ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the reader to the world of the senses in the embodied, pedagogic practices of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) coaches at Warriors Gym, and Wolf Pack Gym by focusing on how they pass on this sensory knowledge, and how the senses feature in their everyday coaching practices in the gym. It examines the process of sensory education that is central to the development of the skills and forms of knowledge possessed by the MMA coach. The chapter considers the ways in which different sensory modalities play a role in the everyday pedagogic practices and the transmission of sensuous, bodily know-how of MMA from the coaches to the practitioners in the gym on a daily basis. It illustrates how the senses feature in the practice and experiences of MMA coaches and how they utilise different sensory modalities in their corporeal pedagogies, sharing their skills, knowledge, and 'ways of knowing' this activity.
