Constructing Mental Health through Martial Arts: Positive Vibes and Challenges

Human Mental Health is directly associated with the physical culture. Throughout the civilization the physical activities of mankind influenced its mental health and the betterment of mental health also inspired the possibilities of sports and physical development. Martial Arts are not just only self defence technics but also the age-old traditions of betterment of physical and mental health. Beyond the physical demonstration of various martial arts, the proper practice of them also played key role in the development of mental stability and concentration and mental peace. The oriental martial arts like Yoga, Tai Chi, Quigong are specifically significant for the betterment of mental health. Martial Arts like Karate, Kung Fu, Jijutsu, Judo, Akido, Kalaripayathu, Gatka, Thang Ta, Malkhamb etc also have their active role in human body development and mental health construction. But those things have also specific conditions and technics of perform. Proper performances of various martial arts through devoted practice procedures used to fulfill the targeted goal of achieving physical development along with mental peace and stability. According to father of modern Karate Gichin Funakoshi the proper practice of Karate used to bring inner peace of a Karateka to make proper mental development of the individual and as Yamaguchi Gogen also echoed the ancient voice of Bodhidharma that without proper mental peace no one can make proper practice of martial art. As the physicality and mental health are supportive to each other thus the proper practice of martial arts used to bring developments of both sector of the performers.