5 Reasons Why You Should Do Martial Arts?

5 Reasons Why You Should Do Martial Arts?

Sports form an integral part of life. Across the globe, people across all races engage in some kind of sport. Unfortunately, anytime sports come to the forefront of discussion boards, many adults only think of soccer, baseball, basketball, football, hockey or athletics.

Adults are not the only guilty party here, children are too, as many of them tell their parents to enroll them into the aforementioned sports’ academies where they feel they could experience growth at the expense of another sport which can help them exercise, stay healthy and also contribute to their spiritual development.

Our bodies encompass systems which go through a lot of changes as a result of the lifestyles we put up during the course of our lives. These lifestyles lead to many preventable disease-causing deaths such as Heart Disease which stems out of Obesity and a lack of physical activity. But do not worry; it is better late than never so there is time for you to exercise physically and mentally to be able to overcome such health burdens as you age through life. Just to show you what we mean, we have compiled reasons why you should take up martial arts to help you stay fit and healthy.          

Martial Arts – A Great Way to Improve Physical Growth

Martial Arts as a discipline provide extensive benefits to individuals who practice it. Many forms of martial arts have its roots in the physical preparation which was used by monks to defend their monasteries from bandits and marauders. Aside this, the discipline aids students mentally by putting them in a state of mindfulness. You would improve physically and mentally if you take martial arts because,

1. You Develop Balance and Flexibility through Martial Arts.

Any individual above 5 and anyone below 95 can benefit extensively from martial arts whether ju-jitsu, taekwondo, judo or kickboxing among others. The National Health Service (NHS) has reported that “accident-related hospital admissions in England are directly linked to falling injuries.” Martial arts prevent injuries which arise from trips, stumbles, falls and slips which stems out of the balance and flexibility it gives its students.

2. Weight Control

This is one of the ranges of benefits the discipline provides to its students. The skill routines you would be subjected to provide an outlet which burn calories. These benefits extend to your personal exercise routine after the martial arts class comes to an end. The physical activities performed also lower your blood sugar which prevents diabetes and improves your metabolism. 

3. Stamina and Endurance

You may feel tired less than one hundred meters into your jogging exercise but martial arts enables the movement of your muscle tissues and this puts your cardiovascular system in a position where it functions without tiring. You would have extra energy at home, school and at the workplace.

Martial Arts – A Great Way to Improve Mental Growth

1. Improve Mental Function

Thinking of aging? Martial arts can reverse the aging process by discouraging the decline of brain cells and encouraging growth. There is more energy for the brain and the body as a result of the improvement in metabolism which make you less susceptible to a declining mental state which is made possible by the martial arts. Additionally, it makes you more productive at school or work.

2. Boost Moods                    

Endorphins are released in the brain through the physical activities you perform. Endorphins are hormones that reduce physical discomfort, stress and boost your mood.

You can patronize other sports but the health benefits (physically and mentally) that martial arts provides is unparalleled. We offer a low cost service with regards to our classes and the scheduling fits into the personal plans of all manner of persons.

What Would I Do If I Had $50,000?

I would donate a practical book titled WHAT UPPER PRIMARY PUPILS SHOULD KNOW to pupils and even students in the various schools around my community.

I would like to introduce the book What Upper Primary Pupils Should Know to you. It is a book I self-published and as someone who uses writing as my primary source of income, I decided to sell but I encountered certain blocks. I realized that even if I decide to sell the book it is not every child who would be able to purchase which is no fault of theirs. The fault comes from parents or guardians who do not see the need to improve and maintain the foundation of their wards personal and professional lives.

There are many books on the market for children which are primarily centered on academia. This book is a bit different because it combines academia with self-help and personal development themes that serves as a guide to the lives of pupils as they make a transition from pupils to students and adults later in life.

I am Raphael and I am a motivational author.

In Ghana and the African continent at large, most parents and guardians take the early stages of children’s life for granted and as a result many children do not pick up the necessary skills for life when they make a transition from being a child, teenager, early adult and then, adults. There are many people who call themselves adults but struggle to meet the day-to-day expectations of life because they were not taught equally important life skills aside academia so when the academic life ended, they have been left with nothing which can propel them to success. Simply put, such adults are a great part of the existing population (disappointed people) while getting an earlier guide like this book I am proposing which would be donated would have seen them become a part of the living population (fulfilled people).

The book comprises of 13 codes and they are summarized below;

Code One (1) – Do Not Put Off Homework Till Tomorrow.

There is a reason why head teachers consistently order teachers to give pupils homework. Aside homework occupying the time of pupils when they get home, it is also a preparation stage for heavier homework (termed assignments at the tertiary level and in the business world). Constantly postponing your homework till tomorrow like the way I used to do, you used to do and a lot of people likewise, leads to procrastination and never see children get anything done once they become adults. They should get homework done the day the teacher gives it to them NOT tomorrow.

Code Two (2) – Be a Concerned Person.

People who show genuine concern never lack the chance of recognizing opportunities in life. Concern is also the start of effective leadership. Pupils come from different backgrounds and as children; they are still forming opinions about life. Their orientations to life may be different as a result of religion, community and of course, standard of living. Pupils can support one another not with huge sums of money but with pencils, pens and exercise books, etc. Additionally, good pupils can show legitimate concern and help needy pupils improve their grades and make effective contributions to the class. By being genuinely concerned about others, children would have genuine concern in the problems of society and be the difference society needs.

Code Three (3) – Adopt the Power of Constant Reading.

Many pupils feel everyone goes to school and reads so they should do the same. Once school ends, a lot of people put an end to reading. Little do they know that the opportunities they crave for, the success stories needed as motivation, the numerous job opportunities that come with certain roles and responsibilities and extreme academic success as you know too well can only be possible through constant reading and research. Reading will always make pupils positive and espouse optimistic behaviours. Through the material, they would develop a passion for learning forever.

Code Four (4) – Take the Initiative.

Many adults you and I see on the streets which pupils see as well but have their own opinions why they are not making it stems out as a result of a lack of initiative. It’s been said in the book Wall and Piece by Bansky (Author and Street Vandal) that “Many people do not take initiatives because no one told them to.” Fortunately, pupils would not have the problem of a lack of initiative because they will be told and showed ways to take the initiative in this book. They would get to know that sometimes the primary reason that differentiates the rich from the poor is initiative.

Code Five (5) – You Have Heard About Savings, Take It Seriously.

Job complains, unemployment discussions, poverty, high interest rates from banks for people wanting start-up capital among other issues would not be on any discussion table if pupils inculcate the savings habit into their systems at a tender age. It was through savings that I was able to self-publish this material (now I need help to circulate huge numbers around). Pupils and students must take savings seriously. There are people who have great ideas that can be transformed into great businesses but a lack of capital sees that idea never come to fruition. In the book, there is a savings table to help them visualize the amount of money they can make from a particular amount at a given period of time.

Code Six (6) – Manage Your Time Well.

There are several forms of management from human resource, project, money and sports but the single most important management pupils should know is time. Simply put, time is money and it would enable pupils to become independent, disciplined and assume more responsibilities as they grow up.

Code Seven (7) – Play and Chat But Do Not Let It Dominate Your Studies.

Almost every human being has got access to a phone and many Upper Primary Pupils are conversant with technology and this leads to playing casual games and other necessary things. Development of pupils also comes through games (or what is termed as e-learning) but it should not interfere with their personal timetable and studies in general.

Code Eight (8) – Have Lots of Interests.

Hundred or more pupils can be asked about the careers and jobs they want and a number of them would choose to become pharmacists, teachers, doctors, pilots and lawyers which should be encouraged. Nevertheless, they need to have lots of interests. I wanted to be a pharmacist but I ended up becoming a motivational author. Aside their primary goals and target, they have got to have other interests in life so that if one door closes, another door or window of opportunity through lots of interests opens for them. This would see them gainfully employed. They do not need to be like most adults who are old enough but do not know what to do with their lives.

Code Nine (9) – Stay in Your Age Group.

Certain lifestyles, whether good or bad are often initiated to pupils, students and even adults (who are supposed to be psychologically independent) by people who are older than them. Pupils should stay in their own age group and ride side by side with their peers for higher academic excellence. Most of the alcoholic drinking, petty gambling, un-called for romantic relationships and weed smoking among teenagers are often perpetrated by older people. This does not mean pupils should not befriend older people but they can do that on the stance of academic or life advice. Other decisions older people try to implement in the lives of pupils should be well-scrutinized by the pupils and final decisions should come from them. There are more examples in the material.

Code Ten (10) – Concentrate and Listen Attentively.

Pupils should grasp concepts being taught in class and improve on their grades because soon they would face an external examination where they would have to come out with flying colours, nothing more nothing less.

Code Eleven (11) – Create a Virtual Wall.

This helps children attain psychological independence. Many adults are on the wrong side of life and try to use demeaning remarks on children. Some adults use catchphrases such as Life Is Not a Race and Life Begins at 40 which may be true depending on the context of a discussion. With that said, there are many children who would thrive on those quotes negatively and suffer lifelong consequences in the future. Pupils should be strong in the mind and get through their academic life with an open-mind towards high grades, competition and career advancements.

Code Twelve (12) –Your Environment Is Your Reality.

A lot of children have seen some of their friends travel abroad and they have heard numerous stories about the economic hardships in their respective countries and in the long run the global economy. Some may travel but all of us would never be able to fit into a particular country or continent at a time. They can make it where they are. Many of us had that notion of traveling abroad and are nearing 30, 40 and 50 years and we are still in our respective countries. They should try and identify a market right here (their environment) and become successful as others have (reality).

Code Thirteen (13) – Learn How to Communicate Personally and Professionally.

Communication is the main tool we thrive on to initiate contacts, make acquaintances and friends and teach one another. Pupils should improve on their communication skills orally and through writing. This will help them thrive in every environment they find themselves. Additionally, they should pick up essential skills from childhood which would make them effective in their adult years.

Ending

Thanks so much for losing some vital time just to go through the summary of my book and proposal.

I am very much grateful.

I self-published the book but cannot keep up with the costs of production anymore. I want to sell the books but if I sell there are children who would not get some of the copy because their parents would not buy them one.

I know that through your concern, the materials would be duly circulated and children would progress in their thoughts and cause positive changes in their respective lives.

Author under the name Raphael Zuhnden

Email: darkwahraphael@gmail.com

Contact: 233553645878

Is The Market About To Roll Over and Drop Or Break Out and Soar

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The market has always been a volatile one. There are so many industries who thought they could predict the market and ensure that their products got to the final consumer, but their imaginations could not cross the end line to reality. The video game industry has had a fair share of their own crisis and so have the entertainment industry, the fashion industry and the food industry. 

 The main problem that is hindering the market that has called for all these questions is due to a saturated market. Many people are not willing to come out with fresh ideas;they just enjoy sitting back, relaxing and recreating what other people have already brought to the market. Look at the casual video game industry which been certified as the main avenue for women in gaming and has dominated mobile applications. Most of the games are so similar the only thing that differentiates them is the game titles. Many investors who call themselves as game publishers have flooded the casual game industry and have gradually made it a multi-billion dollar industry helping Android and other iOS platforms accrue lots of revenue at the end of the fiscal year. The average sum of money being earned by indie game developers is next to nothing. If women who form a greater part of the market dominate such an industry whose profits margins come from in-game advertisement and in-app purchases, then another question that should arise is how much money is there in casual gaming.The internet operating systems have been flooded with apps and the future of the market is due to drop in the not-so-distant future due to what might be termed as the Android Crash, Plagiarism of Games Gone Unnoticed. 

One of the industries that has been in the market for long and has been seen about to roll over, has dropped, have broken out and soared is without a doubt the video game industry because they have had a fair share of their own troubles. 

THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY HAS ROLLED OVER, DROPPED, BROKEN OUT AND ARE NOW SOARING

Back in 1983, when a severe crash called the video game crash or the Atari Crash hit the video game world, all seemed lost.  Atari is regarded as the pioneers in console gaming.Atari rose up and became one of the fast growing and most innovative companiesin the United States.  Complacency started cropping up and Atari at the time thought of introducing backward compatibility on the Atari 7800 so that it could feature Atari 2600 games. Consumers could have enjoyed old and new titles and increase sales, what happened? It proved to be the demise of the Atari Corporation as the company has not been able to recover and most of their hardware are lingering on eBay and other e-commerce websites. Sega, one of the innovative video game companies of the 1980’s did the same thing by once again providing the same backward compatibility to their Sega 32X console which also failed drastically and ensuring that the market dropped on the part of hardware sales for Sega but increased the demand for Nintendo Entertainment System. 

Evidently, the crash was center round what was termed as a saturated market. Atari were the pioneers, Sega and Nintendo also entered the market and their product titles were similar given consumers limited quality for the time spent on both the purchasing of consoles and the time spent in playing video games. 

The introduction of new consoles by both Sega and Nintendo ensured that the video game industry experienced a break out in terms of another crash. Sony Entertainment’s PlayStation brought the icing to the cake and has seen the video game industry soar, maintaining the altitude in terms of revenue, attention, demand and quality with the introduction of the new PlayStation 4 Console and Microsoft also playing a key role with Microsoft’s Xbox One.

CINEMAS COULD EXPERIENCE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SHAKE DOWN BUT IT DIDN'T

The movie industry has not had it easy themselves. They have swum against the leakage of their trailers, pirating of their content and the availability of black markets to ensure that they get absolutely nothing. In contemporary times, movies are made, people gather and talk about it, it incites producers and they go in for a sequel, only for the same audience to turn their back on the movie and give it negative reviews. One of the incidents that have proven that the market can never be predicted as being about to roll over and drop or break out and soar can be clearly labeled by the Paris attacks. Many producers who had it at the back of their minds that they were going to enjoy a smooth theatrical run had to scratch their heads and re-think. There are huge sums of money that goes into the making of movies and post-production where

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marketing takes a greater percentage of the whole budget. No one saw that coming, therefore the movie industry like any other industry does not have enormous or abundant security. They might see a new venture in  Netflix but few countries in the world are accessible to internet freedom making the demand for physical contacts of movies a necessity.  

ADELE'S MUSIC ROLLS OVER AND SOARS DESPITE A SHAKY MUSIC INDUSTRY

The music industry has been thriving for years; they have witnessed the sale of cassettes to the sale of Digital Video Disc to the days of Steve Jobs innovative IPOD, mp3, iTunes to the contemporary pads and tablets. This is one of the main industries where predictions do not hold. Despite the availability of music for downloads on various search engines and contemporary times Bluetooth and other mobile applications that enables sharing, many artistes still relying on live concerts and recently Adele broke the record for the number of singles sold in a week.

 This certifies that the market is something that cannot be predicted, some producers might argue that the sale of hardware might not be the best option but just a quick turn and lovers of music are back in the purchase of songs that mix their emotions up and set them on the right path.

CURRENT GENERATION HAVE DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE PREFERENCES

The Food Industry is another industry that has a large market because of the need of humans for food because it serves as the main thing for survival. With virtual worlds all over, many companies have adapted the new trends and they have online orders. This has called for a situation whereby the food industry seems to be raking in billions of dollars at the end of the fiscal year. According to Steve Denning on his article, What’s The Future Of The Food Industry, he clearly identified that the internet has revolutionize many industries and the food industry is no different. MacDonald’s claims that the new generation have varieties of choices and preferences than any other generation. This clearly certifies that the needs for foods would always increase and with the navigation of fingers in paying for items, the food industry might have had its experiences in the past, but the global technology seems to be favoring the companies who adapt a blend of the old and new way of shopping.  

E-COMMERCE BUSINESSES ROLLING OVER OR SOARING?

The business of e-commerce is not slowing down. eBay has been in the business since 1995 and companies like Amazon, Tesco and Argos have also contributed their quota to the online shopping world. With thanksgiving having transformed from giving thanks for the harvest people got within the year and the period of thanking the people in everybody's respectives lives, it has become something like a dress rehearsal to the Christmas festivities. Black Friday and CyberMonday without a doubt contributes heavily to the sale of goods and

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products.Companies outside the United States like Alibaba and its affiliate Aliexpress are doing great for themselves and the demand for their services are not slowing down. It is so sad when economists like Jeremy Grantham one of the leading men in business and founder of the GMO that manages over $118bn in assets think that the US Stocks is destined for a crash next year.Robert Kiyosaki also predicts the biggest Stock Market Crash in History Coming in 2016.The markets are not slated for only the United States and its products. What affects one continent affects the other, the terrorism that hit France was in Europe but it has had an effect on the world and every country is taking adequate measures to prevent future occurrences.Continents like the Middle East, Africa and a greater part of South America still experiences load shedding. This means that the market for the production of cell batteries in China is very wide, such a market is soaring for the manufacturing companies and it does not look like dropping anytime soon because of bad economic policies in developing countries coupled with the high demand for their products.

MARKET SIMPLY CANNOT BE PREDICTED

There are many markets all over and around the world and there are many industries, but as an investor, you should have calculated risks when investing in markets but as always follow the instincts and your better judgment. Digital Future Intelligence and Consulting predicted that the video game industry was going to express an increase in terms of its global revenue. Juniper, another marketing research firm also predicted that the demand for physical

consoles(hardware) would be going down forcing the video game industry to lose a great part of its revenue. Clearly, what has happened, the PlayStation 4 as of November 22nd, 2015 has shipped in more than $30.2m in unit’s sales.  Aside this, its controllers have gained compatibility with the windows operation system ensuring that it can be sold as a separate entity culminating in more sales.

Gathering seemed to be an issue but according to Brittany Hodak in her article with relation to the Force Awakens which is the latest in the Star Wars Franchise, it has made over $1.9bn dollars worldwide. 

Whatever be the case, people make predictions and therefore a number of market experts would make predictions but always follow the investments that proves fruitful.

LUST AND FOUND: ONE OF THE MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE 2016

Time is not our side, everybody seems to be working around, trying to find the perfect movie that eclipses them and makes them feel one in a kind. Director Lawrence Gray, not Grey actually but he now has a grey hair. Lawrence Gray was lost in living in the United Kingdom but found himself in Hong Kong. Evidently, instead of him naming his first feature film after his experiences, he went for the catchy title and big money and titled it Lust and Found.

See it here

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Anyway, what happens in Hong Kong stays in Hong Kong, the movie LUST AND FOUND has come out and it is scintillating. He has always cursed himself on why people do not take interest in reading his work. Sometimes it makes him annoyed and aggressive, but on writing, he is massive and some of the scenes in his first feature he directed reminded him that he is still in the market and therefore he’s romantically and sexually active.

 No matter who you are and no matter your age, if you patronize this movie, some of the scenes would serve as a proof that you are still alive and kicking. 

See it here,
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It is an action movie with a lot of drama, comedy and a great storyline with new faces, just massive. He has moved on successfully but contemporary times he seems passive because he feels he could have done something more, something extra, and something above his perceived expectations. LUST AND FOUND IS A MUST SEEN MOVIE. Many movies are in theaters now, but sit back and just relax. See it at the comfort of your home, relax and have a glimpse, vimeo.com/ondemand/lustfound …