Key dates

Registration

February 1, 2025: Start of early registration.

April 15, 2025: Deadline for early registration.

June 2, 2025: Closing date for registration. 

Submissions

January 15, 2025: Start of abstract submission.

March 31, 2025: Deadline for abstract submission.

April 15, 2025: Deadline for notification of abstracts acceptance.

Schedule

Wednesday 9 July 

09:00-9:30 Reception and registration of participants

09:30-10:00 Inauguration of the Conference

10:00-11:00 Opening Lecture

  • Thomas Green. An Anthropological Perspective on Martial Culture: Performance, Politics, and Piety

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Communications – Sessions 1A & 1B (see below)

12:35-13:35 Communications – Session 2A & 2B (see below)

13:35-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:15 Workshops / Seminars

  • José Morales. Combat sports as an inclusive tool: outcomes and adapted practices for people with intellectual disabilities
  • Bayram Ceylan. Hydration and hydration monitoring in combat sports

16:15-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45-18:00 Workshops / Seminars

  • Raúl Sánchez-García. Conducting fieldwork in MA&CS: A Quickstart Guide
  • Luis Santos. Velocity-based resistance training in combat sports: methodology for the one-repetition maximum (1RM) test

19:30-21:00 Cultural Programme

21:00-23:00 Congress Dinner – De tapas in León

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Thursday 10th July 

09:00-10:00 Good morning workshop

10:05-11:05 Communications – Session 3A & 3B (see below)

11:05-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Communications – Session 4A & 4B (see below)

12:35-13:35 Communications – Session 5A & 5B (see below)

13:35-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:15 Workshops / Seminars

  • Alex Channon. Ethical problems in MA&CS ethnographies
  • Emerson Franchini and Monica Yuri Takito. Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) in combat sports

16:15-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45-18:00 Workshops / Seminars

  • Zdenko Reguli and Jitka Reguli Čihounková. Preparing and assessing reality-based self-defense scenarios.
  • George Jennings. Representing martial arts cultures: On writing ethnography

18:05-19:00 Cultural Programme

21:00-23:00 Official Congress Dinner

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Friday 11 July

09:00-10:00 Good morning workshop

10:05-11:05 Communications – Session 6A & 6B (see below)

11:05-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Closing Lecture

  • Emerson Franchini. Present and future challenges in combat sports training research

12:30-13:00 Closing of the Conference

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* Provisional timetable. Subject to change depending on circumstances until the congress is held.

* Note: Lunches and dinners on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as the coffee breaks indicated in the programme, are included in the registration fee.

Sessions

WEDNESDAY 9 JULY, 11:30-12:30

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 1A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 1B

Miso LEE — Contributing to a Well-Being and Cohesive Humanity Through Martial Arts: Possibilities of Collaboration with the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO

Danilo França CONCEIÇÃO-SANTOS, Juliana MURASAKI, Larissa COSTA, Emerson FRANCHINI — Relationship between rapid weight loss and rapid weight gain strategies and medal success: differences between junior and senior athletes

Kuo XU,  Guodong ZHANG — Technology Empowering Tradition: New Advances in Integration of Chinese Martial Arts and Traditional Medicine Research in China Over the Past Decade

Natalia MORENO-FROJÁN, Diego PENA-PÉREZ, Xurxo DOPICO-CALVO, Marta SEVILLA-SANCHEZ — Prevalence of RED-S in female combat sport athletes: A rapid review

Siti Nazariah Hj. ABDUL RAZAK — Constitution, Regulations & Acts; Martial Arts Associations Towards Pure Governance Based on the National Sports Policy in Malaysia

Raquel Ueza da Silva NASCIMENTO, Luiz Gustavo Bonatto RUFINO, Grazielle Helea Maciel da SILVA, Arthur Sant´Isabel Santiago MARQUES — The Culture of Weight Loss in Combat Sports: A Pilot Study

Changxin LUO, Kuo XU, Shuchang LIU, Guodong ZHANG — The mechanism of living transmission of Dong wrestling culture: a case study based on the field of Kengdong village

Uğur SARIKAYA, Hasan Basri TAŞKIN, Furkan ÖZTÜRK, Bayram CEYLAN, Şükrü Serdar BALCI — Rapid weight loss prevalence, magnitude and methods in cadet judo athletes

Maria Perrino PEÑA, Juliana Aparecida de Oliveira CAMILO, Carolina Martina, HAMODI GALÁN — Decent Work Challenges and Opportunities in Professional Boxing: A Case Study Analysis

 

WEDNESDAY 9 JULY, 12:35-13:35

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 1A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 2B

Jose MORALES — Enhancing dietary behaviors through judo and innovative tools in youth with intellectual disabilities: JUDODI project

Bayram CEYLAN, Hasan Basri TAŞKIN, Furkan ÖZTÜRK, Uğur SARIKAYA, Şükrü Serdar BALCI — Effect of different contest area sizes during tachi-waza randori on cardiovascular and perceptual load in prepubescent judokas

Emily DOBRICH — Sharing Our Strengths: Findings from a Women’s Community Building Project Using Muay Thai

Luis SANTOS, Elena POCECCO, Xurxo DOPICO-CALVO — Association analysis between the type of shido and the contest event in the elite male and female judo divisions, both without and considering when the contest ends

Vanesa CASTRO-SALGADO, Zuriñe GAINTZA, Arkaitz LAREKI — Intellectual disabilities and Taekwondo: differences in motor abilities by gender

Cristina RODRÍGUEZ, Rubén MANEIRO, María PERRINO — Technical-tactical patterns in professional judokas according to weight class and sex: A case study

Alex CHANNON, Julie MORGAN, Jörg HUBER — ‘Jiu jitsu is my therapy’: Comparing mental health outcomes of BJJ and CrossFit training among military veterans and emergency services workers

David MORONTA PEÑA, Bibiana CALVO RICO, Alex PATRICIO OJEDA, Jose M GARCIA GARCIA — Results of the Most Frequently Used Nage-Waza and Katame-Waza Techniques by Male Judokas in the Olympic Games (2008-2020): A Quantitative Approach to Competitive Success

Nicole MAUSSIER, Emanuela PIERANTOZZI, Angela MAGNANINI  — The inclusion of autistic children in school through judo and karate: a pilot study

THURSDAY 10 JULY, 10:05-11:05

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 3A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 3B

Raúl SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA — Initiation to combat sports through a Constraints-Led Approach

Gregor NOVAK, Damir KARPLJUK, Sara BESAL, Nik MAHNIČ, Vedran HADŽIĆ, Jožef ŠIMENKO — Exploration of Sport-Specific Isometric Performance and Its Association with Morphology in Young Judokas

Mariana Simões Pimentel GOMES, Luiz Gustavo Bonatto RUFINO — Martial Arts and Combat Sports in Brazil: A Brief Historical Overview of Teaching and Learning Pathways

Mathías LÓPEZ-CÓRDOBA, Guillermo MADRUGA-SANTOMÉ, Paulo VARELA-AMBOAGE, Diego PENA-PÉREZ, Álvaro RAMÓN-ÁVALOS, Natalia MORENO-FROJÁN, Eduardo CARBALLEIRA — Training-load monitoring system applied to combat athletes: A low-cost practical proposal for young judokas

Grzegorz KOZDRAŚ — A Comparative Analysis of the Expectations of Children, Parents, and Coaches Regarding Judo Training: Similarities, Discrepancies, and Potential Sources of Conflict

Diego PENA-PÉREZ, Hugo GUERRERO-GONZÁLEZ, Álvaro RAMÓN-ÁVALOS, Natalia MORENO-FROJÁN, Guillermo MADRUGA-SANTOMÉ, Paulo VARELA-AMBOAGE, Mathías LÓPEZ-CÓRDOBA, Eduardo CARBALLEIRA — Velocity and endurance evaluation of upper-limb strikes: A proof-of-concept protocol based on accessible kinematic analysis

Fabien PEREIRA DA SILVA, Agata Cristina ARANHA, Jefferson LOPES CAMPOS, Leonardo GONÇALVES RIBEIRO — Determination and Comparison of Different Teaching Models in Brazilian Judo

Martin BUGALA, Jiří VÁLEK — The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on the Performance of Security and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic: a pilot study

Yan Lázaro SANTOS, Thabata Castelo Branco TELLES, Carlos GUTIÉRREZ-GARCÍA, Cristiano Roque Antunes BARREIRA — On the first fights: Disruptive experiences and personal development on beginner practitioners of martial arts and combat sports

 

THURSDAY 10 JULY, 11:30-12:30

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 4A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 4B

María Magdalena MARRERO-MONTELONGO, Daniela Celia MONTESDEOCA-RAMÍREZ, María José MORALES-GÁZQUEZ — Experiences in Canarian wrestling and health perceptions. A phenomenological study

Andrés LÓPEZ OJEDA, Carmen PÉREZ CAMACHO — The Touristification and Transnationalization of the Popular: the case of Mexican Wrestling

David B. GLOVER — Becoming Imperceptible: Martial Arts as a Praxis for Cultivating Ecological Awareness in a Disconnected World

Mohamad Nizam Mohamed SHAPIE, Mohad Anizu Mohd NOR, Mohamad Rahizam ABDUL RAHIM, Nurul IHSAN, Ardo OKILANDA, Jamiaton KUSRIN, Muhammad Faizal Kutip, Khairun Nizam MOHAMMAD YUSUFF, Raja Mohammed Firhad RAJA AZIDIN — Silat Between Tradition and Evolution: The Influence of International Academic Engagement

Leonard MARYNOWSKI, Paweł MICHALEC — The Impact of Singlestick / Palcat Training on the Motor Fitness of Seniors: A Sixteen-Week Follow-up Study

María José MORALES-GÁZQUEZ, María Magdalena MARRERO MONTELONGO, Daniela Celia MONTESDEOCA-RAMÍREZ — Lucha Canaria from an intergenerational perspective. A phenomenological approach based on a family of wrestlers

Jan NOVÁK, Dalibor HANÁK, Adam SLATINSKÝ, Marta GIMUNOVÁ, Michal BOZDĚCH — The Influence of the Stress Response and Motor and Related Factors on Self-defense Performance and Survival of Assaulted Men and Women Intoxicated by Alcohol

Raúl SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA — A process model to analyse the development of martial arts/combat sports: the case of Brazilian jiu-jitsu in USA

THURSDAY 10 JULY, 12:35-13:35

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 5A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 5B

Gustavo Goulart Braga MAÇANEIRO, Emerson FRANCHINI — Historical Development of Women’s Participation in Sports and the case of Brazilian Judo

George JENNINGS — Folklore and Foundation Myths in Chinese Martial Arts: Testing the Theory of Martial Creation

Jakub POKOJSKI — Not only with a saber. The art of using lances by hussars in the 16th-17th centuries in the fight against the unbreakable – foot formations of pikemen

David Sebastian CONTRERAS ISLAS, Emily DOBRICH — Becoming a Martial Arts Researcher: A Comparative Critical Autoethnography of the Experiences of Two Early Career Researchers

Raúl SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA — A critical appraisal of the British origins of modern combat sports: the case of sumō in Japan

Abel FIGUEIREDO — Narrative Technologies in Martial Arts: Karatedō Kata Tenshō interpretation Using Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics

Stefania SKOWRON-MARKOWSKA — “This is how real warriors train” – a picture of training and practice of Asian martial arts in Poland in the 1980s and 1990s on the example of selected magazines

Lozovyy ANATOLIY — Traditional principles in modern karate: experience of the Gosoku Ryu in Ukraine

 

FRIDAY 11 JULY, 10:05-11:05

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 6A

COMMUNICATIONS – SESSION 6B

Cássia dos Santos JOAQUIM, Leopoldo Katsuki HIRAMA, Diego Alves Ribeiro QUEIROZ, Mariana Simões Pimentel GOMES, Paulo Cesar MONTAGNER — Interacionist Proposal for Teaching Judo: Construction of Nage-waza

Maria Gabriela dos SANTOS, Thabata Castelo Branco TELLES, Cristiano Roque Antunes BARREIRA — Disruptive Situations and the Development of Practitioners in Martial Arts and Combat Sports: A Phenomenological Analysis from the Perspective of Instructor

Diego Alves Ribeiro QUEIROZ, Leopoldo Katsuki HIRAMA, Cássia dos Santos JOAQUIM, Mariana Simões Pimentel GOMES, Paulo Cesar MONTAGNER — Subjective perception of opposition and the development of fighting knowledge in judo

Maria Clara Maia Felipe da SILVA, María Paz BROZAS-POLO, María PERRINO-PEÑA — Understanding What It Means to Be a Woman in Capoeira: An Autobiography

Lavínia SILVA, Luiz RUFINO, Mariana Simões Pimentel GOMES — The Development of “Fighting Knowledge” in Judo Teaching: A Practical Analysis in University Extension

Arjin THONGYUUKONG — Camp life: the interdependency embodiment of professional Muay Thai boxers

Noel Adrian CASTILLO — Measuring the social and emotional skills of Hispanic American students in an afterschool karate program

Thabata TELLES — Sports psychology and Brazilian jiu-jitsu: a draft through a phenomenological and cognitive perspective

Zdenko REGULI, Jitka ČIHOUNKOVÁ — Approach of Examiners to Aikido Examination

Maria Clara Maia Felipe da SILVA, María Paz BROZAS-POLO, María PERRINO-PEÑA — Preliminary Reflections About What Does It Mean to Be and Feel Capoeira According to Social Constructions of Gender in different contexts

 

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