she is ok about me doing karate,but says no fighting, "question", does she think my heart will explode if i get hit in chest while sparing,she never said, so does having some stents in thei,r mean my heart is a a walking timebomb,by the way i took up karate after heart attack,and i am at preasent a white belt,and i love doing it.

 

Ancient Chinese Tai Chi exercises could help heart-attack victims recover faster, British scientists reported on Wednesday.

Practicing the slow, deliberate Tai Chi movements and breathing patterns lowered blood pressure and, in some cases, slowed the heart rate, researchers at Sheffield University said.

They tested 126 hear-attack patients, having them practice Tai Chi, go through aerobic exercises to temporarily raise heart rate and breathing, or perform no additional exercise.

"Both forms of exercise reduced blood pressure, but only Tai Chi showed a significant reduction," the British Medical Association’s Postgraduate Medical Journal, which published the study, said in a state...