Abstract - An overview of fighting arts studies AD 2022
Background. The activity of specialised associations and other institutions, and researchers, are co-creating the present fighting arts arena and the recent history of this phenomenon. It is therefore worth describing these events and new publications and also evaluating them.
Problem. The cognitive aim of this research is to describe and analyse the area of martial arts and combat sports (people and scientific institutions) and activity in this field during the last year in the research centres in the small town of Strzyzow, Poland and in Central Europe, as well as on the wider international scale. Scientific and methodological events and new literature on the subject have been reviewed.
Method. The main qualitative method used here is a survey of multiple case studies, which are descriptive, interpretive, and evaluative. Data were collected between October 2021 and October 2022. In many cases, the co-authors were participants / direct observers of the events. Publications and other materials were evaluated using a content analysis method and analysis of other sources (documents, films, electronic sources).
Results and conclusions. Several events, as well as publications, which are interesting from the point of view of the thematic profile of our journal, have been indicated and evaluated in short reviews. The situation of the martial arts and combat sports community and its researchers is monitored on an ongoing basis using descriptive and/or photographic documentation. This is done by taking into account the cultural context and historical perspective.