Friday, March 18, 2016

The Top 3 Reasons Why I Prefer Martial Arts Over Sports

I had the opportunity to play a variety of sports when I was a kid. I played football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and track & field. However, there were three main reasons I tended to prefer martial arts over the short termed sports.

#1 What season?
The thing I love about martial arts practice is that it is all year long! There's no "breaks" from training, you get to train (hopefully) everyday if you wanted and this was something I liked alot about it.

#2 You learn a valuable tool
Unless you are in a Mcdojo (check out our youtube channel or read some of our blog posts if you are unsure what that is) you will probably learn a valuable form of self defense. If not, you're basically learning how to dance which is unfortunate in the martial arts world. But lets just assume you signed up for a legitimate art such as boxing, kickboxing, brazilian jiu jitsu, wrestling, mma, kudo, muay thai, sambo, sanda, or judo. You will learn not only how to be in great shape, but to know how to defend yourself which is something sports can't teach.

#3 No cuts, just endless learning
Unlike sports where you will get cut if you're not good enough, martial arts is a slower progression that allows you to develop your skills at a rate you pursue them. It's not a matter of size and strength its all about technique and efficiency. I have students who have come to me to learn martial arts who have been cut in sports and have the best attitude towards learning how to defend themselves and always show enthusiasm.

Have a great day,
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