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Asian martial arts and resiliency

Carl Bell

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

ISSN: 1757-0980

Article publication date: 1 December 2008

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Abstract

This article reviews characteristics of resilience and various types of Asian martial arts and illustrates how Asian martial arts help to cultivate resiliency. Cultivation of internal energy (eg. chi kung), training the breath, meditative techniques and spiritual development, metaphors and models in Asian martial arts, and training ‘heart’ designed to enhance resiliency are mechanisms for how Asian marital arts cultivate resilience. Finally, a brief review of the health and mental health benefits of Asian martial arts is presented.

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Bell, C. (2008), "Asian martial arts and resiliency", Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/17570980200800016

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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