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As a case study of somatic cultures, this ethnographic study of a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym in Thailand examines the processes by which individuals come to embody particular bodily techniques and values. Of interest is the interrelationship between cultural understandings of bodily knowledge and the way individuals utilise their bodies. This chapter provides a conceptual understanding of this ethnographic study by examining the eclectic body of literature dealing with martial arts and the body, phenomenology and the senses, and sporting bodies and masculinities.

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Lionel, L.H.L. (2016). Introduction. In: The Body and Senses in Martial Culture. Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55742-1_1

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