TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article reviews characteristics of resilience and various types of Asian martial arts and illustrates how Asian martial arts help to cultivate resiliency. Cultivation of internal energy (eg. chi kung), training the breath, meditative techniques and spiritual development, metaphors and models in Asian martial arts, and training ‘heart’ designed to enhance resiliency are mechanisms for how Asian marital arts cultivate resilience. Finally, a brief review of the health and mental health benefits of Asian martial arts is presented.
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SN  - 1757-0980
DO  - 10.1108/17570980200800016
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17570980200800016
AU  - Bell Carl
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Asian martial arts and resiliency
T2  - Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 11
EP  - 17
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -