Many forms of Chinese martial arts also feature weapons as part of their curriculum.

Many such martial arts incorporate music, especially strong percussive rhythms.

Many martial artists, especially outside of China, disregard the distinction entirely.

Many of Japan's wrestlers including top stars such as Shinya Hashimoto, Riki Choshu and Keiji Mutoh came from a legitimate martial arts background and many Japanese Pro Wrestlers in the 90's began to pursue careers in Mixed Martial Arts Organizations such as Pancrase and Shooto which at the time retained the original look of Puroresu but did not have predetermined outcomes to the matches.

Many martial arts provide ranking systems, such as belt colors.

Many East Asian martial arts also make extensive study and use of acupressure for self-defense and health purposes ( chin na, tui na ).

Many martial artists who study Japanese martial arts know the principles of kenjutsu.

( Many Japanese martial artists compete in both wrestling and MMA due to their strong promotions and similarities.

Many martial artists believed that technique could overcome these size disadvantages, and that a skilled fighter could use an opponent's size and strength against him.

Many Shaw Brothers classic films have become subject to bootlegging over the years due to the popularity of particular kung fu / martial arts titles.

Many consider budō a more civilian form of martial arts, as an interpretation or evolution of the older bujutsu, which they categorize as a more militaristic style or strategy.

Many styles of martial arts are practiced for self-defence or include self-defence techniques.

Many martial artists see the two as fundamentally interconnected, and the difference in emphasis may nonetheless manifest in various ways in content of the instruction, such as the focus on the state of mind during a technique or a focus on the technique itself.

Many modern schools of Chinese martial arts use sashes of various colors to denote rank as a reflection of the Japanese ranking system using belts.

Many of his movies relate to his love of stunts and martial arts.

Many forms of martial arts were also passed down from different generations of Chinese ancestry.

Many East Asian martial arts trace their roots back to Buddhism, specifically, to the Buddhist Shaolin Temple.

Many well known martial artists chose to escape from the PRC's rule and migrate to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world.

Many Chinese martial art schools teach or work within the rule sets of Sanshou, working to incorporate the movements, characteristics, and theory of their style.

Many traditional Chinese martial artists, as well as practitioners of modern sport combat, have become critical of the perception that forms work is more relevant to the art than sparring and drill application, while most continue to see traditional forms practice within the traditional context — as vital to both proper combat execution, the Shaolin aesthetic as art form, as well as upholding the meditative function of the physical art form.

Many martial arts teach to keep the fist clench relaxed until impact in order to maximize the speed of the punch.

Many martial arts and texts include these principles, such as karate and Jeet Kune Do.

Many combat sports, such as boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling use championship belts as trophies ; however, unlike most of the trophies mentioned above, a new one is not created every time a new champion is crowned ; rather, the new champion takes the belt from the old one.

Many Aleuts now live across the state and not only in the Aleutians which has helped to spread the arts of their people and to better develop methods of creating their arts.

Many Columbia alumni have gone on to renowned careers in the arts, such as the composers Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, and Art Garfunkel.

Many hobbies involve performing by the hobbyist, such as singing, acting, juggling, magic, dancing and other performing arts.

Many Confucian-educated Chinese who now lacked profession turned to the arts of painting and theatre instead, as the Yuan period became one of the most vibrant and abundant eras for Chinese artwork.

Many mathematicians feel that to call their area a science is to downplay the importance of its aesthetic side, and its history in the traditional seven liberal arts ; others feel that to ignore its connection to the sciences is to turn a blind eye to the fact that the interface between mathematics and its applications in science and engineering has driven much development in mathematics.

Many aspects of modernist design still persist within the mainstream of contemporary architecture today, though its previous dogmatism has given way to a more playful use of decoration, historical quotation, and spatial drama. In other arts such pragmatic considerations were less important.

Many significant figures from the arts and literary worlds have lived on the square, including George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh and Samuel Phelps.

* Many faculty in the Music Department are active in Durango performing arts ensembles, including the Durango Choral Society, the San Juan Symphony, and several chamber ensembles and pop bands.

Many schools have had to eliminate many of their classes and fine arts due to the economy and tight budgets.

Many Māori have become successful practitioners of European-derived art forms ; indeed many of New Zealand's biggest arts success stories are Māori or part Māori.

Many Japanese arts over the past thousand years have been influenced by Zen and Mahayana philosophy, particularly acceptance and contemplation of the imperfection, constant flux and impermanence of all things.

Many of Wellesley's alumnae are among the most accomplished women in the world in a wide variety of fields, ranging from government and public service to business to the arts.

Many were the arts and sciences he knew -- holy tradition and secular law ; the Sânkhya, Yoga, Nyâya, and Vaisheshika systems of philosophy ; arithmetic ; music ; medicine ; the four Vedas, the Purânas, and the Itihâsas ; astronomy, magic, causation, and magic spells ; the art of war ; poetry ; conveyancing in a word, the whole nineteen.

Many mythological boys have frequently been represented in various arts, e. g. Venus ' often mischievous son Cupid, himself a young god of love which he ' inflicts ' on humans by shooting his arrows ; in some style periods even multiplied as naked little boys called putti.

Many of the men on our campus have a pretty set curriculum, especially in the various engineering fields, with few electives till the senior year.

Many statisticians base ANOVA on the design of the experiment, especially on the protocol that specifies the random assignment of treatments to subjects ; the protocol's description of the assignment mechanism should include a specification of the structure of the treatments and of any blocking.

Many species in the iris family have a great economic importance in ornamental horticulture and the cut flower industry, especially Gladiolus, Freesia, Sparaxis, Iris, Tigridia ( tiger lily ), Ixia ( corn lily ), Romulea, Neomarica, Moraea ( butterfly lily ), Nemastylis, Belamcanda, Sisyrinchium ( blue-eyed grass ), Crocosmia and Trimezia.

Many Armenian companies, especially those owned by government-connected tycoons, have long reported suspiciously low earnings, thereby avoiding paying larger taxes.

Many such children live in Sambutsu especially, on the eastern coast.

Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teaching on salvation and divine grace.

Many stories have developed since the founding long ago to become a part of America's folklore and cultural awareness, and non-native American folklore especially includes any narrative which has contributed to the shaping of American values and belief systems.

Many studies now indicate that chronic treatment with antipsychotics affects the brain at a structural level, for example increasing the volume of the basal ganglia ( especially the caudate nucleus ), and reducing cortical grey matter volume in different brain areas.

Many were especially critical of him following his remarks in the South Carolina primary, which Obama won.

Many systems became quite sophisticated in graphic presentation, especially considering that the system was confined to ASCII codes.

Many viral agents have been studied and / or weaponized, including some of the Bunyaviridae ( especially Rift Valley fever virus ), Ebolavirus, many of the Flaviviridae ( especially Japanese encephalitis virus ), Machupo virus, Marburg virus, Variola virus, and Yellow fever virus.

Many quotes from the Book of Job are used throughout Jewish liturgy, especially at funerals and times of mourning.

Many of his sets, especially in street scenes, bear a strong similarity to Kennington, where he grew up.

Many later CPU designs use similar mixed bit width, especially when the processor is meant for general-purpose usage where a reasonable balance of integer and floating point capability is required.

Many folk museums show examples of clothing decorated with cross-stitch, especially from continental Europe and Asia.

Many of the above concepts, especially equivalence of categories, adjoint functor pairs, and functor categories, can be situated into the context of higher-dimensional categories.

Many catalytic processes, especially those used in organic synthesis, require so called " late transition metals ", which include palladium, platinum, gold, ruthenium, rhodium, and iridium.

Many people of Chaoshan origin, also known as Teochiu or Teochew people, have settled in Southeast Asia, especially Singapore, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Thailand ; influences they bring can be noted in the cuisine of Singapore and that of other settlements.

Many scholars employ the term, especially those in the fields of history, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory.

Many historical reenactment groups, especially those whose focus is Antiquity or the Middle Ages, commonly use mail both as practical armour and for costuming.

Many calculators continued to use two or more integrated circuits ( ICs ), especially the scientific and the programmable ones, into the late 1970s.

Many vehicles were destroyed or commandeered by militias, especially in the north and east of the country, and the fuel supply system was also badly affected.

Many phoneticians ( especially those trained in the British school ) resort to it constantly as a quick and convenient form of reference.

Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.