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Conscious Combat Club

Conscious Combat Club

Hosted by: Georgia

Trauma informed martial arts by women, for women. We're curious about why so many people say "martial arts saved them". What is the link between martial arts and mental health? And how can we create safer, trauma...

Episodes

#5: Georgia Verry: My lived experience with an eating disorder

Season #2

Content warning: Eating disorders and body image    Leading up to Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (BIEDAW), Georgia shares her personal experience with disordered eating. Georgia discusses how her...
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Fight Science #3: Promoting Executive Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Mixed Martial Arts Training.

Season #1

Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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#4: Kenisha Coy: Breaking boards and binaries

Season #2

Kenisha Coy (she/her) is a creative encourager who believes in the value of second chances. She is a taekwondo practitioner and researcher at Lesley University curious about the interplay between art, board breaking,...
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#3: Danielle Salber: Boxing therapy

Season #2

Danielle Salber (she/her) is a passionate trauma specialist who merges boxing and psychotherapy to empower individuals, foster hope after trauma, and promote personal growth through empirical therapies. She is...
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Fight Science #2: Boxing, myths and reality building in sport for development programmes.

Season #1

Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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Fight Science #1: Communicating consent in sport: A typological model of athletes’ consent practices within combat sports.

Season #1

Fight Science is a new episode format in which you'll get to hear the authors of peer reviewed papers related to martial arts and combat sports explain their papers in a way that you will be able to understand. Each...
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#2: Nicole Sawin: The intersection of social work and martial arts

Season #2

Nicole Sawin (she/they) is a nonbinary and autistic 29-year-old living in Prince George, BC, where they work in child and youth mental health. They grew up in rural, northern Canada, completed their undergrad in...
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#1 - Conscious Combat Club

Season #2

Welcome to the first episode of the Conscious Combat Club podcast. Why have we changed our name and updated our branding? What is the Conscious Combat Club? What are our plans for the future? How can you be part of...
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#71 Georgia Verry, Penny McKay and Meesha Hall: A warm hug in conversation form to end the 16 days of activism

Season #1

***Content warning: Gender Based Violence    Today, December 10th, is Human Rights Day and marks day 16/16 of the 16 days of activism. Georgia (she/her), Meesh (she/her) and Penny (she/they) have a fireside chat about...
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#70: Become an ally to trans and gender diverse martial artists

Season #1

Leading up to International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations around the world participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise awareness of trans and gender diverse...
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#68: Bobbie Lewallen: A Life of Muay Thai

Season #1

*TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ABUSE*  Bobbie Lewallen (she/her) has been practicing Muay Thai for 10 years. She is a survivor of sexual abuse from childhood to early adulthood Georgia and Bobbie discuss: · Starting Muay...
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#67: Martina Hildegard Gray Bear: Her Commitment to Women, Children, the Oppressed, All Beings and Our Planet

Season #1

Martina is a queer intercultural / international martial artist living in the US. Martina is a queer teacher, storyteller, & communication consultant. Martina is a commitment to women, children, the oppressed, all...
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