AEROBIC ACTIVITIES

Aerobic activities require moderate physical effort and include, but are not limited to: biking slowly, canoeing, ballroom dancing, general gardening, using your manual wheelchair, arm cycling, walking briskly, and water aerobics. Examples of vigorous activities are basketball, jumping rope, running or bicycling on hills, soccer, swimming laps, and martial arts.

Not sure whether you are at a moderate or vigorous activity level? Try the talk test. If you can talk while you are active, then you are participating at a moderate level. If you can only say a few words without stopping to catch your breath, then you are engaging in vigorous activity.

MUSCLE-STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES

Strengthening activities work all the major muscle groups - legs, hips, back, chest, stomach, shoulders, and arms. These activities include, but are not limited to: lifting weights, push-ups, sit-ups, and working with resistance bands. Don’t have weights? Common household items such as bottled water and soup cans can also be used.

BONE-STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES

Bone-strengthening activities produce a force on the bones that promotes bone growth and strength. This force is commonly produced by impact with the ground. The good news: bone-strengthening activities can also be aerobic and muscle-strengthening like running, jumping rope, basketball, tennis, and hopscotch.

Dae-Hyun was revered as a great warrior and field general for the provincial army of Hanju. On numerous occasions his battlefield strategies and sword skills kept villages within Hanju safe from thieving invaders.

And once again, Dae-Hyun was called back into service as Hanju’s borders were threatened. But this was the first time he had been activated for battle since the birth of his son Chin-Mae. Now five years old, Chin-Mae had just begun to understand his father’s accomplishments and teachings. The boy was even taking after his father’s delicate, yet fierce sword wielding techniques.

Life is growth. Babies blossom into children. Seeds spring up as lush plants. Although both of those examples are physical, growth also manifests itself mentally and spiritually.

While physical growth occurs naturally with time, mental and spiritual growth rely on the individual and choices made in life. This is where vision comes into play. Vision, at its best, allows us to see into the future, beyond merely today and tomorrow. With thorough vision we can see what lies far ahead in life.

Let’s use a white belt, beginning martial arts student to illustrate the meaning and power of vision.

Once, long ago, there was a very small village hidden away in a valley. Everyone in the country knew that this village was where the finest martial artists in the land came from, but no one knew why. Spectacular warriors, brilliant men and powerful leaders had all emerged from this village at one time or another. A very curious young man named Addington decided to visit the village to find out what made its people so unique.

Once, long ago, there was a very small village hidden away in a valley. Everyone in the country knew that this village was where the finest martial artists in the land came from, but no one knew why. Spectacular warriors, brilliant men and powerful leaders had all emerged from this village at one time or another. A very curious young man named Addington decided to visit the village to find out what made its people so unique.

The martial arts have so much to offer, so you should never sell them short. Even the slightest move within any system has unlimited possibilities of use. Acquiring the highest level of skill and proficiency to the point of creating a masterpiece in yourself is true martial arts mastery. The secrets to achievement upon a quest for mastery are knowledge, love, and endurance from which everything else falls into place.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides evidence-based nutrition information and advice for people age two and older to help Americans make smart choices about food and physical activity so they can live healthier lives. They also serve as the basis for federal food and nutrition education programs, like the new MyPlate food icon.

Chang Hee was training to fight in his tournament that was coming up. He was working hard everyday. He also had to keep up with his academic studies. It was taking its toll on him day in and day out.

He tried to figure out a way to cut his training short so he wouldn’t have to train so hard and he wouldn’t have to study as hard either. He wanted more time for himself and to have more fun with his friends.

Often people will ask me how I get so much done in my life. They wonder at how I am able to accomplish so many things. The answer is found not in what a great person I am, but in an equation I came up with a few years ago and remind myself of on almost a daily basis. And when I live this equation out, it produces big results. What people don’t seem to grasp is that this equation will work for anybody! Anyone can see results in their life if they will live it out!

One secret behind advancement in anything is control, and this is especially the case in your martial arts training. Control is the signature and one of the most important com­ponents for achieving proficiency or mastery. To possess control means that you are in charge and taking responsibility.

Initially, in the martial arts learning about control is very personal. The three primary areas that you should seek to have control are in your body, breath, and mind:

The quality of people being of sound moral principle and sincerity. In martial arts, one will learn the ways of integrity as he works his way up the belt system. To have a black belt is not to know the system of fighting, but to know all of the ways of a martial artist. To know the martial arts mind, body, and soul, you must study and practice the martial arts every day in at least one of those forms. How a martial artist learns the true art is also by living the art by being virtuous, focused, self disciplined, and having honor. By being in the martial arts, you represent an art form of many centuries and should conduct yourself as such. Here are a few ways you might be able to apply some of these tactics to your daily standards.

To help manage your body weight, reduce the amount of time you spend being sedentary. This includes time spent in front of a screen - including watching television, playing video games, and using the computer.

People who spend more time being sedentary, particularly watching television, are more likely to be overweight or obese.

One day, Min-Ki was helping his brother, Chin-Ho with the chores. They had to finish their chores first before they could practice the katana with their father. Their father, Hyun-Shik was a great warrior and was training his sons to be great warriors like him.

The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.

He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.

Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.

Attitude is the fuel that drives our personalities and characters.

When positive, it burns cleanly and motors us towards our goals. When negative, it leaves us stalled on the road of life. And as a martial artist, positive attitude must run in the engine that propels you forward to black belt and beyond.

In this article, we’ll first show you how to build a positive attitude, then learn how to maintain it. Hopefully, this knowledge will empower all of us to bring energy and happiness into our martial arts environments, professions, families and social lives.

Do you remember when you were a child and no dream seemed too big? Some of us thought we'd walk on the moon, some dreamed of being President of the United States, and others imagined stepping to the plate in a big league game. Every one of us, when we were young, had a common trait: we were dreamers. The world hadn't revealed to us yet that we couldn't always achieve what our hearts longed for. And we were still years away from realizing that, in some cases, we weren't built for achieving our dream, like realizing in junior year of high school that you're too short and slow to play professional basketball. The dreamer is always the last to know. Eventually we started to let our dreams die. People began to tell us that we couldn't do the things we wanted. It was impossible. Responsible people don't pursue their dreams. Settle down, get a job, be dependable. Take care of business, live the mundane, be content.Do you know what I say to that? Hooey! It's time to dream again! Why?

In general, one cup of raw or cooked vegetables or vegetable juice, or two cups of raw leafy greens, can be considered one cup from the vegetable group. This chart lists specific amounts that equate to one cup of vegetables.

Never before had man and weapon come together in such perfect harmony. Master Yong Sook was indestructible with his staff, and students lined up at his door for teaching. That was 50 years ago. Master Yong Sook's skills had long since faded into memories for folks in his hometown. These days, people recognized him as a grumpy, old man. Shopkeepers pretended to be closed if they saw him coming. Young boys snuck down alleys to avoid him. No one liked him, and he didn't like himself. The master resented his age, so he refused to instruct students in the art of the bo. His attitude towards life had crumbled and wrinkled, like his aging skin. Yet, deep within, passion and vigor still existed in Master Yong Sook, although he didn't show it to neighbors and townsfolk.

Heroes are ordinary people who rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances. The potential to be a hero is present within each of us, but whether or not you rise to the occasion when necessary depends on the strength of your mind and body. The body and mind must be unified for heroic strength to be built.