Discover the science behind Martial Arts

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Do you that the word ‘martial’ comes from the Roman God of War, Mars? Put together, the term ‘Martial Arts’ literally means arts of war.

Introduced in the 15th Century by the Europeans who are already referring to their own fighting arts that are today known as Historical European martial arts. In most cultures, the term “Martial Arts” often specifically refers to the combat systems that originated in East Asian cultures.

However, the term actually refers to any sort of codified combat systems, regardless of origin. Europe is home to many extensive systems of martial arts, both living traditions (e.g. stick and sword fencing and Savate, a French kicking style developed by sailors and street fighters) and older systems collectively referred to as Historical European martial arts.

In America, Native Americans have a tradition of open-handed martial arts, which includes wrestling, and Hawaiians have historically practiced arts featuring small and large joint manipulation. A mix of origins occur in the athletic movements of Capoeira, a practice that was created in Brazil by slaves and was based on skills brought with them from Africa.

The world is very different and some people may even consider it as scarier than say 10-20 years ago. You can read about crimes- petty to violent being committed on the innocent every day in the news.

This call for everyone to be more vigilant and to take self defense seriously. Anyone can benefit from self-defense or martial arts hints and tips. Most of us don’t consider the need to learn martial arts until threats to our own safety becomes to real or close to be ignored.

Why You Should Care About Self Defense or Learning Martial Arts:

1. Because you can’t even imagine what it feels like to be violated like that.
2. Because he’s stronger than you are and you will be helpless against him
3. All you have is yourself when it comes to self-defense
4. Being a victim stays with you for life and it’s not easy to cope sometimes
5. When you defend yourself against a criminal, they know there’s at least one woman he can’t overpower
6. Knowing self-defense is a lot better than waking up at night screaming and crying from a nightmare about the crime
7. Look at it as insurance – insurance for you and your well-being
8. It’s not difficult to learn and even easier to carry out
9. Learning self-defense is your best counterattack against surviving a rape or assault