Martial
arts training doesn't just improve physical attributes. One of the more
renowned benefits of martial arts training is the mental workout.
Focus...is Key
Learning to execute the complex and foreign techniques of martial arts
requires extreme mental focus. Students need to concentrate under pressure;
whether they're directing energy into a difficult board break or ensuring
that a technique is executed crisply and correctly. Students often find
this focus is applicable to academic studies as well, citing improved
concentration and focus, even under stress as in college entrance examinations.
Martial arts training also requires extensive memorization of terms and
techniques. Many martial arts terms are in a foreign language--it's not
uncommon for young students to be able to count in Japanese or Korean
as easily as in their native tongue. Kata, or pre-arranged sequences of
techniques, must be memorized--not only to replicate each technique in
the proper sequence, but also with correct execution and with an understanding
of its implementation in combat.
Aiding such learning is the repetition used to ingrain martial arts techniques
into students' muscle memories. These instructional techniques: repetition
leading to memorization and then testing the implementation of that knowledge
(for example, through belt exams, kata interpretation, or sparring), are
adaptable to academic settings as well.
Learning martial arts is learning made fun.
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