RT Article
T1 Adapting Trauma-Informed Kickboxing for the Salvadoran Context: A Practitioner Essay
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 1
SP 146
OP 154
A1 Verry, Georgia
A2 McKay, Penny 1948-2009
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1911621890
AB This practitioner essay will discuss the evidence base for an Australian trauma-informed kickboxing program, The Fight Back Project. We share key differences and adjustments while delivering this program in the Salvadoran context. We consider practitioner assumptions and limitations when transferring trauma-informed practice principles from the Global North to the Central American setting, and the criticality of gender-responsive adaptations. Drawing from existing research on the benefits of trauma-informed martial arts as a form of physical exercise, we describe the collaborative development and implementation of a trauma-informed kickboxing program alongside a local, community-led organization.
K1 gender-based violence
K1 Martial Arts
K1 kickboxing
K1 Trauma-informed
DO 10.1177/10778012241275696