Martial Arts Studies

The Screen Legacies of Jeet Kune Do, by Dr Lindsay Steenberg (Oxford Brookes Uni.)

The Screen Legacies of Jeet Kune Do, by Dr Lindsay Steenberg (Oxford Brookes University). Keynote given at the July 2023 Martial Arts Studies Conference

On Developing Martial Arts Studies (for a conference at Beijing Sports University)

A short presentation on Developing Martial Arts Studies for a conference at Beijing Sports University.

2023 Conference Intro, followed by Prof Lauren Steimer (USC) on Bruce Lee as a ’Delebrity’ or Dead Celebrity

Our 2023 Conference Intro, followed by Professor Lauren Steimer's opening keynote on Bruce Lee as a 'delebrity' or Dead Celebrity

Bruce Lee and the Martial Rhetorics of Hip Hop, by Dr Spencer Bennington

Bruce Lee and the Martial Rhetorics of Hip Hop, by Dr Spencer Bennington (Texas Tech).

Does my forward stance look a little fascist? On Meiji-Era Karate and Embodied Politics, with Dr Peter Katz

'Does my Forward Stance Look a Little Fascist? On Meiji-Era Karate and Embodied Politics', with Dr Peter Katz

The Sublime Object of Martial Arts Studies, by Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University)

This episode takes the form of a 'dress rehearsal' of the conference presentation, 'The Sublime Object of Martial Arts Studies', by Professor Paul Bowman (Cardiff University). This is a talk written for the 8th annual Martial Arts Studies Conference, 19-21 July 2023, at Sheffield University.

Bruce Lee and the Way of Perfectionism, by Dr Kyle Barrowman

We continue our series on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year with 'Bruce Lee and the Way of Perfectionism', by Dr Kyle Barrowman. This talk was given at the 2018 Martial Arts Studies Conference at Cardiff University. Dr Barrowman will also be giving a talk in Bruce Lee at the July 2023 conference (later this week).

More Lessons From Bruce Lee: Prof. Siu Leung Li with Prof. Meaghan Morris

We continue our Bruce Lee season in this 50th anniversary year, with 'More Lessons From Bruce Lee' by Professor Siu Leung Li, introduced and discussed by Professor Meaghan Morris.

Bruce Lee and the invention of martial arts, with Dr George Jennings (Cardiff Met)

Continuing our series on Bruce Lee during this 50th anniversary year, and in the run-up to our annual conference (this year at Sheffield University in July), we present 'Bruce Lee and the invention of martial arts', with Dr George Jennings (Cardiff Met)

Bruce Lee: A Kinetic Analysis for CGI Reconstruction, by Dr John Twycross (Oxford Brookes)

We continue our series on Bruce Lee in this 50th anniversary year with 'Bruce Lee: A Kinetic Analysis for CGI Reconstruction', by Dr John Twycross (Oxford Brookes University)