One fifth of America’s population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder. (Stossel 1) Doctors recommend medication such as Citalopram, Xanax, and Prozac. According to doctors interviewed in Understanding Anxiety, most doctors who diagnose an anxiety disorder don’t know exactly what anxiety is. Medication has major side effects, and typically those side effects are worse than the anxiety the medication is meant to cure.
However, alternative practices for coping and curing anxiety are becoming more and more popular within the last decade. Bruce Lee invented the martial art Jeet Kune Do with an idea in mind that the martial art is built around the aspects of a combination of body, mind, and soul. This martial art is built on the idea that …show more content…
In the film I am Bruce Lee, Jeet Kune Do was first introduced in 1967 by Bruce Lee to alter the “modern” forms of fighting. Lee made this martial art as a mixture of boxing, fencing, yoga, salsa, and wing chun. Originally Bruce Lee invented this style as a form of street fight where any hand-to-hand combat was legal. (I Am Bruce Lee.) However, things began to change when he opened his first dojo. Lee still wanted to teach combat, but it turned into an art form once he began perfecting it. The idea behind this style of combat is building the perfect form of fighting from all aspects of the body, mind, and soul. It seems most people believe sports are purely physical, when in fact the mental side effects the outcome just as …show more content…
Temporary relief without side effects seems to be a better solution than a pill with possible side effects such as suicidal thoughts or addiction. In comparison, Jeet Kune Do supplies the user with a variety of exercises. Salsa, as a dance, is meant to be the idea of physical expression, meditation is the act of clearing the mind, and yoga is the physical workout portion of the martial art. Combining these specific exercises with a variety of warm up exercises such as walking or running, should amount to the equivalent of an anti-anxiety pill. As with aspirin, there is always the chance the problem will remain. Without the mindset that one can be helped, it is highly unlikely the problem will go
However, alternative practices for coping and curing anxiety are becoming more and more popular within the last decade. Bruce Lee invented the martial art Jeet Kune Do with an idea in mind that the martial art is built around the aspects of a combination of body, mind, and soul. This martial art is built on the idea that …show more content…
In the film I am Bruce Lee, Jeet Kune Do was first introduced in 1967 by Bruce Lee to alter the “modern” forms of fighting. Lee made this martial art as a mixture of boxing, fencing, yoga, salsa, and wing chun. Originally Bruce Lee invented this style as a form of street fight where any hand-to-hand combat was legal. (I Am Bruce Lee.) However, things began to change when he opened his first dojo. Lee still wanted to teach combat, but it turned into an art form once he began perfecting it. The idea behind this style of combat is building the perfect form of fighting from all aspects of the body, mind, and soul. It seems most people believe sports are purely physical, when in fact the mental side effects the outcome just as …show more content…
Temporary relief without side effects seems to be a better solution than a pill with possible side effects such as suicidal thoughts or addiction. In comparison, Jeet Kune Do supplies the user with a variety of exercises. Salsa, as a dance, is meant to be the idea of physical expression, meditation is the act of clearing the mind, and yoga is the physical workout portion of the martial art. Combining these specific exercises with a variety of warm up exercises such as walking or running, should amount to the equivalent of an anti-anxiety pill. As with aspirin, there is always the chance the problem will remain. Without the mindset that one can be helped, it is highly unlikely the problem will go