Raising Resilience With Childhood Training in Martial Arts
- tigeronthered
- Apr 2
- 1 min read
Mental health in kids is positively impacted by traditional, structured martial arts training.
Psychological resilience and life meaning augment each other.
Body movement and the environment in which training occurs interact to help enhance mental health.
The Importance of Integrated Action Across the Lifespan
This study has importance in both understanding the contextual value of martial arts as holistic physical education and in helping to frame such value in a Western context. Martial arts are still commonly perceived as practices of combat and self-defense in the West, whereas in the East, the perception extends widely to mind-body exercise and overall life value. In addition to direct practical physical applications of martial arts, the eastern approach "prioritizes the synchronization of bodily movement and breath, highlights the significance of the body's internal self-regulation, and with it a wealth of philosophical culture and educational implications."
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