Wellness and martial arts

Abstract

The creative project, “Martial Arts and Wellness” is in the form of a website that is compatible with smartphones. This creative project explores the interconnectedness of martial arts with the five areas of health: physical, intellectual, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The website encompasses physical wellness by incorporating videos of all the Shuri-Ryu Karate black belt standards of Kihons, Ippons, Taezus, and Katas. The mental, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual portions of wellness are demonstrated through personally written wellness blogs. This website was designed as a gift to provide students of Sheridan’s Martial Arts Center with an easily accessible digital platform that will increase all areas of wellness through the martial arts.