Report on the third International Martial Arts and Combat Sports Scientific Society (IMACSSS) Conference

Authors

  • Dominique Brizin University of Cologne / Germany EWTO - European WingTsun Organisation University of Plovdiv / Bulgaria University of Derby / Buxton / England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v10i1.1597

Keywords:

martial arts, combat sports, scientific research, scientific meetings, congresses, IMACSSS

Agencies:

Keith R. Kernspecht, European WingTsun Organization (EWTO)

Abstract

The present report provides a brief account of the Conference “Man - Martial Arts - Humanism”, held by the International Martial Arts and Combat Sport Scientific Society (IMACSSS) on October 15th - 17th, 2014 in Rzeszów, Poland. During this international conference, scientists from various universities presented their actual projects and results of their latest projects in the field of martial arts and combat sports (MA&CS). Subjects covered a wide range, starting with anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy, psychology, reaching up to pedagogy and didactic methodology, bio-technical approaches and theoretical structures in MA&CS. The conference drew more than 120 participants and contributed to the formation of a close network in the community of the scientists conducting research within the field of MA&CS.

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Author Biography

Dominique Brizin, University of Cologne / Germany EWTO - European WingTsun Organisation University of Plovdiv / Bulgaria University of Derby / Buxton / England

Dominique Brizin (born in 1976) is Sifu of WingTsun and academic assistant in the European WingTsun Organization (EWTO) of Prof. Keith Kernspecht. He supervises university courses in cooperation with Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Derby-Buxton (England). He has a Diploma in regional sciences of Latin-America and does his Ph. D. at the Research Institute of Political Science and European Affairs / Chair of International Politics and Foreign Policy of Prof. Thomas Jäger of the University of Cologne. In September 2014 he finished his Master’s degree in sports education (focus on WingTsun) at the University of Plovdiv.

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Published

2015-03-24

How to Cite

Brizin, D. (2015). Report on the third International Martial Arts and Combat Sports Scientific Society (IMACSSS) Conference. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 10(1), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v10i1.1597

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Reports & Media Reviews