What can Martial Arts help you with?

Research has shown that adolescents can reap numerous mental health benefits from physical activity especially as it relates to lower levels of depression, and exercise can encourage better self-perception. This is very important for teens that have body image issues.  Other benefits include a healthy weight, prevention of osteoporosis, some forms of cancer and heart disease later in life, and so much more. Exercise can also lead to improved academic performance 7 development of lifelong health.

Ever notice that a good laugh has a way of lightening your burdens? Or maybe you’ve experienced a scenario like one of these.  Your day feels completely stressful and overwhelming, but then you coach yourself to step away from the frenzy, collect your thoughts, and make a list of what’s going on– prioritizing what’s important.  Has your list ever helped you discover that perhaps your day is more manageable than it seemed? 

 Martial Arts give students a sense of self-esteem that translates into the ability to make wise choices. There is no more reason to seek other coping skills with substances. 

 Karate is a Japanese unarmed fighting art that was brought from China to Japan about 700 years ago. Self-Defense is not limited to just punching and kicking. It is also feeling confident in your ability to defend yourself without having to prove it 

Originating in ancient China, Tai Chi is one of the most effective exercises for the health of the mind and body. Although an art with great depth of knowledge and skill, it can be easy to learn and soon delivers its health benefits.

Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. 

Qi Gong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. With roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts, and philosophy, qigong is traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (chi) or what has been translated as “intrinsic life energy”.