MARIANO, Jasmine V.

FIT-CS 7855 10-12 Monday

BSAC-1 Block 9 April 30, 2020

ACTIVITY 1

1. What are the health and fitness benefits of combative sports training ?

a. It helps you lead a healthy lifestyle.

Because it is such an intense physical workout, martial arts encourages you to eat clean.
Improving your diet becomes second nature because your body will require more energy in general, just
to perform many of martial arts’ various techniques. Secondly, martial arts improves your mental health
because it teaches you how to meditate and draw upon your spiritual energy. Through physical exercise
and proper breathing, the body releases a healthy amount of endorphins, and we feel stronger, fitter, and
healthier each day. In this way, martial arts benefits your life whether you want to shed some unwanted
weight or reach a desired fitness goal.

b. Experience weight loss as you get in the best shape of your life.
Martial arts is the most complete and effective workout of your life. One of martial arts’ most
valuable benefits is allowing you to achieve supreme physical fitness, and empower you with achieving
rapid weight loss. If you are looking to shed some unwanted fat, get your life back in order, and knock a
few inches off your waistline, then martial arts is perfect for you. Martial arts isn’t just for learning self-
defense, it’s also great for your overall health.

c. It gives you supreme self-confidence.

Because martial arts will push our limits as humans, a person can discover a great deal about
himself during training. Of course, knowing more about ourselves makes us more confident within our
own skin. Knowing that we have the ability to defend ourselves and being confident in our abilities is
certainly an awesome feeling. This acquired confidence through martial arts also permeates into our
daily lives, whether it is at the office or in the classroom. Self-confidence is an incredible by-product of
martial arts training.

d. It improves focus and stillness.

In order to get the most out of martial arts, we have to pay attention to our state of mind. This is
done through the study of proper breathing techniques, constant meditation, and the practice of martial
arts’ various principles throughout our daily lives, namely honor, respect, courage, and perseverance,
among others. Whatever martial art we practice, developing proper technique is a must. In doing this, we
actually directly enhance our focus because this synchronizes our mind and body. Because a huge part
of martial arts helps us train our bodies and minds to become healthier, we are able to focus harder.

2. Are combative sports a good workout ?

Yes. Most exercises feel like a chore because they require the same routine. One can easily get
bored with routine workouts but there’s always something new to learn with combat sports. Learning
new techniques keep you motivated and the drive makes you want to get better each day. In order to
apply real skills in the world of combat sports, you want to train and stay sharp. You would not want to
skip the chance of learning new techniques every other day. When you are doing something fun, and are
able to measure your progress in a practical way, you are more likely to stay on track with your training.
It will also help you see things in life in a different way to approach your everyday struggles.

3. Why are combative sports perfect for fitness ?

The Physical training portion of Combat Sports or Martial Arts is one of the main factors of
getting into shape. The other factors being diet (nutritional habits or patterns), mental thought processes,
and genetics. The repetition of the many techniques in Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay-Thai, Wrestling,
Grappling, and Mixed Martial Arts, combined with sparring, stretching, strength training, cardio
training, and other auxiliary forms of physical training can and will get you into your ideal Form. The
training for combat sports will require strength, power, and good aerobic and anaerobic stamina. It will
help you build strong muscles, bones and tendons to take a hit and deliver the required force at a target.
You will also need to do sprints, jumps, running and shadowboxing. Combat sports have the best all-
round approach to physical fitness as compared to other sports and physical activities. They do not
neglect any aspect of training. You won’t be trying to make your muscles bigger. Rather, you are trying
to create a better version of yourself.