uses silat as a main case study to explore the ‘modernization’ process of post-colonial Malaysia that involves noteworthy elements of […]
April 24, 2024

“One India, Five Taekwondo!”- Exploring the multiple social lives of Taekwondo as a martial art and combat sport in India.

Wriddhibrata Saha Shiv Nadar University, Delhi, India Emerging out of fieldwork undertaken for my ongoing doctoral research, this paper is an ethnographic account of locating the […]