martial art

Definition of Martial Art in English :

1. martial art

any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport

Example Sentences:
'he had a black belt in the martial arts'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Martial Art

noun

any of various philosophies of self-defence and techniques of single combat, such as judo or karate, originating in the Far East

any of various systems of self-defense originating in E Asia, such as karate or kung fu, also engaged in as a sport

usually used in pl.

n.

Any one of the martial arts.