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#14: Assunta Morrone: Feminism on and off the mats
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Assunta (she/her) is a 1st generation migrant women form Italy who arrived in Australia in 1968, when she...
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Fight Science #6: Dr Zoe John: "Normally a cock”: Embodiment, gender and violence in Mixed Martial Arts
Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 13 years old.In this episode I...
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#13: Hilary Irwin: Why we're delivering 50 trauma-informed scholarships in 2025
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Hilary Irwin (she/her) is the daughter of Constance (Con) Irwin, in whose name she established the Con Irwin...
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Fight Science #5: Dr Wolf Mehling: A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 14 years old.
In this episode I...
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#12: Emily Dobrich: Embodied learning and self-determination for women in muay thai
Emily Dobrich (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Adult Education and Community Development program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests...
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#11: Richie Hardcore: How to speak to boys and men about gender-based violence
Richie Hardcore (he/him) is an educator, speaker, and activist, working in family and sexual violence prevention, masculinities, mental health, and fitness. Richie is a retired multiple New Zealand Muay Thai champion...
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Fight Science #4: Reinventing martial arts in the 21st century
Dr. George Jennings (he/him) is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Sociology at Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK. George’s research explores martial arts and combat sports, health and society.
To contact...
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#10: Donna Abela: A forgotten piece of historical slut-shaming
Donna (she/her) has written award-winning stage and radio plays for audiences of all ages, and has extensive experience in script development, story development, and mentoring and teaching emerging writers from...
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#9: Georgina Capone: Trauma informed boxing in the UK
Georgina (George) Capone (she/her) is the founder of the Warrior Women Project, a trauma informed boxing program for women to embrace and unleash their anger, feel empowered and strong. George lives in sunny North...
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#8:Jess Gordon: Experiential social-emotional learning through self defense in schools
Jess Gordon (she/her) is a school teacher, educational researcher, and BJJ practitioner based in Vancouver, Canada. Combining these areas of interest, she is developing a new, experiential, and transformative approach...
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#7:Georgia Verry: Can you help us help women?
Can you help us open a dedicated trauma informed martial arts gym? Please watch Georgia present our pitch deck and comment, email us or use the contact form on our site to share your feedback. We seriously appreciate...
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#6: Deb and Nicole: Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Content warning: Dieting, eating disorders, poor body image
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This week (September 4th – 10th, 2023) is Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW). The theme this year is The Time is Now to Act on Eating...
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