Open AccessMixed Martial Arts og det totale engagement
Author(s) -
Mariam Rosenwanger,
Eva Lee,
Susanne Ravn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
forum for idræt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2596-4143
pISSN - 1904-2183
DOI - 10.7146/ffi.v31i0.109041
Subject(s) - martial arts , battle , the arts , psychology , public relations , sociology , political science , medical education , visual arts , medicine , art , history , archaeology
Mixed Martial Arts is a relatively new staging of the ultimate battle between two practitioners fighting in a cage. With it’s brutality it challenges the practitioner’s physical limits and mental barriers. In this article we go behind – or maybe rather before – the fight and describe the training practices of American MMA practitioners. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to describe the community of practices which MMA practitioners are part of – ‘backstage’ – when preparing for their fight(s).