18 Facts About Martial arts

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

Some authors have argued that fighting arts or fighting systems 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 warriors.

Unarmed martial arts can be broadly grouped into those focusing on strikes, those focusing on grappling, and those that cover both fields, often described as hybrid martial arts.

Traditional martial arts that cover armed combat often encompass a wide spectrum of melee weapons, including bladed weapons and polearms.

Many such martial arts incorporate music, especially strong percussive rhythms.

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Pahlevani and zourkhaneh rituals is the name of a Persian Martial arts inscribed by UNESCO for varzesh-e pahlavani or varzesh-e bastani, a traditional system of athletics originally used to train warriors in Iran, and first appearing under this name and form in the Safavid era, with similarities to systems in adjacent lands under other names.

In Japan, the same period marks the formation of the modern forms of judo, jujutsu, karate, and kendo based on revivals of old schools of Edo period martial arts which had been suppressed during the Meiji Restoration In 1882, Kano Jigoro established the Kodokan School of judo which began the sport of judo.

In China, the modern history of martial arts begins in the Nanjing decade following the foundation of the Central Guoshu Institute in 1928 under the Kuomintang government.

Western interest in Asian martial arts arises towards the end of the 19th century, due to the increase in trade between the United States with China and Japan.

Martial arts founded an eclectic style named Bartitsu which combined jujutsu, judo, wrestling, boxing, savate and stick fighting.

Also during the 20th century, a number of martial arts were adapted for self-defense purposes for military hand-to-hand combat.

Many styles of Indian martial arts were banned by the colonial authorities during the period of British rule in India, which led to a decline in their popularity.

Many other Indian martial arts such as Mardhani Khel and Paika Akhada survived by practitioners practicing the art in secret, or by telling the colonial authorities that it was a form of dance.

Martial arts have crossed over into sports when forms of sparring become competitive, becoming a sport in its own right that is dissociated from the original combative origin, such as with western fencing.

Some martial artists compete in non-sparring competitions such as breaking or choreographed routines of techniques such as poomse, kata and aka, or modern variations of the martial arts which include dance-influenced competitions such as tricking.

Martial arts training aims to result in several benefits to trainees, such as their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Beyond contributing to physical fitness, martial arts training has benefits for mental health, contributing to self-esteem, self-control, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Many martial arts are seen and used in Law Enforcement hand-to-hand training.