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It’s been a while!   [Paul Bowman and I were recently chatting about important developments in the Martial Arts Studies community and we decided that it would be good to share some of this information on Kung Fu Tea , as well as on his Martial Arts Studies blog.  I have reposted his announcements below, and added a few of my own comments in brackets along the way.  Of course there is always a lot going on behind the scenes and in other corners of the Martial Arts Studies community (particularly in Germany and various places in Asia).  So if readers are aware of any development that they would like to bring to our attention just let us know in the comments below.  Lets get on to the announcements!] Paul: It’s been a while since I’ve updated you on things as they look from my corner of the world of Martial Arts Studies, so here is a quick update. Firstly, it’s an ongoing delight that Cardiff University awarded our own Meaghan ...

    We are happy to announce that the fifth issue of Martial Arts Studies is now freely available . For new readers, Martial Arts Studies is the premier scholarly source for interdisciplinary work on a wide variety of topics surrounding the practice, sociology, history and media representation of the modern combat sports and traditional martial arts. Published twice yearly, we are dedicated to presenting the very best research written and reviewed by leaders in the field. This issue begins with an editorial discussion followed by five articles and three book reviews. Judkins and Bowman (our editors) set the tone by asking how we as scholars can demonstrate to our colleagues that martial arts, and by extension martial arts studies, really matters . While a critical task, easy answers to this question are often complicated by the deeply interdisciplinary nature of this emerging field. Still, its rapid growth over the last five years has made this topic more pressing than e...

  Martial Arts in the British National Press Paul Bowman Cardiff University JOMEC Research Seminar, Cardiff University, 13 th December 2017 Introduction This research project looked at stories, items and features about martial arts in the UK national press. [1] The basic area of enquiry is into the kinds of stories that have been and are being told about martial arts and martial artists in mainstream British popular culture. [2] This study of the press is only one part of a larger research project, which is looking at the representations of martial arts in a range of different realms of British popular culture, such as films, adverts, magazines, music videos and books. [3] The project is specifically interested in non-specialist publications, non-specialist texts, and non-specialist contexts. This is because I am interested in finding out what kinds of stories about martial arts circulate in mainstream contexts; what kinds of representations dominate, what kinds of ima...