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As we age, memory tends to diminish. But aging isn’t the only thing that negatively affects memory. With today’s busy lifestyles, failures in memory are more apt to happen. Lack of exercise, mundane tasks, and stress can all negatively affect even a young mind. So what can you do to combat this decline? The answer is simple: participate in martial arts!
First, martial arts provides routine exercise that has been proven to protect brain function. Researchers believe that exercise protects the brain in many ways including increasing blood ?ow and decreasing the risk of diseases that may impair brain function.
Exercise also helps to control stress, which, unmanaged, negatively affects memory. Chronic stress not only interferes with your ability to focus, but actually leads to altered brain structure. Controlling stress is therefore one crucial key to maintaining brain function and memory. Martial arts is a great stress reducer, above and beyond its role as exercise, as it incorporates meditation and other directly stress reducing techniques.
Martial arts also exercises your mind. Just as physical exercise builds your physical body, mental exercise pushes your brain to get in shape. The brain is a “use it or lose it” organ. According to Dr. Robert Butler of Mount Sinai Medical School “some decrease in [brain] function results from disuse.” By participating in the martial arts you are constantly giving your brain new information and movements to learn thereby keeping your brain in tip-top shape.
As you age and “enjoy” your busy lifestyle, decreased memory doesn’t have to be inevitable. Practice the martial arts regularly to exercise your mind and body, allowing you to enjoy a more active and healthier brain.
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