Preserving Culture through Martial Arts
It is a fact that a country's martial art is directly linked to its culture. It arises as a response to cultural needs like the necessity to protect oneself from the undesirable elements of his neighbourhood or city. Thus, one can say that by practicing a martial art, one gets a glimpse of the culture of the art's country of origin.
Nowadays, cultures do change in response to stimuli from modern society. Some values that are applicable before are no longer observed today. However, practitioners continue to observe their arts because they are ways to preserve the culture from which they have sprung.
