27%

Only 27% of martial artists are female.

70%

70% of martial artists stop training between the ages of 16 and 55.

0

There are 0 national criteria for martial arts coaching qualification. In most cases, a blackbelt alone is enough.

The Influence of Gender Dynamics on Women’s Experiences in Martial Arts

Jennifer Hayward | 4 March 2024

What can we take away from this research?

Our first research has been published! We looked at 53 papers that studied different martial arts, and found some common themes that came up repeatedly where they talked about women’s experiences of training with men. Overall, these studies highlighted a lot of bad experiences but also showed that this is changing over time and martial …