scholarly journals Touch, martial arts, and embodied knowledge

COMPASS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Scott Habkirk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Embodied Knowledge ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Bodily Experience ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Traditional Setting

Touch is essential to normal human development. It communicates a wide variety of things depending on the culture and the context. Through touch the boundary between subject and object becomes blurred and empathy can be cultivated. In the context of martial arts, touch can paradoxically lower levels of aggression,particularly in a traditional setting. This paper explores how touch is managed in martial arts and the embodied experiences that it can cultivate. Positivistic methodologies have revealed some of the benefits of martial arts on both physical and mental health, and studies that take a quantitative and culturally sensitive approach are revealing other dimensions of bodily experience.

A good beginning

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Sue Gerhardt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Early Relationships ◽  
Physiological Systems

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the physiological systems – the foundation of physical and mental health – that are being established during gestation and early infancy, when babies are also highly vulnerable to stress. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a brief overview of some of these processes. Findings – The author argues that despite the wealth of research affirming the special significance of pregnancy, babyhood and toddlerhood in human development, the predominant political and cultural institutions go on failing to protect new parents and their relationships with their infants. The current policies and practices are short-sighted. Originality/value – The author shows that there is a failure to recognise the significance of good emotional regulation – learnt in secure early relationships – to a thriving society.

Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts

1981 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 181-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Koh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The West ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Kung Fu ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Chinese Physicians

Wushu (Martial Arts), mistakenly known in the West as Kung-Fu, is a system of Chinese boxing which is closely linked with the traditional practice of Chinese medicine. Many of the masters (Sifu) are Chinese physicians who often recommend health exercises and the soft form of martial arts to their patients, while the hard form is suitable for sport and self-defense. Martial arts is a great discipline for body and mind, suitable for all who treasure physical and mental health.

Physical and Mental Health After Trauma: A Study of National Aid Workers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine R. Montgomery ◽  
Lee R. Perry ◽  
Bikat S. Tilahun ◽  
Graham Fawcett ◽  
Cynthia B. Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Aid Workers ◽  
Physical And Mental Health
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