martial art
Noun
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Noun
martial art (plural martial arts)
- Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.
- military skills, proficiency in military strategy, prowess in warfare.
- 1832, Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character: 4. On patriotism, p. 481:
- […] of all the modes by which the advantage of his country may be secured, the martial arts and valour are those by which a Swiss the most hopes to promote it.
- 1832, Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character: 4. On patriotism, p. 481:
- French: art martial
- German: Kampfkunst, Kampfsport
- Italian: arti marziali
- Portuguese: arte marcial
- Russian: боево́е иску́сство
- Spanish: arte marcial
- German: Kriegskunst
- Russian: вое́нное иску́сство
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