Definition of "martial art" []

• Any of several Asian arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport. Often used in the plural. (noun)

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• "Yagyu Munenori, sixteen thirty, The Life-giving Sword: ‘It is missing the point to think that the martial art is solely in cutting a man down."
• "Watson called this form of martial art “baritsu,” for reasons best known to himself."