Most of us agree that martial art sounds like fight and generally regarded as combat.As a genre of art it has lots of issues and controversies regarding the definition.Martial arts was derived from the greek word MAR/ARES the greek god of war.But,Martial arts means the arts and even a science of practicing physical brutal contacts between people,for the motive of defending oneself ,even practiced to maintain peace and harmony between the people living under a society according to the some of the religion and philosophical followers.From the very begining of its origin martial art was practiced as combat .But on the present state it is practiced as perfroming sports too.All over the world the countries and the people have their own martial arts and their ways.Today martial arts are even performed as a competition between the people.Martial arts are even included under dance and sports by some of the community that performs it.Martial have genres and sub genres according to the countries and communities.The two main genres are grappling and weaponry followed by the sub genres like throwing,pinning,locks,traditional and modern weapons.KARATE the japanese martial arts,TAEKWANDO the korean martial arts,JIU-JITSU the brazilian martial arts,WUSHU the chinese martial arts included under KUNG-FU where weapons are also used ,WRESTLING and BOXING common all over the world,SHAOLIN included under chinese KUNG-FU believed to use to maintain peace and defense among the people and so on.Martial arts on the present contrary are used against the people but if used for the benfit of the people which helps the modern world as well as for the development of the martial arts.
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