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Question: What are the Martial Arts?

The field of Martial Arts covers a wide range of disciplines and teachings.

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Martial Arts is widely considered to be a systemized method of combat and self defense. In modern times however, martial arts have also become a sport, a career and a method for overall self improvement.

The origins of the martial arts are debatable, however the martial arts we know today come from all over the world,most notably China, Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia.

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