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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kickboxing

Sports; Martial arts

Refers to the sport of combining technique and style of boxing with kicking. Kickboxing is a standing sport and does not allow continuation of the fight once a combatant has reached the ground, ...

A modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize ...

choke hold

Sports; Martial arts

A submission hold applied to the neck that restricts air flow, blood flow or both. A choke is designed to cause the other fighter to tap out or be choked out.

kungfu

Sports; Martial arts

Chinese martial art, a number of fighting styles that developed over the centuries in China. It is also reffered to as "wushu".

wushu

Sports; Martial arts

Chinese martial art, as well as an exhibition and full-contact modern sport with bare-handed and weapons forms.

taekwondo

Sports; Martial arts

A Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. The art of kicking and punching.

karate

Sports; Martial arts

A martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands (now known as Okinawa) in Japan, karate means "empty handed". It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called "te" and Chinese kenpo.