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KARATE

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KARATE What is Karate? Karate is a Japanese martial art whose physical aspects seek the development of defensive and counter-attacking body movements. the discipline and persistent effort required in training. If karate had to be described in only one sentence, then the most suitable one may arguably be "You never attack first in karate." This is a maxim of Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957), the Okinawan who brought karate to Japan in 1922, and who is accepted as the father of modern karate.                                    Japanese martial arts include karate. Where did the word "Karate" come from? Both "Kara" and "te" are Arabic words for "head." The term "Karate" collectively refers to the practice of unarmed hand-to-hand combat. The Four Main Karate Styles and Their Differences Goju-Ryu Shotokan Wado-Ryu Shito-ryu Goju-ryu Goju-Ryu is a style of karate that was established in 1930 by Chojun Miyagi...
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Historical Background of Psychology

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  w hat is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior, according to the American Psychological Association.  Psychology is a multifaceted discipline and includes many sub-fields of study such areas as human development, sports, health, clinical, social behavior and cognitive processes. Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920) was a German scientist who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist. His famous book entitled Principles of Physiological Psychology was published in 1873. Wundt viewed psychology as a scientific study of conscious experience, and he believed that the goal of psychology was to identify components of consciousness and how those components combined to result in our conscious experience. Wundt used introspection (he called it “internal perception”), a process by which someone examines their own conscious experience as objectively as possible, making the human mind like any other aspect of nature that a scientist observed. Wundt’...
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