Article: Martial arts: an exciting addition to the physical education curriculum.

In recent years many elementary and secondary school physical educators have incorporated a variety of lifelong fitness activities into their curriculum. These individually oriented activities are both exciting and stimulating for their students, as well as nontraditional for physical education classes. Nowadays, climbing handholds are covering gym walls, kids are walking to school with roller blades draped over their shoulders, and field trips are utilizing mountain bikes and canoes. Although martial arts is one such activity that is often mentioned as a potential curriculum addition (Bycura & Darst, 2001; Kulinna & Krause, 2001), it is offered less frequently than many ...

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