tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24089615286313430752011-11-27T16:57:22.481-08:00Ammirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006873178126747852noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408961528631343075.post-80121467151914687522009-03-19T08:33:00.000-07:002009-03-23T03:22:06.157-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HUCef6phNHg/ScJl6dcjhtI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yq_df1Q5nyU/s1600-h/mar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314922565261821650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HUCef6phNHg/ScJl6dcjhtI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yq_df1Q5nyU/s320/mar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HUCef6phNHg/ScJmpCVKwwI/AAAAAAAAAA4/40o_6oTIjyo/s1600-h/bru.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314923365436932866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HUCef6phNHg/ScJmpCVKwwI/AAAAAAAAAA4/40o_6oTIjyo/s200/bru.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The term martial arts refers to the art of warfare (from Mars, the god of war). It comes from a 15th-century European term for fighting arts . A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist.<br /><br /><u>MARTIAL ARTS TAKE DOWNS</u><br /><u></u><br />Takedowns refer to the act of engaging with and purposefully taking an opponent to the ground in martial arts and combat sports.<br /><br /><u>STRIKING IN MARTIAL ARTS </u><br /><u></u><br />The term striking in martial arts refers to stand up fighting, or everything that’s not grappling.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2408961528631343075-8012146715191468752?l=martialartslearn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ammirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006873178126747852noreply@blogger.com1