Not many people are aware of how important martial arts are for undergraduate students. Now, let me point out some of the main benefits and importance of martial arts for the students.
1) Physical Fitness
- Kung fu started as a way for studious monks to get physically fit. So, by practicing martial arts, students will be able to obtain their physical fitness.
2) Cardio, Strength, Balance
- Martial arts, taken as pure exercise, develops cardiovascular fitness as well as muscular strength. Martial artists also enjoy a heightened sense of balance, as well as learning specific skills to avoid injury. Regardless of which martial art your child studies, moving the body in martial arts techniques is great exercise. Regular training causes incremental improvements in fitness.
3) Learning Abilities
- Martial arts training doesn't just improve physical attributes. One of the more renowned benefits of martial arts training is the mental workout. Focus...is Key. Learning martial arts is learning made fun.
4) Discipline
- The regimented nature of martial arts instruction fosters a deep sense of self-discipline in students. One can't become a legitimate black belt overnight, and so students learn that their worthy goals will require patience, hard work, and dedicated study over several years. The message is that if it's worth anything, it's worth working hard for.
5) Camaraderie
- Martial arts students feel a strong sense of camaraderie with their fellow students. This feeling of fellowship is based primarily on shared experiences and surpassing of challenges, but is also based in tradition.
6) Self-Esteem
- Self-esteem is largely based on a student's self-worth; if students feel capable, able, and confident, then they enjoy a healthy self-esteem. Martial arts training builds self-esteem by providing small challenges that build incremental successes. Students learn that they can overcome the challenges as they improve in their training.
7) Respect
- One thing newcomers to the martial arts notice immediately when visiting a school for the first time is the numerous expressions of respect. "There's all that bowing," they might remark. Showing respect is intrinsic to the martial arts, and is a core facet of the cultures from which many martial arts originate. Students show respect to each other, their instructor, and even to their school upon joining each class session. Regardless of the ritual, almost all martial arts teach students to value age, rank, expertise, and experience. This respect for instructors and senior students can often carry over to classes in regular schools as well.
8) Calming and Stress Reduction
- The martial arts are very calming--a trait that may seem contradictory to those who just see the martial arts as violence. Most senior martial artists are the coolest, calmest characters around.
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GIRLS
While the reasons for studying martial arts apply to all, there's special reasons why girls should learn martial arts. We need to think and believe that "If boys can do, why can't girls do martial arts too?". Martial arts techniques are often easier for girls to learn than boys as a girl's natural flexibility is an advantage over boys the same age.
Learning martial arts are very important to girls students as we are often labelled as weak, hence, we are always targeted by the bad people. We need a particular focus on self-defense. Techniques and awareness learned through martial arts training can help us avoid assaults before they occur and defend ourselves if an assault takes place. With the seemingly prevalence of abductions in modern times, it makes sense for girls to learn at least basic self-defense and rape prevention techniques.
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