Sabtu, 12 Juli 2014

What To Know About Martial Arts In London

By Marylou Forbes


People in different places practice martial arts for various purposes including physical fitness, self-defense, entertainment, spiritual development, and competition. Various forms of martial arts in London are believed to have first been practiced in Asian countries such as China, Japan and India. The word martial art has its origin from the Latin language. The phrase means arts of Mars. The Romans take Mars to be their god of war.

Martial art as the name suggests, is a set of combat methods. Different sets of skills are practiced in various regions of the world. Martial art does not have any specific criterion of classification. There are two major criteria of classification including region and intention of practice. Some categories allow participants to employ weapons while others have strict rules about use of weapons like sticks and swords. Those that disallow use of weapons only involve demonstration of skills, striking, and defending.

Unarmed combat requires one to focus. Participants are allowed to kick and punch. Sports such as karate, sanshou, vale tudo, and wushu are a result of modified unarmed combat. Some sports like wing chun and boxing allow only punching. Some allow exclusive kicking such as savate, kickboxing, and taekwondo. Grappling is diverse and includes judo, jujutsu, glima, and sambo. It involves throwing the opponent down, pinning techniques, choking, submission holds, and joint locks.

Personal power and strength are also highly employed in unarmed combat. Some of the techniques entail using the strength of opponents against themselves. An example of such a maneuver is throwing the opponent off balance. In some, strength and speed are the main weapons used. In combat, students are taught how to keep the correct body posture and balance energy flow within the body.

Training in use of weapons in taught in weapon-based combat art. Some of the weapons used include pieces of cloth, arrows, poles, sticks, and bladed weapons. Mastery of skills in using bows and arrows is referred to as archery. Archery training involves shooting mobile or immobile targets positioned at various distances from the shooter. Fencing is among the sports that employ swords in training.

Medicinal practices like bone setting are part of certain forms of this art. Some like taekkyeon endeavor to develop the spiritual wellbeing of the trainees. Taekkyeon requires the trainees to find their inner peace so as to concentrate. The techniques taught under this system are based on breathing and relaxation. The trainees must exercise self-conscience and be composed. These two conditions play a very important role on psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of the trainee.

Movies carry a lot of exaggerated moves that cannot be achieved in the real world. Not everyone can do such moves and hence must be avoided at all times. Some people end up nursing wounds, fractures, and serious injuries after trying to do some of those moves. As a result most movies warn viewers against trying the moves in the movie at the start.

Different levels of martial arts are currently taught by various schools and facilities worldwide. The schools are licensed and trainees are taught by qualified tutor. Safe training grounds are offered by such facilities and they also have first aid kits and tools for handling emergency situations. Rates are based on the level and type of art one needs to learn. Training schedules can be personalized for busy individuals.




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