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