Over the years from coaching, I have had many challenges. Dealing with unruly children or disrespectful teenagers is definitely a challenge. I don’t however, consider it to be any harder to coach children with disabilities. Blind, deaf, missing a limb, autistic, mentally challenged children all have an opportunity to excel in martial arts. I have
Martial Art : any of several arts of combat and self defense (as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sport. This is the Merriam-Webster definition of Martial Art. So my question is, do people consider wrestling and boxing to be Martial Arts? I guess we would have to explore the history of these
Even without the roots of Martial Arts Styles being specifically developed for Military reasons, it is evident that the reasons they were first were developed was not for spiritual awakening but more as a need for self-defense from groups of would-be attackers. Martial Arts’ inceptions and growth came out of necessity for self-preservation. The spiritual