| According to the FBI, four women die everyday | | | | yourself or those around you. This focus and |
| as a result of domestic violence and about | | | | concentration carries over into other aspects |
| 130,000 women report that they've been | | | | of your life as well. Soon, you'll find |
| victims of rape or attempted rape annually. | | | | yourself better able to concentrate on work, |
| Because of statistics like this, many women | | | | school and home. You'll even find yourself |
| enroll in self-defense classes to learn the | | | | being more aware of your surroundings which |
| skills they need to defend themselves. | | | | can help you avoid potentially harmful or |
| | | | violent situations. |
| The thing is, a short-term self-defense class | | | | |
| may not address all of the areas you need to | | | | Peace. Training martial arts will also give |
| be able to fully defend yourself. While | | | | you an inner peace that can change your life. |
| martial arts classes won't specifically train | | | | First of all, to effectively train martial |
| you for combat and fighting, they will give | | | | arts, your workout will always be changing. |
| you the ability to defend yourself if you | | | | You'll never get bored with your workout |
| ever find yourself in a situation where you | | | | because it will always be challenging to your |
| need to practice self-defense. The best part | | | | abilities (both physical and mental). In |
| is that this self-defense isn't always | | | | addition to that, training martial arts is a |
| physical. What most people don't know is | | | | great stress reducer. You probably already |
| that in a good martial arts class you'll | | | | know that regular physical exercise can |
| learn a variety of skills to help you gain | | | | reduce physical stress, but what you don't |
| the awareness, peace and physical | | | | know is that martial arts go one step further |
| conditioning you need to be a stronger | | | | to reduce emotional stress as well. |
| person, in all aspects of your life. | | | | Activities such as martial arts that require |
| | | | you concentrate on your movements and your |
| Confidence. All the physical defense skills | | | | core strength can give you full stress relief |
| in the world won't help if you don't have the | | | | in one activity. |
| confidence needed to use them. That's the | | | | |
| beauty of martial arts training. In order to | | | | Strength and Conditioning. When you train |
| successfully train a martial art, you need to | | | | martial arts, you use your entire body. You |
| have your mind and body in tune with one | | | | cannot use just one muscle set at a time. |
| another. This self-awareness gives you the | | | | The exercises are always changing and |
| confidence your need to control and defend | | | | evolving to give you the maximum out of each |
| yourself if needed. You'll be able to handle | | | | training session. Martial arts also increase |
| everyday and extraordinary situations without | | | | your flexibility which is great because |
| losing your temper. You'll be able to stand | | | | people who are flexible suffer fewer |
| your ground. You'll appear to be (and will | | | | injuries, have better posture and are better |
| be) more confident - and people who appear to | | | | able to relax their muscles. |
| be confident are less likely to be the | | | | |
| victims of violence because they don't look | | | | If you are interested in learning more about |
| like "easy targets". | | | | how martial arts can help your self |
| | | | confidence, please contact one of my three |
| Focus and Awareness. While training martial | | | | locations in Bellevue, Lynnwood or Kent, |
| arts, you need to focus and concentrate on | | | | Washington at 800-508-6141or to set up a free |
| what you are doing so that you don't injure | | | | 2 week trail orientation. |