Martial arts Therapy refers to the usage of martial arts as an alternative or complementary therapy for a medical disorder. This can include disorders of the body or of the mind. The therapy may involve applications such as promoting kinaesthetic balance in the elderly or impaired, through T'ai chi ch'uan, or reducing aggressiveness in specific populations (Lamarre, 1999).
Famous quotes containing the words martial, arts and/or therapy:
“The country in the town. [Rus in urbe.]”
—Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)
“As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.”
—Anita Loos (1888–1981)