Code of honour in martial arts is valued by all martial artists all around the world. They follow it religiously and also live by it. This article attempts to understand what is honour, what is a code of honour, and what is a code of honour for martial artists. What is honour? Honour may be…
Physics and its application in martial arts need to be understood clearly. Martial artists know that martial techniques need to be executed fast and often forcefully. The meaning of “fast” is generally understood to be speed, or velocity, or acceleration, which may be wrongly understood as being synonymous. Again, their relationships in forming potential or…
Telemedicine generally signifies remote clinical services, while telehealth usually signifies both clinical and non-clinical remote services. Telehealth connotes a broader scope of remote healthcare services. Telehealth/ telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare services by using secure videoconference technology, so that the patient can see, hear and speak to a doctor via digital media. Both telehealth…
Timing in martial arts may be defined as the time when an attacking or a defending movement achieves its objective of attack or defense. For example, the time when a punch lands on an opponent’s jaw may be considered as the timing of that attacking movement. Similarly, the time when successful dodging can evade an…
Angles in martial arts are embedded in all stances and techniques. Angles are formed when two straight lines intersect. However, a straight line is also a straight angle, and it is used in martial arts both as a straight line and as a straight angle. Nonetheless, simple straight lines travelling in a single direction, like…
The history of martial arts begins with the history of human beings; therefore, understanding the history of human beings may shed light on how martial arts originated, spread, modified, transformed, and evolved into the present various forms as seen nowadays. Origin of human beings There are several theories on the origination of human beings, and…
The human body needs air, water, food, and sleep, to survive. If these are not adequate, then the body suffers. If the bodily limits of suffering are exceeded, then the body becomes unconscious. If still these are not provided to the body, then the body subsequently dies. Thus, these are of vital importance for survival…
Distance or range in martial arts is very important. Distance, also known as range, may be understood as the gap between point A and point B, or in martial arts as the distance between one person and another person. There are many ways of classifying distance; however, broadly, the distance may be classified as follows:…
Handling nervousness before a fight is crucial for any martial artist. Feeling nervous before an event is quite common and is felt by everyone in some way or the other. For a martial artist, an event may be a grading, or a demonstration of a pattern or a kata, or breaking objects, or sparring, or…
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”…
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