Fight Science: Mixed Martial Arts :
SUN JANUARY 27 8P et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/fightscience/?source=4003

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There are many benefits to martial arts training; which include factors such as self confidence, phsyical fitness, and not to mention self defense.

Another benefit is getting yourself out there and surrounding yourself with like-minded people, who - more than likely - share similar goals with you.  It’s a great way to get involved in yourself and others when it comes to working towards your common goals.

Now this struck me as slightly unusual – but a big benefit of Martial Arts is controlling aggression and behavior issues. 

(We all know the importance of controlling those!)  

Parents will consider sending their children to martial arts school to cure their headache when they found out their children misbehave at school or at home since they can do nothing about it. 

But all in all, it definitely comes down to physical health. 

In fact, martial arts are not only for controlling your body weight; it also could strengthen your heart functions, improve your stamina, balance, strength, and organs functions. 

Starter Equipment

Basic training could be summed up by a few items - martial arts uniform, martial arts shoes (helps with balance and is good for hygiene), a punching bag, and sparring gear.

For sparring gear, one should always wear a chest protector, headgear, a mouthpiece, and a cup (groin protector). Many schools also use shin guards and arm guards, which are padded to prevent further injury as well as to soften blows done from the fists or from the feet. Well most sparring matches are kept clean and supervised, a lot of the time these occasionally “slips” happen, and the last thing you want is a bloody jaw or an injured groin.

Many weapons are used in martial arts, they vary from different styles and can be used for demonstration purposes, and sparring purposes as well.

Board breaking is also a popular method used in martial arts training.

Board Breaking

Board Breaking is a martial arts skill, usually used in demonstrations, testing, training, etc. The striking surface is usually a hand or a foot, but may also be a fingertip, toe, head, elbow, knuckle, or knee. The most common object is a piece of wood. However, it is also common to break bricks or cinder blocks. It is less common to break other objects which include items like blocks of ice. Not all styles of martial arts place equal emphasis on breaking.

Many styles where striking and kicking is less important deemphasize it. Grappling, throwing, weaponry and ground fighting styles, of course, place less emphasis on breaking. Traditional Japanese martial art schools place little, if any, emphasis on board-breaking, although the art of breaking objects was known as tameshiwari.

Competition can be based on artistic impression, number of items broken in a given amount of time, number of items broken with a single strike, or time to break a number of items. There are several certified breaking categories in various journals of world records such as the Guinness Book.

In a demonstration, a martial artist exhibits his or her skill by executing an impromptu or choreographed sequence of breaks for an audience. Martial arts schools sometimes demonstrate challenging breaks in order to gain publicity and inspire enrollment or attendance.

During promotion testing, many styles of martial arts require that students demonstrate their skills by executing breaks; the difficulty of a required break depends on the rank for which the student is testing. Failure to execute a required break is often sufficient grounds for failure of a promotion test.

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Now this struck me as unusual – the last “critical” piece of martial arts equipment is the martial arts shoes.

These shoes should have non-slip soles which increases balance.

(We all know how important balance is!)

If you notice the traction of the shoe has a circular look towards the ball of the foot to allow for the foot to spin on the mats. This is very important to lessen the likely hood of a knee injury from the torque place on the knee when doing round or side kicks.

In addition, building your leg muscles along with Stretching is very important in martial arts training, and one way to quickly help with high kicks is a split leg machine. These split machines have seats that are padded, with spreader arms that you legs sit on. When the lever is cranked the spreader arms move apart. This is the main stretch that will get you those high kicks. The split leg machine should be done daily to increase flexibility.

Another core piece to your martial arts training is the punching bags also going by the name heavy bag. Either the bags can be hung from a wall/ceiling or the base can be filled with sand/water to give it weight so it won’t fall over after being kicked or punched. Bags that hang should have strong, heavy chains and a weighted, stable stand.

Kicking bags are another important martial arts equipment that should be used in training.

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