Deconstructing martial arts

Bowman, Paul

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“…Outra característica do treinamento desenvolvido por Nélio Naja refere-se às técnicas de defesa pessoal com o uso de armas (faca, facão, bastão curto e bastão longo) e o quebramento de telhas. Em síntese, mantinha a essência da marcialidade (Bowman, 2019).…”

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A disseminação do Muay Thai no Brasil: narrativas e memórias dos mestres pioneiros

Júnior

Vargas

Capraro³

2021

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Muay Thai has become one of the most practiced martial arts in the country, after the success of Brazilian fighters in MMA events held since the 1990s. This article aims to analyze, through narratives, the process of insertion and dissemination of the sport in Brazil. The first black belts formed by Nélio Naja, the supposed introducer of this martial art in the country, participated in this study. It was concluded that when he abandoned Taekwondo and started Muay Thai in the city of Curitiba (PR), Nélio Najaprospered, fostering the construction of the hero's myth and the construction of a martial art identity. Nélio Naja, in order to establish himself as an introducer in Brazil, had to create some versions of how he got to know the sport, becoming a consensus among practitioners. In a short time, Muay Thai started to be practiced in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and São Paulo (SP). In these places, others pioneers also have tried to establish themselves as precursors.

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A disseminação do Muay Thai no Brasil: narrativas e memórias dos mestres pioneiros

Júnior

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Capraro³

2021

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“…(even if and when it is also that). Indeed, as I have argued many times before, whoever is dressing up in costumes -whether Eastern or Western, and whether of any national identity or ethnicity -can be appraised in terms of the question of (in)authentic performance (Bowman 2013;2017;2019a).…”

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From Chop Suey to Chop-Socky: The Construction of Chineseness in British Television Adverts

Bowman

2020

JOMEC Journal

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Edward Said's theory of orientalism proposes that Western European culture has overwhelmingly tended to (mis)represent non-European cultures, societies, regions, and ethnic groups via mythic, romantic, simplistic and simplifying sets of binaries. This article asks whether orientalism remains present or active within contemporary media, by analysing the representation of 'Chineseness' in British television adverts between 1955 and 2018. It argues that a predictable, recurring, limited set of aural, visual and narrative clichés and stereotypes have functioned-and continue to function-as the principal resources to evoke 'Chineseness' in British television adverts. The analysis suggests that caricatures, clichés and stereotypes of China, Chinese people, locations, artifacts and phenomena are so common that there can be said to be a glaring seam of unacknowledged, uninterrogated orientalism functioning to maintain a kind of 'invisible' racism in British advertising.

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“…Social science literature, however, especially those studies produced within the disciplinary interests of “martial arts and combat sports (MACS)” (e.g., Farrer and Whalen-Bridge, 2011 ; Sánchez-García and Spencer, 2013 ; Channon and Jennings, 2014 ), and “martial arts studies” (Bowman, 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 ), have so far contributed to provide a picture of martial arts as first and foremost a fearsome activity dominated by action, physical confrontation and violence. This literature has extensively inquired into the history, developments and deployments of many martial arts (e.g., Green and Svinth, 2003 ) and their deconstruction (e.g., Bowman, 2019a ), focusing especially on their “culture of combats” (e.g., Sánchez-García and Spencer, 2013 ; Brown et al, 2019 ), pedagogical environments, processes of apprenticeship, and knowledge transmission (e.g., Wacquant, 2004 ; Brown, 2005 , 2011 ; Downey, 2005 , 2008 ; Spencer, 2009 , 2014 ; Brown and Jennings, 2011 ; Downey et al, 2015 ; Jennings et al, 2020 ), embodiment and sensuous involvement (e.g., Stephens and Delamont, 2006 ; Samudra, 2008 ; Farrer and Whalen-Bridge, 2011 ; Spencer, 2011 , 2012 ; Jennings, 2013 ; Channon and Jennings, 2014 ; Southwood and Delamont, 2018 ; Telles et al, 2018 ), religious and spiritual bearings (e.g., Maliszewski, 1996 ; Brown et al, 2009 , 2014 ; Jennings et al, 2010 ; Brown, 2013 ; Tuckett, 2016 ; Pedrini, 2020 ), and media representations (e.g., Brown et al, 2008 ; Jakubowska et al, 2016 ; Yip, 2017 ; Bowman, 2019b , c , d , 2020a , b ; Trausch, 2019 ). Moreover, as this body of work increases, specializes and further develops, also its attention to conceptual clarity and theoretical developments intensifies, with the consequent introduction of a host of new concepts and theoretical perspectives (e.g., Brown and Jennings,…”

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Blending Martial Arts and Yoga for Health: From the Last Samurai to the First Odaka Yoga Warrior

Placido

2020

Front. Sociol.

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This paper introduces the case study of Odaka Yoga, an innovative style of postural yoga blended with martial arts elements which emphasizes the importance of practitioners' health and processes of self-transformation as pivotal to the school's ethos. More specifically, the paper explores how Odaka Yoga's philosophical backdrops and practical repertoire, composed by a mixture of “exotic” resources such as Bushido, zen, yoga, and a constant reference to the ocean waves and biomechanics, constitute a very specific vision of health at the intersection of Western science and esoteric knowledge. Theoretically, the paper borrows from Jennings' theory of martial creation and enriches it with some of the central analytical tools proposed by theorists such as Bourdieu and Foucault. Methodologically, it relies on a multimodal approach including discursive analysis of the school's promotional materials, interviews with the founders and other key teachers, and observant participation of practitioners' apprenticeship processes. More Specifically, this paper discusses the birth of Odaka Yoga as occurring at the intersection of Asian martial arts and yoga, as well as the founders' biographical trajectories from the world of competitive martial arts and fitness, to yoga; it then turns to an examination of Odaka Yoga's conception of health as a mixture of the Western biomedical model and the subtle body model of Asian traditions such as yoga and martial arts. It argues that the conception of health promoted by this school gives rise to the Odaka Yoga Warrior, the ideal-typical practitioner whose body is simultaneously exposed to the medical gaze and its imperatives of control, knowledge, and manipulation; while it also deifies it, as it is animated by the elusive flows of energy ( qi or prana ) that prolonged practice aims to master. The paper concludes with a reflection on hybrid conceptions of health and the ubiquitous role of health discourses and narratives across sociocultural domains.

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Deconstructing martial arts

Cited by 16 publications

References 81 publications

A disseminação do Muay Thai no Brasil: narrativas e memórias dos mestres pioneiros

A disseminação do Muay Thai no Brasil: narrativas e memórias dos mestres pioneiros

From Chop Suey to Chop-Socky: The Construction of Chineseness in British Television Adverts

Blending Martial Arts and Yoga for Health: From the Last Samurai to the First Odaka Yoga Warrior

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