OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between martial arts practice (judo, karate and kung-fu) and bone mineral density in adolescents. METHODS The study was composed of 138 (48 martial arts practitioners and 90 non-practitioners) adolescents of both sexes, with an average age of 12.6 years. Bone mineral density was measured using Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry...

Jennings, George. 2016. ‘Ancient Wisdom, Modern Warriors; The (Re)Invention of a Mesoamerican Warrior Tradition in Xilam’, Martial Arts Studies 2, 59-70 México Profundo, Mesoamerica, pre-Hispanic, martial arts cultures, warrior philosophies 10.18573/j.2016.10064 Xilam is a modern Mexican martial art that is inspired by preHispanic warrior cultures of ancient Mesoamerica, namely the Aztecs (Mexi...

CONTEXT Many techniques in Asian martial arts hand-to-hand combat systems emphasize hitting or striking specific sites on the body that correlate with exposed portions of peripheral nerves. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and clinical effects of this unique sports-related injury. METHODS An anonymous self-administered retrospective 20-question electronic survey was posted on a high-tra...

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the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on martial adjustmentand life quality of couples. method: this experimental study had been done by pre-test and post-test method, with control group. the sample population included students who visited urmia psychological and counseling service clinics in the second half of the year 2013 to receive pr...

The demand for a separate country for the Indian muslims resulted in the creation of Pakistan in 1947 by dividing British India. The migration of millions of people across the newly created borders of India and Pakistan resulted in the uprooting of innumerable communities and massive intercommunal massacres. This newly created country with a highly traumatised population was easily taken over b...

The present study investigated the effects of childhood abuse that occurred before the age of 18 on levels of marital satisfaction in older age. The study examined marital satisfaction in a group of Caucasian older married individuals with a mean age of 65.4 years who retrospectively endorsed a history of childhood physical, verbal and/or sexual abuse. Although previous studies examined the rel...

outh America’s most famous forms of martial arts are, arguably, Brazilian jiujitsu (adapted from traditional Japanese Judo by a Brazilian family in the 1920s), and capoeira, an African descendant form that encompasses dance, music, and (mostly) non-contact athletic acrobatics. Both forms can be natively referred to as jogo—game—with the participants being players (jogadores). Capoeira jogadores...