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continue with the point noted by the judges. Some critics of point sparring feel that this method of training teaches habits that result in lower combat effectiveness. Lighter-contact sparring may be used exclusively, for children or in other situations when heavy contact would be inappropriate (such as beginners), medium-contact sparring is often used as training for full contact.
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and boxing. While these arts are based on historical traditions of folklore, they are not "historical" in the sense that they reconstruct or preserve a historical system from a specific era. They are rather contemporary regional sports that coexist with the modern forms of martial arts sports as they
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Testing or evaluation is important to martial artists of many disciplines who wish to determine their progression or own level of skill in specific contexts. Students often undergo periodic testing and grading by their own teacher in order to advance to a higher level of recognized achievement, such
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generally spurn such competitions. Some schools believe that competition breeds better and more efficient practitioners, and gives a sense of good sportsmanship. Others believe that the rules under which competition takes place have diminished the combat effectiveness of martial arts or encourage a
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These types of sparring restrict the amount of force that may be used to hit an opponent, in the case of light sparring this is usually to 'touch' contact, e.g. a punch should be 'pulled' as soon as or before contact is made. In medium-contact (sometimes referred to as semi-contact) the punch would
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The wholesale value of martial arts related sporting equipment shipped in the United States was estimated at US$ 314 million in 2007; participation in the same year was estimated at 6.9 million (ages 6 or older, 2% of US population). R. A. Court, CEO of Martial Arts Channel, stated the
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Various forms and sparring are commonly used in martial art exhibitions and tournaments. Some competitions pit practitioners of different disciplines against each other using a common set of rules, these are referred to as mixed martial arts competitions. Rules for sparring vary between art and
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In some styles (such as fencing and some styles of taekwondo sparring), competitors score points based on the landing of a single technique or strike as judged by the referee, whereupon the referee will briefly stop the match, award a point, then restart the match. Alternatively, sparring may
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Full-contact sparring or competition, where strikes or techniques are not pulled but used with full force as the name implies, has a number of tactical differences from light and medium-contact sparring. It is considered by some to be requisite in learning realistic unarmed combat.
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began developing during the 19th century as the French and Italian military academies began codifying instruction. The Olympic games led to standard international rules, with the Féderation Internationale d'Escrime founded in 1913. Modern boxing originates with
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They're made in Hong Kong and the biggest hero of them all at the moment, surely the biggest box-office attraction there, is a face pretty familiar to American television audiences. Remember Bruce Lee, the swift, agile oriental chauffeur in "The Green Hornet"?
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A referee acts to monitor for fouls and to control the match, while judges mark down scores, as in boxing. Particular targets may be prohibited, certain techniques may be forbidden (such as headbutting or groin hits), and fighters may be required to wear
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may be boosted (strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, movement coordination, etc.) as the whole body is exercised and the entire muscular system is activated. Beyond contributing to physical fitness, martial arts training also has benefits for
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Now, there's going to be an invasion of "chow mein spies." It's the newest rage, the superhero Chinese agent, who takes on 84 adversaries at one time and pounds them into the ground — without a dangerous weapon, except his hands and his feet.
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Warner Brothers has just released one called "The Five Fingers of Death" and, with Fred Weintraub as producer, is now involved in the first American-Chinese production of a martial-science picture, a film that stars Bruce (Kato)
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is the value of "inner peace" in a practitioner, which is stressed to be only achievable through individual meditation and training. The Koreans believe that the use of physical force is only justifiable for self defense.
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survived by practitioners practicing the art in secret, or by telling the colonial authorities that it was a form of dance. While many regional Indian martial arts forms are fading into obscurity, martial arts such as
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arises towards the end of the 19th century, due to the increase in trade between the United States with China and Japan. Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the arts, considering it to be mere performance.
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experienced a surge of popularity in the West during the 1970s, and the rising demand resulted in numerous low quality or fraudulent schools. Fueled by fictional depictions in martial arts movies, this led to the
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The question of "which is the best martial art" has led to inter style competitions fought with very few rules allowing a variety of fighting styles to enter with few limitations. This was the origin of the first
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of the 1980s in the United States. There were also numerous fraudulent ads for martial arts training programs, inserted into comic books circa the 1960s and 1970s, which were read primarily by adolescent boys.
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The mid to late 19th century marks the beginning of the history of martial arts as modern sports developed out of earlier traditional fighting systems. In Europe, this concerns the developments of
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requires advanced practitioners to engage in bare-knuckled, full-contact sparring allowing kicks, knees and punching although punching to the head is disallowed while wearing only a karate
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well-being. For this reason, a number of martial arts schools have focused purely on therapeutic aspects, de-emphasizing the historical aspect of self-defense or combat completely.
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on their head, hands, chest, groin, shins or feet. Some grappling arts, such as aikido, use a similar method of compliant training that is equivalent to light or medium contact.
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They're coming here under the label of "martial sciences," an umbrella label that takes in all of the oriental arts of self-defense, such as karate, jujitso, kung fu and so on.
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Traditional Korean martial arts place emphasis on the development of the practitioner's spiritual and philosophical being. A common theme in most Korean styles, such as
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were prominent martial artists who became major movie figures. Their popularity and media presence has been at the forefront for promoting Chinese martial arts in the
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and were exposed to local fighting styles. Jujutsu, judo and karate first became popular among the mainstream from the 1950s–1960s. Due in part to Asian and Hollywood
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Traditional hand-to-hand, knife, and spear techniques continue to see use in the composite systems developed for today's wars. Examples of this include European
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Certain traditional combat sports and fighting styles exist all over the world, rooted in local culture and folklore. The most common of these are styles of
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while working in Japan between 1894 and 1897, was the first man known to have taught Asian martial arts in Europe. He also founded an eclectic style named
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become competitive, becoming a sport in its own right that is dissociated from the original combative origin, such as with western fencing. The
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As Western influence grew in Asia a greater number of military personnel spent time in China, Japan and South Korea during World War II and the
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recently failed in its bid to be included, but is still actively performed in tournaments across the world. Practitioners in some arts such as
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would be more appropriate terms on the basis that many martial arts were never "martial" in the sense of being used or created by professional
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have developed since the 19th century, often including cross-fertilization between sports and folk styles; thus, the traditional Thai art of
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Martial arts training aims to result in several benefits to trainees, such as their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
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not be 'pulled' but not hit with full force. As the amount of force used is restricted, the aim of these types of sparring is not to
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total revenue of the US martial arts industry at US$ 40 billion and the number of US practitioners at 30 million in 2003.
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First there were "spaghetti westerns" made in Italy, and then the Spanish got into the act and they became "gaspacho westerns."
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Some traditional martial concepts have seen new use within modern military training. Perhaps the most recent example of this is
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Many martial arts are also seen and used in Law Enforcement hand-to-hand training. For example, the Tokyo Riot Police's use of
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and padded vest, but are full contact in the sense that full force is applied to strikes to the head and body, and win by
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kind of practice which focuses on winning trophies rather than a focus such as cultivating a particular moral character.
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Sometimes, training with one specific weapon may be considered a style in its own right, especially in the case of
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Hundreds of millions of people worldwide practice some form of martial art. Web Japan (sponsored by the
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European swordsmanship always had a sportive component, but the duel was always a possibility until
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Bu, Bin; Haijun, Han; Yong, Liu; Chaohui, Zhang; Xiaoyuan, Yang; Singh, Maria Fiatarone (2010).
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tradition and along with other minimal rule competitions, most notably those from Japan such as
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With the continual discovery of more medieval and Renaissance fighting manuals, the practice of
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in 1942 and continue to influence today's systems along with other traditional systems such as
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color or title. The type of testing used varies from system to system but may include forms or
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and Brazilian jiu-jitsu often train for sport matches, whereas those in other arts such as
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aspects of martial training, especially under the traditional system of family lineages.
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Martial arts equipment can include that which is used for conditioning, protection and
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Martial arts since the 1970s has become a significant industry, a subset of the wider
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rules date to the 1920s. In China, the modern history of martial arts begins in the
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of about the 2nd century BCE to the 2nd century AD. The combat techniques of the
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as sports. In Japan, the same period marks the formation of the modern forms of
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which began the sport of judo. Kano Jigoro had gathered the old knowledge of
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variants, reflecting the amount of force that should be used on an opponent.
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in transforming Chinese martial arts into the committee-regulated sport of
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Also during the 20th century, a number of martial arts were adapted for
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Martial arts may be categorized using a variety of criteria, including:
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such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Many other Indian martial arts such as
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have been growing in popularity across the United States and Europe.
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in the People's Republic of China are examples of such systems. The
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Unarmed martial arts can be broadly grouped into those focusing on
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relief in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) from the 3rd millennium BC.
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In full-contact sparring, the aim of a competitive match is to
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was developed in the context of the Korean War in the 1950s.
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Through systematic practice in the martial arts a person's
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Martial arts have crossed over into sports when forms of
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