Martial arts can add kick to your workout.(Health & Fitness)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: December 19, 2005| Author: Stevens, Susan | Copyright information

Byline: Susan Stevens Daily Herald Health Writer

Liz Krueger never thought she'd be the type to earn a black belt. The 66-year-old attorney only attended the martial arts class because a client kept inviting her.

But once she saw she could throw an athletic, 20-year-old man flat on his back, Krueger was hooked. Now she credits her regular hapkido sessions with keeping her fit, flexible and relaxed despite arthritic knees and a hectic work schedule.

...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Americans get a kick out of martial arts.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) ; Byline: Tom Uhlenbrock ST. LOUIS _ Mark Rubbert can tell when a newcomer to martial arts has seen one too many Matrix movies. They think they're going to fly, or want to do backflips, he said. You can't do martial arts when you're doing a backflip. Rubbert is the head instructor at the St. Louis Ki
Americans get a kick out of martial arts.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; Byline: Tom Uhlenbrock ST. LOUIS _ Mark Rubbert can tell when a newcomer to martial arts has seen one too many Matrix movies. They think they're going to fly, or want to do backflips, he said. You can't do martial arts when you're doing a backflip. Rubbert is the head instructor at the St. Louis Ki
Martial arts: an exciting addition to the physical education curriculum.
JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance ; 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
Martial Arts Offer More Than Just Self-Defense
Quad - State Business Journal ; Movies and TV shows popularize martial arts, but to Ted Hillson, an 8th degree black belt whose business is teaching a Korean-style of karate called Tae Kwon Do, "Most of these are negative because people think it's either fake or else, 'I can't do that. ' There's no appeal to the practical value
Martial arts offer kids more than exercise.
Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV) ; ... relay to my students, he said. Copyright (c) 2006, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...