Martial arts have become popular throughout the world, as a hobby, sport and even as a pop culture reference. Brought to the west and made popular by media, martial arts are no longer a niche hobby. With similar benefits to partaking in a sport, martial arts offer unique benefits and rewards that cannot be found elsewhere. Outlined below are the top five benefits and rewards from training and studying martial arts!
Fitness
Martial arts and combat sports are some of the most rigorous and effective methods of training to achieve optimum health and fitness. In particular, martial arts of all varieties focus on body strength, core strength and great strength and conditioning programs.
Not only for pure fitness, martial arts also teach compound, effective movements that build functional fitness and strength. Martial artists have to be in optimal condition in almost every aspect of fitness to be an effective fighter, and as such, their fitness becomes extremely well-rounded and grounded in reality.
Self-Confidence
Sports and fitness, in general, are a great way to build up confidence, hence why sports are encouraged with children. Martial arts, however, are the ultimate confidence builder. Martial arts became a way to build up self-confidence and effectively stand up for yourself.
By training hard and seeing clear progression through grading and belts, practitioners begin to truly know and understand their capabilities, strengths and weaknesses.
Community
Martial arts communities are extremely tight-knit, with many students helping their teachers and vice versa. Due to fighting, training, bleeding and sweating with your peers, very close bonds can be formed. If you are looking for a community that promotes positivity, health and well-being, look no further than the martial arts community.
Respect & Ritual
Traditional martial arts and even more modern combat arts are steeped in tradition and respect. Typically more prevalent in Asian martial arts, practitioners learn to respect the power of their art and abilities, and ultimately become wiser and more introspective individuals.
There isn't much room for sore losers in martial arts, and a hard defeat typically comes with a deep and introspective lesson. Even the most capable of practitioners will learn humility very early on when stepping onto a dojo mat.
Self-Defence
Self-defence is one of the most unique skills one can take away from learning martial arts. In fact, many of the other benefits, such as confidence, stem from a person's ability to defend themselves and their loved ones adequately.
By learning martial arts, practitioners can eventually become extremely competent at defending themselves, knowing how to detect threats and other more abstract frameworks, such as understanding striking distances.
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