| − | # Commonly, any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practised as a sport, e.g. [[boxing]], [[karate]], [[judo]], [[Silat]], [[wrestling]], or [[Muay Thai]]. | + | # Commonly, any fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practised as a sport, e.g. [[boxing]], [[karate]], [[judo]], [[Silat]], [[wrestling]], or [[Muay Thai]]. |
| | # military skills, proficiency in military strategy, prowess in warfare | | # military skills, proficiency in military strategy, prowess in warfare |
| | #: '''1832''' ''...of all the modes by which the advantage of his country may be secured, the martial arts and valour are those by which a Swiss the most hopes to promote it.'' (Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character: 4. On patriotism, p. 481). | | #: '''1832''' ''...of all the modes by which the advantage of his country may be secured, the martial arts and valour are those by which a Swiss the most hopes to promote it.'' (Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character: 4. On patriotism, p. 481). |
