Tae Kwon Do
An amalgamation of Chinese, Japanese, and traditional Korean fighting styles, Tae kwon do has become the world's most commonly practiced martial art, and is the national sport of Korea as well as an Olympic sporting event. In Korean, derived from hanja, tae means "to strike or smash with the foot"; kwon means "to strike or smash with the hand"; and do means "way" or "path". Hence, Tae kwon do is loosely translated as "the way of the foot and the fist". Tae kwon do's popularity has resulted in the divergent evolution of the martial art. As with many other martial arts, Tae kwon do is a combination of combat technique, self-defense, sport, exercise, entertainment, and philosophy. Although there are great doctrinal and technical differences among public and private Tae kwon do organizations, the art in general emphasizes kicks thrown from a mobile stance, using the leg's greater reach and power to disable the opponent from a distance. In sparring, turning (roundhouse), 45 degree, front, axe, and side kicks are most often used; advanced kicks include jump, spin, skip, and drop kicks, often in combination. Tae kwon do training also includes a comprehensive system of hand strikes and blocks, but generally does not emphasize grappling until the higher belt levels.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi Chuan, T'ai Chi Ch'üan or Taijiquan, commonly known as Tai Chi, T'ai Chi, or Taiji, is an internal Chinese martial art. There are different styles of T'ai Chi Ch'üan, although most agree they are all based on the system originally taught by the Chen family to the Yang family starting in 1820. It is often promoted and practiced as a martial arts therapy for the purposes of health and longevity, (some recent medical studies support its effectiveness). T'ai Chi Ch'üan is considered a soft style martial art, an art applied with deep relaxation or "softness" in the musculature as possible, to distinguish its theory and application from that of the hard martial art styles which use a degree of tension in the muscles. Variations of T'ai Chi Ch'uan's basic training forms are well known as the slow motion routines that groups of people practice every morning in parks across China and other parts of the world. Traditional T'ai Chi training is intended to teach awareness of one's own balance and what affects it, awareness of the same in others, an appreciation of the practical value in one's ability to moderate extremes of behavior and attitude at both mental and physical levels, and how this applies to effective self-defense principles.
Transverse
The Transverse (transversus abdominus) sits between the pubis and the belly button and works with the lumbar muscles in order to stabilize the posture of the lower spine and plays an important role in shoring up the organs of the abdominal cavity. It is a flat, triangular and horizontally running muscle and attaches behind the rectus abdominis.. A weakened transverse muscle can create a rounded lower belly, as the organs in the abdominal cavity shift downwards - which can mimic the pregnant silhouette, even in men.
Trapezius
In human anatomy, the trapezius is a large superficial muscle on a person's back. Because the fibers run in different directions, it has a variety of actions, including:
scapular elevation (shrugging up),
scapular adduction (drawing the shoulder blades together)
scapular depression (pulling the shoulder blades down)
Different fibers control different actions:
The superior (upper) fibers elevate the scapula.
the middle fibers retract it.
The inferior (lower) fibers depress it.
When the superior and inferior fibers act together they superiorly (upwardly) rotate the scapula. Trapezius gets its name from its trapezium-like shape; the corners being the neck, the two shoulders, and the thoracic vertebra, T12.
Triceps
The triceps brachii muscle is a large three-headed skeletal muscle found in humans. It runs along the back of the upper arm.
The triceps brachii muscle is often simply called the triceps. However, the term triceps (Latin for "three heads") can mean any skeletal muscle having three origins.
The three heads are called:
The Long Head
The Lateral Head
The Medial Head
The long head is attached to the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula. The lateral and medial heads are attached to the posterior shaft of the humorous, attached to the lateral and medial sides of the spiral groove of the humorous respectively.
The lateral head is also superior to the medial head. The fibres converge to a single tendon to insert onto the olecranon process of the ulna.
The triceps account for approximately 60 percent of the arm's mass, but people who exercise the arms with weights often neglect this group of muscles in favour of the biceps brachii.
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