“It’s a small study, but it’s big science,” said Dr. David Katz, a prevention medicine specialist at Yale University’s Prevention Research Center who was not involved in the study. “The message we’re getting from this and other studies is consistent: We don’t have the medical capacity to tweak genes and make chronic diseases go away, but we can refashion our fate at the level of our DNA by the behavior choices we make.””
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Extremely high level martial arts masters, through the holistic, observation process of Eastern medicine, understand their ability to control their physical bodies through their mind at levels which the average person has difficulty understanding.
Starting with how one thinks and one’s attitude, your subsequent chosen behaviors change your body to become more healthy or less healthy. On a simple level, a person sitting in front of a computer is almost certainly, over a period of years or decades going to develop carpal tunnel and lower back, neck and shoulder pain. Repetitive stress pain is the result of activities that haven’t been properly balanced out.
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The human body wants to be balanced and healthy. A person needs to proactively balance out the body against the downsides of whatever lifestyle they have. Traditional martial arts uses physical movements as a medicine or as physical therapy, as it were, to bring strength to the physical body including bones, muscles, the immune system and organ health.
High level martial practitioners get better with age. The easiest evidence to understand is seeing the quality of their health and vitality compared by the average individual.
In the context of the current health care system in the United States, you can either pay now by actively improving your physical health and being pain-free or you can pay later in the form of medications and surgery.
Poor quality of life adds stress to your mental health, your job, your finances and your relationships. High quality of life, pain-free, allows you to have a meaningful, enjoyable life where you can do anything you want without restrictions.
Kind regards,
Bob Lee
Head Instructor
