Asian martial arts and resiliency

This article reviews characteristics of resilience and various types of Asian martial arts and illustrates how Asian martial arts help to cultivate resiliency. Cultivation of internal energy (eg. chi kung), training the breath, meditative techniques and spiritual development, metaphors and models in Asian martial arts, and training ‘heart’ designed to enhance resiliency are mechanisms for how Asian marital arts cultivate resilience. Finally, a brief review of the health and mental health benefits of Asian martial arts is presented

Art · Martial arts · Mental health · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Resilience (materials science · The arts · Visual arts · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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