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Definitions
Mental Benefits:
  • Discipline
    1. training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character
    2. a : control gained by enforcing obedience or order
      b : orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior
      c : SELF-CONTROL
    3. a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity
  • Confidence
    1. a : a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances <had perfect confidence in her ability to succeed> <met the risk with brash confidence>
      b : faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way <have confidence in a leader>
    2. the quality or state of being certain : CERTITUDE <they had every confidence of success>
  • Self-Esteem
    1. a confidence and satisfaction in oneself : SELF-RESPECT
  • Respect for self and others
    1. high or special regard : ESTEEM
      a : the quality or state of being esteemed
      b plural : expressions of respect

Technical Benefits:

  • Self-Defense
    1. justification for the use of force
    2. the act of defending oneself, one's property, or a close relative

Physical Benefits:

  • Strength
    1. the quality or state of being strong : capacity for exertion or endurance
    2. power to resist force : SOLIDITY, TOUGHNESS
    3. power of resisting attack : IMPREGNABILITY
    4. a : logical or moral force
      b : a strong attribute or inherent asset
    5. a : degree of potency of effect or of concentration
      b : intensity or vigor of expression
    6. one regarded as embodying or affording force or firmness
  • Flexibility
    1. capable of being flexed : PLIANT
    2. yielding to influence : TRACTABLE
    3. characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements
  • Endurance
    1. PERMANENCE, DURATION
    2. the ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially : the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity <a marathon runner's endurance>
    3. the act or an instance of enduring
  • Energy
    1. a : dynamic quality <narrative energy>
      b : the capacity of acting or being active <intellectual energy>
    2. vigorous exertion of power : EFFORT <investing time and energy>
    3. usable power, also : the resources for producing such power

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