https://revistas.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales <p align="left"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 25px;" src="https://revpubli.unileon.es/ojs/public/site/images/cgutierrez/rama102-200x278.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="278" /></p> <p align="justify"><strong>DOI:</strong> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18002/rama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.18002/rama</a></p> <p align="justify"><strong>eISSN:</strong> 2174-0747</p> <ul> <li>The <strong>Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas (RAMA) </strong>is a biyearly journal attached to the Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of León (Spain). The main aim of the journal is the spreading of studies on martial arts and combat sports, enabling a better understanding of their diverse manifestations.</li> <li><strong>RAMA </strong>publishes, from a multidisciplinary perspective, scholarly articles and media reviews related to martial arts and combat sports.</li> <li><strong>RAMA </strong>is a multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish) open-access digital e-journal. 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Reference: FECYT-392/2022, valid until 07/22/2023.</li> <li> Visit our <strong><a href="https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=qPg1kG4AAAAJ&amp;hl=es" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Scholar</a></strong> profile or join us in <strong><a href="https://unileon.academia.edu/RAMA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academia</a></strong>.</li> </ul> Universidad de León en-US Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas 2174-0747 <p>The authors who publish in this journal must agree to the following terms:</p><ol><li>The authors grant on a nonexclusive basis the exploitation rights (reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation) of the work accepted for publication to the University of León. The authors can establish, on their own, additional agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in the journal (for example, placing it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), always acknowledging the initial publication in this journal.</li><li>This work is licensed under the <strong>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</strong>. Click to see <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">basic information </a>and the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode" target="_blank">legal text </a>of the license.</li><li>The authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate electronically pre-print or post-print versions of their work before publication, as this can give rise to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and increased citing of the works published.</li></ol> https://revistas.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/8377 <p>Considering the mechanized modern living in restricted indoor spaces, aggression and mental disorders among young people and adults and their negative consequences in Iran, in-depth studies of this issue are important. The purpose of this article is to understand the meaning of combat sports for Iranian athletes and to understand how it drives them to action. Following an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach, 17 male kickboxing and muay Thai athletes in the Kurdistan province in western Iran were surveyed through semi-structured interviews. Four main themes and 12 sub-themes were extracted from analyzing the experiences of the research participants: (1) Increasing existential capacity, (2) cultivating a moral personality, (3) enhancing one’s health and (4) improving one’s lifestyle. Our research suggests that, for these participants, kickboxing and muay Thai have a positive effect in many mental, social and moral dimensions of existence. Moreover, because of the potential positive impact on the individual behavior, these sports are also very effective in reducing societal problems such as hooliganism, destructiveness and vandalism, suicide, inappropriate lifestyle, decline of values and violence.</p> Hossein Mansouri Arman Allahveisi George Jennings Copyright (c) 2024 Hossein Mansouri, Arman Allahveisi, George Jennings http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-01-01 2025-01-01 20 1 1 17 10.18002/rama.v20i1.2501