The Paulcast is back! The sixth episode has me speaking with a friend who I've long, long wanted an excuse to podcast with. Kaja Sadowski is one of the co-owners of Valkyrie Western Martial Arts Assembly (the home of Big Gay Sword Day), an author and a martial arts coach, among a great many other things. They are also an experienced coach in everything from historical martial arts to boxing, the perfect person to speak to about gender in sports and martial arts. In a wide-ranging discussion, Kaja talks about why we separate sports and martial arts by gender and if we even should, as well as how a genderless future for such things might work. We also discuss why the best training practices are the most inclusive, as well as what might be keeping marginalised people out of so many sports, why fighting sexism is so complex an issue and even why old fencing manuals might be like Facebook pages. Full show notes can be read for free here on my Patreon.
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