| Life moves around us all at a faster and faster rate | | | | 9. Learning how to defend yourself. |
| every day. Chronic stress has become a national | | | | 10. Learning to also assist others who may be |
| concern. This negative stress effects us all in a | | | | attacked. |
| number of ways. Today we have millions of people | | | | 11. Improving their overall health. |
| that are suffering from various levels of stress. Please | | | | 12. Helping to improve their quality of life. |
| understand that there are many that we let stress us. | | | | 13. Improved flexibility. |
| However there are only two types of stress. There is | | | | In the martial arts you are not sitting on your bottom |
| good stress and bad stress. The problem for most | | | | just listening to someone for an hour. The martial arts, |
| people and the reason for this national disease is the | | | | requires you to get up and get active. Martial arts can |
| bad stress. Martial arts can help you with the bad | | | | benefit you one a physical and mental level. Martial arts |
| stress. Here are some of the areas - symptoms of | | | | will help you to learn things that you will be over joy |
| bad stress of mood swings, not sleeping, nervous | | | | that you have learned. Had a not so great day at |
| tension, fear, trouble focusing, short temp, poor | | | | work, friend got on your nerves, traffic was crazy, you |
| memory, not being able to perform, poor health, lack of | | | | just want a break from what is going on with you and |
| interest and lack of energy. | | | | around you - go train. |
| Those that are active in the martial arts are: | | | | The martial arts is the type of training that you need to |
| 1. Getting regular exercise. | | | | get involved. It is far more the lifting weights, doing |
| 2. Getting positive interaction with positive people. | | | | aerobic, or any other activity so get started in martial |
| 3. Having positive communication with others. | | | | arts program today. If you have any questions you |
| 4. Learning about themselves. | | | | have to get out there and find the answers to your |
| 5. Sleeping better. | | | | questions. If you have any doubts all have to do is just |
| 6. Have more confident. | | | | get up get out there give it a try. Don't wait, see for |
| 7. Have an overall better fitness and balance. | | | | yourself. |
| 8. Martial people are eating better. | | | | |