Top Ten Reasons to Take Martial Arts:
1. A lifestyle characterised by lack of physical activity and excessive inactivity
(particularly television viewing and video games) can cause obesity in children.
2. Women, who are involved in one or more sports, have been found to be
more successful in their workplace and life in general.
3. Participating in an activity such as karate as a family enhances the quality of
family life.
4. Martial Arts promotes camaraderie and compassion by providing a
supportive and nurturing environment. The quality of interpersonal relationships
between adults and youths within the caring climate, influences youths’ to
optimize social behaviour while simultaneously curtailing antisocial behaviour.
5. Long-term sports participation helps alleviate anxiety related and social
problems. Results show that the more formal sports participation and the longer
the participation, the lower the scores on Externalizing Problems, Social
Problems, Aggression Problems, and Delinquency Problems.
6. Martial Arts can help children in developing a strong moral code. Children
and youth need to develop their own moral code so they will consciously
choose to behave ethically.
7. Cardiovascular fitness and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) are closely related
to abdominal obesity. Present studies demonstrate that cardiovascular fitness
and abdominal obesity each are independently and strongly associated with
individual CVD risk factors.
8. There are about 71 percent of students that report bullying as an on-going
problem. Martial Arts promotes the development of confidence in children and
an improved ability to deal with bullying situations.
9. Women have been found to enjoy physical exercise for both stress
management and social activity. They may also be particularly receptive to
capitalizing on the stress and anxiety reducing benefits of a particular exercise
session, and to fostering social relationships while exercising.
10. One major reason women take self defence, is to combat the fear of
violence in the world. The fear of violence, often transmitted through second-
hand experiences and stories, was a major motivator for many women.
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