Self-defense training and traditional martial arts: Influences on self-efficacy and fear related to sexual victimization.

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Ball ◽  
Jeffrey Martin
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Self Defense

Assessing Generalization in Perceived Self-Efficacy: Multidomain and Global Assessments of the Effects of Self-Defense Training for Women

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1683-1691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Weitlauf ◽  
Daniel Cervone ◽  
Ronald E. Smith ◽  
Paul M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Defense

scholarly journals Martial Arts among the Bangsamoro Muslim: History, Tradition, Culture, and Religion

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morad Sabdullah Umpa
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Religious Aspect

In Islām, there are four fundamental factors of social development and change – personality, tradition, accident, and people. The Qur'an says: "Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change it themselves [with their souls]. (Q-13:11). Therefore, the researcher's aim is assessing the integration of Islāmic values in the teaching of martial arts in the youth for them be good followers of Islām thru inculcation in their minds and their behavior the real sense of a true Muslim. Essentially, this study is descriptive, which aimed mainly to serve as an exposition on the Religion, Traditional Culture, and History of the Muslims in the Philippines and their implication relevance to martial arts. The various data collected through in-depth study, interview and observation showed that Islām prepares people to be a fruitful citizen in the society. It also aimed for the total development of man not only in the religious aspect. Thus, Martial arts play a vital role in Islām not just as a means of self-defense, but as a system of ethics. Man and fighting are by nature intimately related; in fact, history shows that they are inseparable. Locally, the Bangsamoro has a very rich historical foundation in martial arts that is directly derivable from the roots of Islāmic propagation. And as man became civilized, hand-to-hand fighting also became specialized and humanized and, gradually. Thus, the term martial art is recognized today as a specialized field of knowledge which should be inculcated together with education for the total development of the new generations leading to a society imbued with rich morality.

scholarly journals I Shall Not Be Prey: Instilling Perceived Self-Efficacy Through Personal Security Training

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Knaster
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Personal Security ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Avoidance Behaviors ◽  
Violent Criminal ◽  
Negative Thoughts ◽  
Security Training ◽  
The World ◽  
Dangerous Place

The world can be a dangerous place as evidenced by the 2015 riots in Baltimore, Maryland and the record high numbers of murder that occurred during those riots. People’s fear of being the prey of a violent criminal is very real and it often results in people retreating from society and avoiding situations that are perceived as dangerous. An examination of literature on perceived self-efficacy, a confident belief in one’s own ability to cope with a fearful situation, shows that through personal security and self-defense training that is designed for the particular student, perceived self-efficacy can be achieved. Students having achieved that sense are less prone to suffer from invasive negative thoughts, victimization, and avoidance behaviors that pull them out of living normal lives.<br>

Risk, Failure, Play

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet O'Shea
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Combat Sport ◽  
Dance Studies ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Physical Play ◽  
Physical Recreation ◽  
The Many

Decried as mere brutality on display and celebrated as viscerally real, combat sport has escaped nuanced reflection. Risk, Failure, Play addresses this gap, signaling the many ways in which competitive martial arts differentiate themselves from violence through risk-based play. Despite its association with frivolity and ease, play is not the opposite of danger, rigor, or failure. Indeed, Risk, Failure, Play demonstrates the ways in which physical recreation allows us to manage the complexities of our current social reality. This book suggests that play gives us the ability to manage difficult conditions with intelligence and that physical play, with its immediacy and its heightened risk, is particularly effective at accomplishing this task. Presented from the perspective of a dancer and writer, this book takes readers through considerations of the politics of everyday life exemplified in martial arts practices such as jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, Filipino martial arts, and empowerment self-defense. Risk, Failure, Play intertwines personal experience with phenomenology, social psychology, dance studies, performance studies, and theories of play and competition in order to produce insights on pleasure, mastery, vulnerability, pain, agency, individual identity, and society. Ultimately, this book suggests that play allows us to rehearse other ways to live than the ones we see before us, challenging us to reimagine our social reality.

An Analysis of Students' Reasons for Studying Martial Arts

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart W. Twemlow ◽  
Barbara H. Lerma ◽  
Stephen W. Twemlow
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Questionnaire Study ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Self Defense

Responses to a questionnaire study of initial reasons to study martial arts by 170 students in a school of martial arts are described. Although self-defense and physical fitness motives were prominently claimed, further analyses of more subtle existential and psychological issues are warranted.

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