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Martial Arts More Than Just Self Defense
May 20, 2006
According to the FBI, four women die everyday as a result
of domestic violence and about 130,000 women report that
they’ve been victims of rape or attempted rape annually.
Because of statistics like this, many women enroll in
self-defense classes to learn the skills they need to
defend themselves.
The thing is, a short-term self-defense class may not
address all of the areas you need to be able to fully
defend yourself. While martial arts classes won’t
specifically train you for combat and fighting, they will
give you the ability to defend yourself if you ever find
yourself in a situation where you need to practice
self-defense. The best part is that this self-defense
isn’t always physical. What most people don’t know is that
in a good martial arts class you’ll learn a variety of
skills to help you gain the awareness, peace and physical
conditioning you need to be a stronger person, in all
aspects of your life.
Confidence. All the physical defense skills in the world
won’t help if you don’t have the confidence needed to use
them. That’s the beauty of martial arts training. In
order to successfully train a martial art, you need to have
your mind and body in tune with one another. This
self-awareness gives you the confidence your need to
control and defend yourself if needed. You’ll be able to
handle everyday and extraordinary situations without losing
your temper. You’ll be able to stand your ground. You’ll
appear to be (and will be) more confident – and people who
appear to be confident are less likely to be the victims of
violence because they don’t look like “easy targets”.
Focus and Awareness. While training martial arts, you need
to focus and concentrate on what you are doing so that you
don’t injure yourself or those around you. This focus and
concentration carries over into other aspects of your life
as well. Soon, you’ll find yourself better able to
concentrate on work, school and home. You’ll even find
yourself being more aware of your surroundings which can
help you avoid potentially harmful or violent situations.
Peace. Training martial arts will also give you an inner
peace that can change your life. First of all, to
effectively train martial arts, your workout will always be
changing. You’ll never get bored with your workout because
it will always be challenging to your abilities (both
physical and mental). In addition to that, training
martial arts is a great stress reducer. You probably
already know that regular physical exercise can reduce
physical stress, but what you don’t know is that martial
arts go one step further to reduce emotional stress as
well. Activities such as martial arts that require you
concentrate on your movements and your core strength can
give you full stress relief in one activity.
Strength and Conditioning. When you train martial arts,
you use your entire body. You cannot use just one muscle
set at a time. The exercises are always changing and
evolving to give you the maximum out of each training
session. Martial arts also increase your flexibility which
is great because people who are flexible suffer fewer
injuries, have better posture and are better able to relax
their muscles.
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