Martin Joh. Meyer

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Vechta

Well-known cases of ‘sportswashing’ in combat sports are the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ in Zaire in 1974 as well as the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ in 1975. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, a variant of ‘sportswashing’ has reocurred. ‘Martial arts washing’ deviates from generic ‘sportswashing’ in the way that the values and attributes associate...

The political exploitation of people and cultural artefacts is not a novelty. In the context of the controversial FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022, the term sportswashing has been increasingly used. Popular cases of sportswashing in combat sports are the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire in 1974 as well as the Thrilla...

The political exploitation of people and cultural artefacts is not a novelty. In the context of the controversial FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022, the term sportswashing has been increasingly used. Popular cases of sportswashing in combat sports are the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire in 1974 as well as the Thrilla...

Mit diesem ersten Band der Reihe ›Kampfkunst, Kampfsport und Gesellschaft – Interdisziplinäre Zugänge‹ möchten wir eine Plattform für Beiträge bieten, die sich dem Phänomen auf unterschiedlichste Weise nähern und multidisziplinär behandeln. Die Ambivalenz des ›organisierten Zweikampfs‹ zeigt sich bereits in den im deutschen Sprachraum verwendeten B...

Mit diesem ersten Band der Reihe ›Kampfkunst, Kampfsport und Gesellschaft – Interdisziplinäre Zugänge‹ möchten die Herausgeber eine Plattform für Beiträge bieten, die sich dem Phänomen auf unterschiedlichste Weise nähern und multidisziplinär behandeln. Der einführende Artikel von Martin Meyer (Universität Vechta) versucht, das Konstrukt von ›Kampfk...

Der Artikel behandelt die verschiedenen Sinnebenen des Kampfkörpers

In martial arts, as in dance, embodiment is of the utmost importance (Zarrilli 2009 Zarrilli, P. B. 2009. Psychophysical Acting. An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski, with DVD-ROM edited by P. Hulton, Abingdon, New York: Routledge. [Google Scholar]; Minarik 2014 Minarik, M. 2014. Taekwondo zwischen Spektakel und Ritual: Kampfkunst im sozial...

CSMA generally claim to be useful in self-defence, no matter if it is a traditional martial art or a modern combat sport. However, civil self-defence differs greatly from medieval (para-) military warfare as well as from clinically staged sports fighting which is expressed typically as competition or show entertainment. A group that engages regular...

Looking at the multi-faceted spectrum of worldwide martial arts, one key question in Martial Arts Studies has been how to formulate specific characteristics which encompass the phenomenon of martial arts as part of a scientific conception or definition of martial arts. The obvious problem here is to acknowledge historically, culturally and linguist...

In martial arts, as in dance, embodiment is of utmost importance (Minarik 2014), especially in experiencing and interpreting the movements of the opponent in ground combat and responding with the own body. Also in striking martial arts, the performative altercation and bodily communication with the opponent is based on corporeal sensitivity. The Co...

This study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on martial arts training worldwide. A mixed-method online questionnaire consisting of 28 items was used as a survey instrument. 306 martial artists responded. These were mainly from the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany, Italy and Japan. The questionnaire focused on pragmatic adaptations of tra...

Keywords: pedagogics, risk management, self-efficacy In contrast to (almost) all other sports and leisure activities, in CSMA we experience not only a passive risk – of suffering pain or injury – but also an active risk. We are able to deal a significant amount of damage to our opponent. Therefore, risk management has systematic and personal conseq...

Der vorliegende Artikel untersucht, inwieweit Boxkämpfe in der nordamerikanischen Eishockey-Liga NHL Merkmale von Kampfsport tragen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei auf phänomenologischen Kriterien wie Kampftechniken, -strategien, -ritualen, aber auch behaviouralen Kriterien wie Etikette, Normative und Regeln. Die Schlüsselfrage lautet demnach, ob NH...

The following article explains how the metaphors ‘wrestling body’ and ‘warship’ are combined, mutually reinforced and nationalistically instrumentalised in the context of sporting events. Here, one main incident is the discussion in the Japanese public with regard to a possible appointment of US-American wrestlers with the highest rank in professio...

Fifth Annual Martial Arts Studies Conference Handbook

Meyer’s (2012) qualitative research on motivation of German karateka initiated the coordinated research project Why Martial Arts? (WMA) to analyse motives in various martial arts styles, like jūdō, taiji, krav maga and wing chun. In 2017, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) supported the transposition of the research question t...