And finally there it is. “60 Minutes”, a television news magazine, confirms what many have known for YEARS. The placebo effect is AS EFFECTIVE as taking antidepressant drugs. Yes, YOU have the power to heal. The power always lies within you. It is not that pharmaceuticals are bad or “traditional”, “conventional” methods of [...]
Women’s Media Center (WMC) has formed a powerful new initiative called Women Under Siege. With Gloria Steinem at the forefront, Women Under Siege is a new project of WMC that “documents how rape and other forms of sexualized violence are used as tools in genocide and conflict throughout the 20th century [...]
On his website, Dr. Isaac Elias, M.D., L.Ac., M.S. has posted on article about How to Stay Healthy This Winter. Dr. Elias is an “Integrative Practitioner” who utilizes an integration of Western and complementary protocols, botanical and nutritional therapies, mind-body medicine, and multiple healing systems to prescribe the most appropriate treatments [...]
Among other emotions, fear is a pervasive feeling that permeates throughout the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). In a recent study published in Social Psychology Quarterly entitled “Managing Emotional Manhood: Fighting and Fostering Fear in Mixed Martial Arts”, Christian A. Vaccaro, Douglas P. Schrock, and Janice M. McCabe use [...]
Exercise, fitness regimens, and measures to enhance physical endurance have many significant benefits to the physical body. If fitness programs are consistently followed, the gains can easily be seen and felt. As Gretchen Reynolds reports in her article, “Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body”, the physical benefits of exercise may go [...]
I don’t carry sticks or knives with me, why is this practical? Where am I going with Kali? It’s very pretty movement, but is it effective?
These questions and more commonly come-up when people first hear about Kali, Escrima/Eskrima, Arnis, or other similar systems of Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Kali is a Filipino martial art [...]
In a recent news article, it was highlighted that a robber “walked into a Comfort Inn and …pulled a gun on the clerk.” At the same time, two mixed martial arts fighters who were in town for the World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship decided to jump in and subdue the robber.
While [...]
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