section_path: Health and fitness benefits
section_name: Health and fitness benefits
paragraph_text: Health and fitness benefits
  
  Martial arts training aims to result in several benefits to trainees, such as their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
  
  Through systematic practice in the martial arts a person's physical fitness may be boosted (strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, movement coordination, etc.) as the whole body is exercised and the entire muscular system is activated. Beyond contributing to physical fitness, martial arts training also has benefits for mental health, contributing to self-esteem, self-control, emotional and spiritual well-being. For this reason, a number of martial arts schools have focused purely on therapeutic aspects, de-emphasizing the historical aspect of self-defense or combat completely.
  
  According to Bruce Lee, martial arts also have the nature of an art, since there is emotional communication and complete emotional expression.