Martial arts are a set of skills, technicians and techniques, aimed not so much on the attack, as to protect close and self-defense. Most of them take their origin in East and Asia and have an ancient history and many directions and styles.
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There is an incredible number of different martial arts. They can be classified according to the method of conducting a battle: using weapons and without; struggle legs, hands, in clutch; on ancient art and very new. You can also distribute on a regional basis: European, oriental and other martial arts.
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Speaking about European fighting techniques, you can mention the Greek-Roman struggle, which has already been a long time ago in the Olympic Games Program, World Cup and Europe. She originated in ancient Greece and received modern development in France. Boxing is an old martial arts in special gloves, it can also be seen at the Olympic "Arena". Unlike Greco-Roman wrestling, where legs are not used, Savat or French boxing is built mainly at the receptions of kicks.
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Barite - mixed English martial arts described by Artur Conan Doyle in the books about Sherlock Holmes, making it even more famous. German Ju-Jutsu teaches self-defense skill. Sambo - a hand-to-hand combat technique, created in the USSR, based on judo receptions. Fencing is a very beautiful and elegant species of martial art, which is a set of hand-haulage techniques.
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Martial arts, births in the east, much more, and often their essence is much deeper than just the battle and self-defense. Most of the various techniques and battle styles in China. For all of them there is a common name Kun-Fu or Wush, almost all of them originate from the famous Monastery Shaolin.
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Japan rightly owns the most popular martial art in the world - karate. The contact between the rivals is minimized there, the victory is achieved by applying crushing blows by the limbs by pain points. In Judo and Jiu-Gitsu on the contrary, the mass of the seizures, hold, suffocations and throws are used.
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Aikido is a relatively young battle technique, not only the body, but also the Spirit. Sumo is an unusual and spectacular view of Japanese martial arts. Heavy opponents can concern the ring only in the footsteps - everything else is considered to be defeated.
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Japan's martial arts with weapons can be distinguished by Cando, Nunchaku-Jutsu, Kobudzütsu and Cabudo. Masters Kendo perfectly own the Japanese sword - rolling. Nunchaku-Jutsu teaches meals with Nunchaku - Eastern cold weapons representing two sticks connected by chain or cord. And the remaining two types of martial arts use primary objects and special cold weapons intended for protection and attacks in their practice.
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In other corners of the world, self-defense also turned into sports and art. Capoeira is a fascinating Brazilian-dance, where only techniques are used. Kuresh - the Kazakh fight belts, it is an integral element of the National Sabantua holiday. Korean Tehvando, Hard American kickboxing, Thai boxing - all these martial arts found their place in Russian martial arts schools.
Despite the fact that it is not easy to achieve results in any of the species of martial arts and have to go through a lot of injuries and annoying failures, the occupation of any martial arts will not only give a sense of confidence in itself, but also will raise common social status.
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