martial arts
31martial arts — self defense; judo, karate, aikido, kung fu, etc. See sports …
32martial arts — methods of hand to hand combat using weapons and the bare hands (i.e. Ninjitsu) …
33martial arts — n savate; judo, jujitsu, aikido, karate; kung fu, wu su, t ai chi chu an or Inf. t ai chi; tae kwan do …
34Chinese martial arts — Kung fu redirects here. For other uses, see Kung fu (disambiguation). Wushu Traditional Chinese 武術 Literal meaning martial art …
35Mixed martial arts — For the fighting styles that combine different arts, see hybrid martial arts. Mixed martial arts Junior dos Santos (white shorts) and Shane Carwin (black shorts) fight before referee Herb Dean in the main event of UFC 131 in Vancouver, British… …
36Korean martial arts — Not to be confused with Muhan Dojeon. Students from a Korean martial arts school in Calgary do a demonstration Korean martial arts (Hangul: 무술 or 무예, Hanja: 武術 or 武藝) are the martial arts that originated from Korea. Some well known Korean martial …
37List of fictional martial arts — Many works of fiction such as movies and books have characters that practice martial arts. Usually they practice existing martial arts, such as Judo or Aikido, but sometimes a martial art is made up for dramatic purposes or to lend a fictional… …
38Styles of Chinese martial arts — For a list of styles, see list of Chinese martial arts. The Chinese martial arts Taijiquan being practiced on the Bund in Shanghai. Hundreds of different styles of Chinese martial arts exist, many distinctive styles with their own sets of… …
39Asian martial arts (origins) — Theories of the origins of Asian martial arts range from the highly diffusionist to models which show greater recognition of independent invention. Contents 1 India 2 China 3 Japan 4 Korea …
40History of martial arts — The Boxer of Quirinal resting after contest (Bronze sculpture, 3rd century BC) The early history of martial arts is difficult to reconstruct. Inherent patterns of human aggression which inspire practice of mock combat (in particular wrestling)… …
