# Martial Arts

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Category: Sports
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:26.846Z
Tags: sports, martial, arts

## Summary

"Martial arts" is a 19th-century English translation of 武術 (bujutsu) — the technical fighting skills of Japan's warrior class — but the term has come to cover an enormous family of unarmed and weapon traditions across East Asia, with later branches in Brazil, Russia, France, and the United States. Key sections include: Martial Arts.; Opening What we mean by martial arts.; Chapter I Shaolin and the Chinese arts.; Chapter II Karate — Okinawa to the world.; Chapter III Judo and Kano.; Chapter IV Jiu-jitsu — the ancestor.; Chapter V Taekwondo — Korea after 1945.; Chapter VI Muay Thai and the Southeast Asian arts.; Chapter VII Bruce Lee.; Chapter VIII Hong Kong cinema and the kung fu film..

## Slide Outline

1. Martial Arts.
2. Opening What we mean by martial arts.
3. Chapter I Shaolin and the Chinese arts.
4. Chapter II Karate — Okinawa to the world.
5. Chapter III Judo and Kano.
6. Chapter IV Jiu-jitsu — the ancestor.
7. Chapter V Taekwondo — Korea after 1945.
8. Chapter VI Muay Thai and the Southeast Asian arts.
9. Chapter VII Bruce Lee.
10. Chapter VIII Hong Kong cinema and the kung fu film.
11. Chapter IX The Gracie family and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
12. Chapter X The UFC and the birth of MMA.
13. Chapter XI The modern MMA synthesis.
14. Chapter XII Sambo and Russian grappling.
15. Chapter XIII Aikido — the philosophical art.
16. Chapter XIV Boxing — Western and kickboxing.
17. Chapter XV Olympic combat sports.
18. Chapter XVI Sumo.
19. Chapter XVII Capoeira and other syncretic arts.
20. Chapter XVIII The weapons arts.
21. Chapter XIX The philosophical strain.
22. Chapter XX Tai chi and the internal arts.
23. Chapter XXI Women in martial arts.
24. Chapter XXII How a martial art is trained.
25. Chapter XXIII The dojo and its etiquette.
26. Chapter XXIV A reading shelf.
27. Chapter XXV Watch & read.
28. Chapter XXVI Where the field stands.
29. Chapter XXVII Why train?
30. Colophon · Vol. IX, Deck 13

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