UK Parliament home

This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament

View other petitions from this Parliament

Closed Include martial arts in the national P.E curriculum.

Closed on

In spite of being the fastest growing sport on the planet, martial arts is not currently taught in the P.E curriculum. By including it, we believe students could benefit by gaining, practical self-defence tools, improved physical and mental wellbeing as well as attaining greater confidence.

References

Martial arts (mixed martial arts) fastest growing sport in the world:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/neil-van-ginsburg/mma-ufc_b_5001231.html

List of approved clinical studies which have used martial arts as an intervention for, reducing anti-social behaviour and drug abuse, improving physical health and wellbeing, as well as helping participants with spectrum disorders increase their focus and confidence:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=martial+arts&Search=Search

991 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition closed

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 3 May 2017.