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"What is the essence of martial arts? What is their place in or relationship with culture and society?
Deconstructing Martial Arts analyses familiar issues and debates that arise in scholarly, practitioner and popular cultural discussions and treatments of martial arts and argues that martial arts are dynamic and variable constructs whose meanings and values regularly shift, mutate and transform, depending on the context.
It argues that deconstructing martial arts is an invaluable approach to both the scholarly study of martial arts in culture and society and also to wider understandings of what and why martial arts are. Placing martial arts in relation to core questions and concerns of media and cultural studies around identity, value, orientalism, and embodiment,
Deconstructing Martial Arts introduces and elaborates deconstruction as a rewarding method of cultural studies."

This is a report covering the 5th Annual Martial Arts Studies Conference, held in Orange, California (USA) on May 23-24, 2019. There were a total of six parallel sessions comprised of 44 presentations. Although the conference theme was "martial arts, culture, and politics," the thematic organization extended beyond this premise to all aspects of martial arts as a field of investigation. As a whole, the conference was impressively orchestrated and quite well attended by representatives from around the world and is notable as the first official Martial Arts Studies Research Network event to take place in North America. ; Este informe trata la 5th Annual Martial Arts Studies Conference, celebrada en Orange, California (EE. UU.), del 23 al 24 de mayo de 2019. Se desarrollaron un total de seis sesiones paralelas, compuestas por 44 presentaciones. Aunque el tema de la conferencia fue "artes marciales, cultura y política", la organización temática fue más allá y abarcó todos los aspectos de las artes marciales como campo de investigación. En general, la conferencia estuvo excepcionalmente organizada, contó con la asistencia de participantes de todo el mundo, y es destacable que este ha sido el primer evento de la Martial Arts Studies Research Network que ha tenido lugar en Norteamérica. ; Este artigo apresenta um resumo sobre a 5th Annual Martial Arts Studies Conference, que teve lugar em Orange, Califórnia, nos dias 23 e 24 de maio de 2019. Foram realizadas 6 sessões paralelas, compostas por 44 apresentações. O tema da conferência foi "artes marciais, cultura e políticas", mas a organização temática foi mais abrangente e abarcou todos os aspetos das artes marciais como campo de investigação. De uma forma geral, a conferência estava muito bem organizada, contando com a participação de investigadores de todo o mundo. Foi o primeiro evento da Martial Arts Studies Research Network, que teve lugar na América do Norte.

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 training volume, training rhythm, training location, training mode (individual or group) and training methods. The survey sought to gain insights into modifications that martial artists made as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to their training, curriculum, alternative fitness, strength and health activities, as well as training goals. The results suggest that the training restrictions implemented by governments in order to try to combat the pandemic transformed the practice of martial arts on a massive and fundamental scale. Specifically, they led to two seemingly opposing developments: increasing digitisation and an increased focus on the importance of embodiment. The article concludes with a suggestion that these lines of development will mould the post-pandemic landscape of martial arts.

Loïc Wacquant's article ' Homines in Extremis' outlines five propositions about habitus that support a broader and richer use of Bourdieu's famous concept. His article was a response to a new edited volume by Sanchez and Spencer under the title Fighting Scholars. In this article, I support Wacquant's argument, but suggest that he undersells habitus as a topic of and tool for inquiry. I point to previous conversations about habitus and suggest that we may learn more about social phenomena by engaging the relational aspects of habitus and the social aspects of the incorporation of habitus.