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Martial traditions have been influenced by governments to become more sport-like for political purposes; the central impetus for the attempt by the People's Republic of China in transforming Chinese martial arts into the committee-regulated sport of wushu was suppressing what they saw as the potentially subversive aspects of martial training ...
Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts , as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to martial arts: Martial arts – systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) [a] is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. [10]In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place throughout Japan and the countries of East Asia.
The goal was to master each style well enough that they could be used against the others if needed. This process was similar to the modern concept of cross-training and it can be argued that Bartitsu itself was more in the nature of a cross-training system than a formal martial arts style, though it did include some unique elements (see below).
Although the earliest evidence of martial arts goes back millennia, the true roots are difficult to reconstruct. Inherent patterns of human aggression which inspire practice of mock combat (in particular wrestling) and optimization of serious close combat as cultural universals are doubtlessly inherited from the pre-human stage and were made into an "art" from the earliest emergence of that ...
In the film series The Matrix, Neo uses a variety of martial arts styles. [150] Neo's skill in martial arts was shown having downloaded into his brain, which granted combat abilities equivalent to a martial artist with decades of experience. Kenpo Karate is one of the many styles Neo learns as part of his computerised combat training. [151]
1944-1945 – Hwang Kee opened the first Korean Tang Soo Do dojang or martial arts schools in Seoul, Korea. Many other schools followed. Korean military personnel received training in martial arts. 1945 – Choi Yong-sool traveled back to Korea after living in Japan with Sokaku Takeda.