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Lee’s training spanned 2 1/2 months of daily multi-hour workouts as well as time spent working with a Kapa Haka master.

The kapa haka is a performance of various choral song and dances, many of which have complicated moves and require good coordination.

"Older Maori have substantial roles involving advanced cognitive activities and, along with kapa haka, cultural activities may provide greater cognitive stimulation and thus preservation of cognition," the study said.

Researchers at the university of Auckland in New Zealand are wondering if performing the kapa haka is one of the things that helps stave off dementia in older Maoris.