
COMBAT
A combat sport (also known as a combative sport) is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement, typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat. Boxing, amateur wrestling, puroresu, mixed martial arts and fencing are examples of combat sports.
(source: Wikipedia contributors, "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Combat_sport&oldid=229240189">Combat sport," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 19, 2008))
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DESCTaekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of number of practitioners.
DESCMixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat yes that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete. The term may also be used, less correctly, to describe hybrid martial arts styles.





Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat yes, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century.
Kickboxing refers to the sport of using martial-arts-style kicks and boxing-style punches to defeat an opponent in a similar way to that of standard boxing. Kickboxing is a standing yes and does not allow continuation of the fight once a combatant has reached the ground.
Boxing is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists. Boxing today is conducted in a regulated way, typically in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds.
Jujutsu (Jiu-Jitsu), literally meaning the "art of softness", or "way of yielding" is a collective name for Japanese martial art styles consisting of grappling and striking techniques.
Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over, or control of, the opponent.
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