Martial Arts: More Than Just a Workout
- Date: 2006-12-12 - Word Count: 468
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Why go to martial arts over other hobbies or sports? Can't you get the same thing from popular sports. Isn't martial arts just another way to get a workout? The answer is quite simply, no. In this article, we'll cover some of the many things martial arts offers.
Martial Arts is not a lifestyle or temporary solution for your short-term goals. It can be a workout but its so much more than that. It can make you feel more confident but its more than that.
Martial Arts does not come easy with a couple of years of practicing and achieving certain ranks. Nothing worth your while is easy. Once you find a martial art that fits you, you always remember how much of an impact it has or had on you. If you stop practicing, you always want to return. Martial arts takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. Martial Arts is a lifetime commitment.
Martial Arts requires the full integration of body, mind, and soul. Other hobbies or sports just don't come close. The calming effect of martial arts takes you to the place that you function at your optimum performance. Martial Arts is actually an art that has been developed by monks to protect themselves from being robbed during their travels as missionaries. It originated in China many centuries ago. The monks combined meditation and health developmental exercises into martial arts, or kung fu as it was called.
7) Martial Arts requires that one keeps a certain path, ideology, and commitment. Staying on the true path is important in both life and martial arts. Your commitment to your own development is of the utmost importance.
Martial Arts requires that one keeps a certain fitness level. The more fit you are, the better you will perform. Although martial arts in its self can help you to keep this fitness level, if fitness is your only goal in martial arts you should look elsewhere.
Martial Arts requires one to keep a lifestyle that fits one's level of commitment. What you eat and drink make up what your body is made of. If you put negative things in your body, you'll get negative things out of it. Whether it be fatigue, weight, fat or a bad heard, the old saying of you are what you eat holds true.
Martial Arts requires one to maintain and enhance a level of ethics, etiquette and self-control. With great power comes great resposibility. Martial arts can give you plenty and turn your hands and feet into weapons. Like any weapon, you must use martial arts responsibly.
Martials Arts requires one to nourish a level of patience. Many of the things that help you to develop in martial arts can seem boring. They teach patience and a sense of inner calmness.
Martial Arts is not a lifestyle or temporary solution for your short-term goals. It can be a workout but its so much more than that. It can make you feel more confident but its more than that.
Martial Arts does not come easy with a couple of years of practicing and achieving certain ranks. Nothing worth your while is easy. Once you find a martial art that fits you, you always remember how much of an impact it has or had on you. If you stop practicing, you always want to return. Martial arts takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. Martial Arts is a lifetime commitment.
Martial Arts requires the full integration of body, mind, and soul. Other hobbies or sports just don't come close. The calming effect of martial arts takes you to the place that you function at your optimum performance. Martial Arts is actually an art that has been developed by monks to protect themselves from being robbed during their travels as missionaries. It originated in China many centuries ago. The monks combined meditation and health developmental exercises into martial arts, or kung fu as it was called.
7) Martial Arts requires that one keeps a certain path, ideology, and commitment. Staying on the true path is important in both life and martial arts. Your commitment to your own development is of the utmost importance.
Martial Arts requires that one keeps a certain fitness level. The more fit you are, the better you will perform. Although martial arts in its self can help you to keep this fitness level, if fitness is your only goal in martial arts you should look elsewhere.
Martial Arts requires one to keep a lifestyle that fits one's level of commitment. What you eat and drink make up what your body is made of. If you put negative things in your body, you'll get negative things out of it. Whether it be fatigue, weight, fat or a bad heard, the old saying of you are what you eat holds true.
Martial Arts requires one to maintain and enhance a level of ethics, etiquette and self-control. With great power comes great resposibility. Martial arts can give you plenty and turn your hands and feet into weapons. Like any weapon, you must use martial arts responsibly.
Martials Arts requires one to nourish a level of patience. Many of the things that help you to develop in martial arts can seem boring. They teach patience and a sense of inner calmness.
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James Suzuki
Orange County Martial Arts Association www.orangecountymartialarts.net
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