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  2. List of Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Aikido; Araki-ryū; Ashihara kaikan; Bajutsu; Battōjutsu; Bōjutsu; Bujinkan; Byakuren Kaikan; Chitō-ryū; Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu; Enshin kaikan; Gensei-ryū ...

  3. Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese martial arts, "initiative" (先, sen) is "the decisive moment when a killing action is initiated." [20] There are two types of initiative in Japanese martial arts, early initiative (先の先, sen no sen), and late initiative (後の先, go no sen). Each type of initiative complements the other, and has different advantages and ...

  4. List of martial arts - Wikipedia

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    There are many distinct styles and schools of martial arts. Sometimes, schools or styles are introduced by individual teachers or masters, or as a brand name by a specific gym. Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts.

  5. Russian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    ARB (Russian: Армейский Рукопашный Бой; Armeyskiy Rukopashniy Boy; 'Army Hand-to-Hand Combat') is a Russian martial art of training for protection and attack receptions that incorporated many functional elements from an arsenal of individual hand-to-hand combat and martial arts from around the world, and has been used in real fighting activities.

  6. Kwoon - Wikipedia

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    In this context, the complete term would be either Mou Kwoon 武館 (Cantonese) or Wuguan 武館 (Mandarin). That usage of the term, in its meaning as a martial arts school, is especially common in English-speaking countries. In that way, Kwoon or Guan is a culturally-equivalent term to the Japanese Dojo, as it relates to Traditional Martial ...

  7. Combat sport - Wikipedia

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    Classification of unarmed combat sports. A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat.In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent, submitting the opponent with a hold, disabling the opponent (knockout, KO), or attacking the opponent in a specific or designated technique.

  8. Krav Maga - Wikipedia

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    The term krav maga in Hebrew is literally translated as 'contact combat' – the three letter root of the first word is q-r-b (קרב), and the noun derived from this root means either "combat" or "battle", [14] [15] while the second word is a participle form derived from the verb root n-g-‘ (נגע), that literally means either "contact" or "touch".

  9. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    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. [citation needed] According to Bruce Lee, martial arts also have the nature of an art, since there is emotional communication and complete emotional expression. [citation needed]