| NOUN | act | martial art | any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense |
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| Meaning | Any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport. | |
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| Example | "he had a black belt in the martial arts" | |
| Narrower | aikido | A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo |
| judo | A sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling | |
| jujutsu, jujitsu, jiujitsu | A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan | |
| karate | A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat | |
| kung fu | A Chinese martial art | |
| ninjutsu, ninjitsu | The traditional Japanese method of espionage | |
| t'ai chi, tai chi, t'ai chi chuan, tai chi chuan, taichi, taichichuan | A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health | |
| tae kwon do, taekwondo | A Korean martial art similar to karate | |
| Broader | self-defense, self-defence, self-protection | The act of defending yourself |
| Spanish | arte marcial | |
| Catalan | art marcial | |
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