Physical conditioning in martial arts means conditioning the body for the purposes of martial arts. In martial arts, the mind, body, emotions, and the spirit are inextricably intertwined, and if any one of them is trained, then the others also get trained simultaneously to varying degrees. This simultaneous training may be broadly termed as “conditioning”…
Martial arts feature defensive or attacking techniques that involve movement of the body. In order to execute such techniques, the body needs to maintain its centre of gravity, centre of mass, base of support, balance and stability. Centre of gravity The earth pulls everything towards itself, and this pulling force may be termed as gravity…
This article consists of the following: —Introduction —What is an injury? —Classifying injuries ——Skin injury ——Head injury ——Eyes/Ears/Nose/Mouth/Tongue/Teeth injury ——Neck injury ——Extremities injury —Preventing injuries ——Scientific training session ——Mastering fundamental movements ——Wearing protective gear ——Other preventive measures —Treatment of injuries ——R.I.C.E ——P.R.I.C.E ——P.OL.I.C.E —Coming back after an injury —Conclusion Introduction Injuries in martial arts/ sports…
In a utopian world, everyone would be at peace with everyone else, and there would be no quarrel, fight, or conflict. However, reality is something different and the world is not a perfect world. Violence is a harsh reality and a worldwide phenomenon affecting everyone irrespective of gender, nationality, caste, colour, race, or creed. Violence…
Wearing it well When you first wear a dobok, you might feel self-conscious, but that feeling quickly disappears as you realize how comfortable a real dobok is. Coloured Belts One of the highlights of martial arts training is exchanging your beginner’s white belt for a colored one. However, colored belts didn’t exist until 1935, and…
What an emotion contains is known as its emotional content. For example, the emotion of acceptance contains tolerance, and therefore, acceptance contains the emotional content of tolerance. Since just like acceptance, tolerance is also an emotion, so the content of an emotion is simply another emotion. Characteristics of emotional content The emotion and its emotional…
Martial arts tourism is when martial artists go to different places to teach, learn, or promote martial arts and its associated philosophy, tenets, and techniques. Martial arts tourism may have different aspects like teaching, learning, apprentice pilgrimage, promotion (private or government), seminars, conferences, competitions, and more. Origin of martial arts tourism Martial arts tourism is an…
Periodization is the process of dividing time into smaller time periods, where each period has a specific objective or objectives that have to be achieved within that time period. The achievement of objectives of the smaller time periods all add up to the major achievement of a larger time period. For example, to study history,…
Martial arts is known to provide several health benefits in terms of physical, mental, and spiritual health. Broadly, the benefits may be classified as: —Physical (fitness, flexibility, coordination, strength, endurance, balance) —Mental (discipline, resilience, adaptability, perseverance, confidence, emotional stability) —Spiritual (values, tenets, philosophy, moral culture, self-awareness, peace) Besides the above benefits, martial arts can be…
Well-being is overall wellness. Generally, it signifies how a person feels, or how satisfied is the person, or how worthwhile are the objective or subjective actions of the person. The Civic Research Initiative video “What is well-being?”: Theories of well-being Several theories of well-being have been put forward and there is no conclusive theory; nonetheless,…
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