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| Taekwondo and Your Health |
Taekwondo and Your Health
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A Taekwondo class typically starts out with stretching and warm-ups. These might include push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks and various legs and upper body stretches. There is no doubt that by just doing these exercises, you will strengthen your abdominal and arm muscles. Not only that, but you'll become far more flexible the longer you do the stretches.
In Taekwondo you'll also be expected to spar. Wearing full protective gear, participants will be asked to fight one another in a very controlled environment. These sparing matches are generally three rounds of three minutes each, and are broken by a one minute rest period. Blocking, parrying, kicking, punching and performing aerial kicks for three whole minutes at a time is a lot of aerobic exercise. Try just punching the air for thirty seconds, and you'll see it takes a lot of effort.
Throughout the class, you'll practice patterns and different techniques. Both of these things will tax your brain, since it takes a lot of mental discipline to remember, and put into action all of the different patterns you'll be asked to learn. You'll also be working on your stamina, just by practicing the different techniques in class.
The best thing about getting into shape by practicing Taekwondo is that it can be a lot of fun. You'll get to meet different people as class mates, and enjoy the satisfaction of learning something new or by mastering a technique you couldn't before. Taekwondo is a challenging and all-inclusive workout that you don't want to miss out on.
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