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…
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,…
Every martial art is an “art” and not a science. This is because of philosophical concepts that are imbibed in the martial art. There are innumerable philosophies from around the world, which have influenced martial arts over the years. For example, Korean martial arts are largely influenced by Shamanism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism; whereas, Japanese martial…
Combat is a conflict with a specific purpose. In martial arts, combat may be broadly classified as: — physical combat ——military combat ——self-defense combat ——security combat — sports combat — mock combat — demonstrative combat — psychological combat — external combat — internal combat Physical combat Here, the purpose is to physically harm or kill…
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