Last week I decided it was time to start making my columns more relatable to a college audience. Recently my colleague Emily Markanich has been writing about the benefits of individual and guided meditation. I’m going to steal a page from her book and talk about why practicing martial arts is extremely beneficial for the mind and body.
I started practicing Tae Kwon Do when I was six years old, earning my black belt four years later at the age of 10. After taking a few years off to pursue other sports, I started back at age 14, this time training in Hapkido, Krav Maga, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.