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The Organization and Regulation of Full Contact Martial Arts: A Case Study of Flanders

Societies, 2014
To date, martial arts involvement is often described in controversial terms. While some studies report increased anti-social behavior as a result of martial arts involvement, other findings refer to a more positive social and personal development.
Jikkemien Vertonghen, Marc Theeboom, Els Dom, Veerle De Bosscher, Reinhard Haudenhuyse   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese, Daniele Maria Gibelli, Sergio Cascella, Cristina Cattaneo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Canton Kung Fu: The Culture of Guangdong Martial Arts

SAGE Open, 2019
During the 20th century, a version of Kung Fu from the Guangdong region in Southern China became more widely known abroad as a result of Chinese migration to the West, as well as its exposure through popular culture, including the films of Bruce Lee ...
Guo Ye
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of postural intervention using a risshin chair on physical posture, class time perception, and subjective well‐being in junior high school students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Research based on embodied cognition has demonstrated that physical posture, particularly an upright seated posture, can influence emotions and cognition. However, although students spend most of the day sitting in classrooms, intervention research on upright seated postures suitable for learning environments is limited.
Yusuke Murakami, Takashi Akiyama, Genji Sugamura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information and affective valence influence judgments of complexity, liking and understanding

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Visual complexity is a key factor in perceptual and evaluative judgments. People's representation of visual complexity is constructed from quantitative and structural image features, but it is also influenced by familiarity and expertise. We examined how people represent visual complexity and its impact on perception and evaluation, focusing ...
Xiaolei Sun, Jiajia Che, Marcos Nadal, Helmut Leder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese Martial Arts in the Republican Era

Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012
During the beginning of the XXth century, China suffered attacks from foreign powers causing the lost of parts of its territory as well as a challenge to its national pride.
William Acevedo, Mei Cheung
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Analysis of the Chinese martial periodicals edited during the Republican Era

Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012
The present article studies the periodicals and magazines published during the Chinese Republican period (1912-1949). The main sources for this work are the index and thirty volumes of the Republican Era Collection of National Arts Periodicals (Mingguo ...
William Acevedo, Mei Cheung
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An empirical study on smart city construction to enhance residents’ participation in physical activity

Scientific Reports
Smart city construction, as a new model of urban development, has become a crucial means to encourage residents’ participation in physical exercise. However, there is still a lack of systematic exploration regarding the mechanisms by which smart city ...
Feng-Wei Dong, Miao Ma, Yu-Jie Chang, Li-Xu Tang   +3 more
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Interventions for children with developmental coordination disorder: A scoping review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
This scoping review identified 13 differing categories of interventions delivered to children with developmental coordination disorder worldwide ranging from task oriented, motor skills training, and sensorimotor approaches to sports training approaches and health promotion, with motor performance mostly reported as outcome and similar effectiveness ...
Dorothee Jelsma, Zdenek Svoboda, Reza Abdollahipour, Miriam Palomo Nieto, Miguel Villa De Gregorio, Kamila Banatova, Farhad Ghadiri, Fatemeh Alaei, Paola Violasdotter Nilsson, Dido Green   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Martial Arts and Mental Health

, 2010
Abstract - The Field of Psychotherapy has seen a renaissance of mindfulness, the practice of being in the present moment without judgement. Scientific evidence suggests that mindfulness helps to counter Depression and has a beneficial effect on the brain.
MacQuarie, Julius-Cezar, Roberts, Ron
openaire   +2 more sources