That is kind of like saying, “An automobile? But it’s not a Toyota!” The term “martial arts” refers to “the arts of Mars, the god of war.” In other words, any combat technique. Technically, even what the military teaches today is martial arts, even though it now involves assault rifles, grenades, and carpet bombing.
Thanks to television and movies, the first things that pop to most people’s mind when you say “martial art” are things like karate, kung fu, Power Rangers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, American Ninja vs. Godzilla, etc. For years, it was commonly thought that the European fighting man was little more than a Neanderthal with a big knife. We have since learned, however, that he had a fighting system every bit as complex, effective, and beautiful as that of the samurai.
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