martial art
Example Sentences
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The first time Weston broke his back it ended a promising career in the martial art for the 28-year-old, but bizarrely it turned out to be a blessing.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Classes included economics and English, as well as meditation, calligraphy and kendo, a martial art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Legend has it that around the 6th Century, Indian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma introduced these techniques to the Shaolin monks, influencing the more famous Chinese martial art.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025
It’s a traditional Japanese martial art form that is pretty intense and aggressive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
