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Noun: martial art
  1. Any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defence; usually practised as a sport
    "he had a black belt in the martial arts"

Derived forms: martial arts

Type of: self-defence [Brit, Cdn], self-defense [US], self-protection

Encyclopedia: Martial art