by Robbie Alexander

Created on: July 02, 2009

For centuries, martial arts have been used as tools for positive change for young or older individuals who desire personal growth. With 20 years of experience as a professional martial artist, I feel it is my responsibility to teach the world that martial arts have a lot more to offer the world than just blood thirsty "Pay Per View" cage matches. Martial arts could be just what you've been looking for to bring about great personal growth spiritually, mentally, physically, relationally and possibly, financially (if you chose to pass on the knowledge). For those who are curious about beginning the journey of martial arts training, or if you've had a negative past training experience, understand that the arts have been around for centuries and as an industry, it has been responsible for changing the lives of millions worldwide. The evolution of both the professionalism of the industry and the definition of the martial arts instructor has been responsible for the positive influences the martial arts has had on more and more children as well as adults.

All Styles Lead to Weight Loss

Whatever style(s) you decide to study, as long as you are under the instruction of the right teacher, you should be sweating like crazy, you should feel muscles you didn't know existed, above average flexibility should be achieved, and proper nutrition should be stressed. Your overall fitness levels will go through the roof.

There are countless styles of martial arts whose origins can be traced to china. This form of exercise/self defense moved from generation to generation, family to family, village to village and ultimately reverberating throughout the many different cultures, countries and continents around the globe. Because of this you cannot waste your time debating which style is "the best style" because each culture around the globe has refined an aspect of martial arts that another style doesn't care much about. Traditional Karate is a power stance and hand striking style is very popular in Japan, but has its origins in Okinawa. Tae Kwon Do, which is Korea's national sport, has the same power, but its practitioners emphasize fighting with their feet. Wu-shu is a form of athletic, acrobatic, performance style martial arts which focuses on animal movements and is done with or without weapons. This form of martial arts disguises practical self defense in fun performances which are a great cardio/flexibility workout. Wu-shu is to karate and tae kwon do what marathon running

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