Health & Fitness
Top Tips for Seniors for a Happy, Healthy Life
A variety of tips for seniors on how to ensure a healthy, happy lifestyle as you grow older.
Read MoreKarate Teaches you to Believe in Yourself
Karate teaches you to believe in yourself and I have seen that to be true whether you are one of the youngest students, a teenager, or a full grown adult.
Read MoreBreath Control for Urgent Stress Relief
This breath control technique has helped me in many stressful situation. It has also simply helped me to find relaxation. Now I’d like to share this technique with you here.
Read MoreUsing Meditation for Health
As a tool, meditation for health is powerful. Meditation helps the body to relax. Thus it relieves stress. Additionally, it lowers blood pressure. These include the most obvious of its physical benefits.
Read MoreKarate Teaches You How to Fight & How Not to
Parents considering martial arts classes are sometimes concerned about the violence of it. It’s not a bad thing for potential karate parents to be concerned that karate teaches you how to fight.
Read MoreWhy Traditional Okinawan Karate?
In its early development, traditional Okinawan karate was strictly a way to protect one’s self and one’s family, as well as the community. Good traditional schools preserve that tradition so that modern practitioners are well able to do the same.
Read MoreKarate Teaches Fitness: A Before and After Portrait
My fitness improved considerably just by going to class and advancing through the ranks. I was consistently challenged, but not too much so. As I became an advanced student, I realized the importance of practicing my moves at home and on my own time.
Read MoreConfidence and Conversations
Before karate, I lacked confidence. I dreaded when people talked with me. If I didn’t know the person well, I felt uncomfortable, even pained by talking with them.
Read MoreKarate Teaches Focus: Here’s How
Karate teaches focus with goals such as belts, stripes, great job tickets, and instruction in goal setting. When students learn to target specific goals, this helps build a focused foundation.
Read MoreWhen is the Best Time to Begin Martial Arts?
he good news is that karate is year-round so you can start at any time. The bad news is karate is year-round so you don’t have an external push to sign up.
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