Fundamentals of Martial Arts

The course covers the study of the principles of martial

arts as means of self defense for law enforcement
officers. It includes the Instructions on the basic and
advance fighting stances, kick, block, strikes, grips,
punches and different forms of Kata with emphasis on
martial arts discipline and values.
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What is meant by the word Fundamentals?

• Basics
• Essential
• First Principle
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What is Martial Art?
Martial arts are codified systems and
traditions of combat practiced for a number
of reasons, such as;
• self-defense
• military and law enforcement applications
• Competition
• physical, mental and spiritual
development;
• entertainment or the preservation of a
nation's intangible cultural heritage
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Self-defense developed out of a need for defense; these methods
included studying not only physical but also psychological defense.
There had to be a way to pass on thousands of years of personal and
group defense in an orderly way.

This became known as martial or war arts. These were generally

passed on orally from tribe to tribe or family to family and in recent
history (the last five or six hundred years) they were found
documented in various kinds of media. This shows the serious nature
of the study of personal protection over time.
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Martial arts can be divided into the armed and unarmed arts.
The former include archery, spearmanship, and swordsmanship;
In Japan, traditionally a warrior’s training emphasized archery,
swordsmanship, unarmed combat, and swimming in armour.
In modern times, derivatives of some of the armed martial arts, such as
kendō (fencing) and kyūdō (archery), are practiced as sports. Derivatives
of the unarmed forms of combat, such as judo, sumo, karate, and tae
kwon do, are practiced, as are self-defense forms, such as aikido,
hapkido, and kung fu. Simplified forms of tai chi chuan (taijiquan), a
Chinese form of unarmed combat, are popular as healthful exercise,
quite divorced from martial origins.
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Benefits of Self-Defense Training