Martial Arts or Fighting Arts
Martial Arts are systems of techniques practiced with the objective of developing Fighting Skills to be able to defeat an enemy, or opponent in a fight.
Some Martial Arts are practiced competitively, (combat sports) such as Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Muay Thai.
And some are purely for Self Defense, such as Combative Systems that were developed with techniques from various Martial Arts. These systems were to be used by the military for battlefield Hand to Hand Combat.
These include Israeli Krav Maga, Russian Sambo, and the U.S Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP).
The term Martial Arts refers to the art of warfare (derived from Mars the Roman god of war). Martial Arts are considered both art and science.
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One version of how Chinese Martial Arts started was by an Indian monk who brought Martial Art techniques along with internal strength or Chi from India to China
Okinawan Martial Arts are around 1400 years old. The philosophy is to end a fight fast, with a few well-placed blows to the vitals rather than a long brawl.
Greek Martial Arts were the first forms of today's MMA Fighting. The Greeks were the Bad Boys of the ancient world. They lived to fight, and fought to live.
If history's greatest fighters weren't the Spartans then they were trained in the Japanese Martial Arts, the Samurai Warrior. Fearless and incredibly-skilled.
Korean Martial Arts started over two thousand years ago with a form of Wrestling called Ssireum. Nowadays the most practiced Korean Martial Art is Tae Kwon Do.
In the History of martial arts, pankration is believed to be the earliest form of documented hand to hand combat style with a history of at least 3000 years
