Martial Arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

Although the term martial art has become associated with the fighting arts of eastern Asia, it originally referred to the combat systems of Europe as early as the 1550s. The term is derived from Latin, and means "arts of Mars", the Roman god of war. Some authors have argued that fighting arts or fight
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Bloodline (Cradle, #9)
Reaper (Cradle, #10)
Dreadgod (Cradle, #11)
Waybound (Cradle, #12)
Beware of Chicken (Beware of Chicken, #1)
Beware of Chicken 3 (Beware of Chicken, #3)
The Path of Ascension 2 (The Path of Ascension #2)
Beware of Chicken 2 (Beware of Chicken, #2)
The Path of Ascension 6 (The Path of Ascension #6)
Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked, #1)
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Unintended Cultivator: Volume 1 (Unintended Cultivator, #1)
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Unintended Cultivator: Volume 2 (Unintended Cultivator, #2)
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The Art of War
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Karate-Do: My Way of Life
Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction (Tuttle Martial Arts)
Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think
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87 books — 202 voters
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Soke Behzad Ahmadi
. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it is tactile, mental or spiritual
Soke Behzad Ahmadi, KARATE POWER Lethal power of Fajin

Christopher Moore
... but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, 'What if Jesus had known kung fu? ...more
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

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