Asian martial arts and resiliency
Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care
ISSN: 1757-0980
Article publication date: 1 December 2008
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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Citation
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
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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