Martial arts

Martial arts

Marial arts are codified forms of combat practices employed for the purposes of combat, competition, self-defense and physical health.

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Sambo

Sports; Martial arts

Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word "SAMBO" means "self-defense without weapons". Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the Soviet Red ...

Capoeira

Sports; Martial arts

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music, and is sometimes referred to as a game. It was developed in Brazil mainly by African descendants ...

Judo

Sports; Martial arts

Judo is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either throw or ...

Jujutsu is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon. Jujutsu developed among the samurai of ...

Krav Maga

Sports; Martial arts

Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel that consists of a wide combination of techniques sourced from boxing, savate, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, Judo, Jujutsu, wrestling, ...