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The Fight outside the Ring: Female Boxing Officials in Trinidad and Tobago2012). However, there is still some way to go before claims of substantive equality in participation, media coverage, sponsorship and public attitudes can be maintained (van Ingen, 2013b; Woodward, 2014). The ascension of women’s boxing to Olympic status at the 2012 London Olympics can serve as a ma

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Women Fighters as Agents of Change: A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Case Study from Finland ground fighting, BJJ is rapidly evolving into a combat sport with competitions taking place worldwide (Hogeveen and Hardes, 2014; Spencer, 2014). Unique to the BJJ culture is the way that the ‘secrets’ of the sport are transferred from expert to novice and from one club to the other. Clubs are orga

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Beautifully Violent: The Gender Dynamic of Scottish Karatety which reproduces and legitimises (hierarchical) distinction from women (Burstyn, 1999; Connell, 1990; Hargreaves, 1994; Whitson, 1990). With commonplace socio-historical beliefs suggesting violence as a ‘natural’ and . part of what it is to ‘be’ a man (Bourdieu, 2001, p. 53), combat sports have b

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Mediating Factors in Martial Arts Practice: A Specific Case on Young Girlsy, they were mainly practised in that continent. From the early 1950s onwards, Asian martial arts became more popular in the West, which resulted in a real martial arts ‘boom’ in the early nineties (Theeboom and De Knop, 1999). Consequently, in recent decades, the practice of martial arts has become

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Outlaw Emotions: Gender, Emotion and Transformation in Women’s Self-Defence Training high windows. The women look nervous: many have their arms crossed or held protectively around their bodies; others stand on one leg, making themselves smaller. There is occasional quiet talking, punctuated by long moments of anxious silence.

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Resisting the Hegemonic Gender Order? The Accounts of Female Boxers in South Koreahat has highlighted the sport’s link to certain acts of violence and aggression and particular narratives about masculinity, the idea of women’s involvement in this combat sport as fighters had been contentious and faced strong opposition both culturally and institutionally (Hargreaves, 1994; Matthe

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Reinventing the Body-Self: Intense, Gendered and Heightened Sensorial Experiences of Women’s Boxing music from the radio and tightly over the ropes leaving little room for the rope to squeeze through. I feel different now, I have a stronger sense of self, I feel more rhythmic, I feel lighter, my senses feel heightened and training feels more intense; competition does that.

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