* 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and wrestler

* 1982 – Gina Carano, American mixed martial arts fighter, actress, and model

* 1942 – Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor and author ( d. 2007 )

Legally recognized good reasons for consent include ; surgery, activities within the rules of a game ( Mixed martial arts, wrestling, boxing, or contact sports ), bodily adornment ( R v Wilson ), or horseplay ( Jones and others ).

The Sanskrit term for archery, dhanurveda, came to refer to martial arts in general.

The Chinese, during that time used partial plates for " important " body parts instead of covering their whole body since too much plate armour hinders their martial arts movement.

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There are indications Joachim Meyer, author of the influential 16th century martial arts text Kunst des Fechten (" The Art of Fencing ") came from Basel.

It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the first game to allow players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems.

In addition, it was also the first role-playing game to have detailed martial arts rules ( known as " Bun Fu ") and the first attempt at a skill system.

The bokken is used as an inexpensive and relatively safe substitute for a real sword in several martial arts such as kendo, aikido and kenjutsu.

Additionally, various koryu ( traditional Japanese martial arts ) have their own distinct styles of bokken which can vary slightly in length, tip shape, or in whether or not a tsuba ( hilt guard ) is added.

The martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping.

Jen hides her mastery of martial arts from her teacher, Jade Fox, which leads both to their parting of ways and to Jade Fox's attempt on Jen's life.

In the world of martial arts, poison is considered the act of one who is too cowardly and dishonorable to fight ; and indeed, the only character that explicitly fits these characteristics is Jade Fox.

Slapstick martial arts films became a mainstay of Hong Kong action cinema through the work of Jackie Chan among others.

Naturally, they maintained capoeira as a means of recreation and martial arts practice.

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Kung fu films are an obvious influence – Spike practises the martial arts and philosophies of Bruce Lee and some of the kung fu fights in the series seem to be lifted directly from Bruce Lee ’ s films.

He has blended judo, western boxing, kickboxing, and gymnastics into his own unique fighting style and is a master of multiple martial arts.

During his travels in Asia, Xavier learned martial arts, acquiring " refined combat skills " according to Magneto.

Gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are sports that incorporate dance, while martial arts kata are often compared to dances.

For the same reason, Kung-fu ( Pinyin gōngfú 功夫 " ability ", meaning " Chinese martial arts ") is pronounced instead of.

The movements are rather more theatrical than martial arts.

* 1963 – Mario Yamasaki, Mixed martial arts referee

Thus Bimba, helped by his student José Cisnando Lima, intended to return Capoeira to its martial roots.

For example, Chinese martial arts schools often require a student to kowtow to a master.

* 1980 – General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.

For instance, the protagonist is denied being accepted as a student of a martial arts sect.

* June 3 – South Korean President Park Chung Hee declares martial law in Seoul, after 10, 000 student demonstrators overpower police.

Lee is best known as a martial artist, but he also studied drama and philosophy while a student at the University of Washington.

Upon becoming wealthy, Prinze took martial arts lessons from Robert Wall, a student of Bruce Lee, who appeared in Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon.

During the Tiananmen protests of 1989, Li used his authority as Premier to declare martial law, and in cooperation with Deng Xiaoping, who was the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, to order the June 1989 military crackdown against student pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

Training is split into various forms, many of which are only learned when a martial artist has passed the student levels of Wing Tsun.

Traditional martial arts styles are essentially a product that is given to a student with little provision for change.

Lee believed that a martial art should just teach the student to fish ( a process ) and gain the food directly.

With end of martial law in 1987 and the introduction of democracy in the 1990s after the Wild Lily student movement, an effort began to re-assert Taiwanese identity and culture while trying to get rid of many Chinese influences imposed by the Kuomintang.

Johnny is the best student at the Cobra Kai dojo, where he is taught an unethical, vicious form of martial arts.

When he was 13, he learnt the Tour de Force of Iron Wire Fist and sling from Lam Fuk-sing ( 林福成 ), a student of " Iron Bridge Three " Leung Kwan, after meeting Lam in Douzhixiang during a martial arts street performance.

Takamatsu died in Nara, Japan in 1972 after advancing Hatsumi from student and bestowing on him " all the art of the nine schools ", three of which he indicated were ancient ninja schools and six samurai schools of martial arts.

Leung Sheung ( Chinese: 梁相 ; 1918-1978 ) was a Chinese martial artist who studied Wing Chun Kung Fu who is known as the senior-most student of Yip Man ( 葉問 ) in Hong Kong.

Bruce Lee, a student of Yip Man had also made and modified a Wing chun wooden dummy for his martial arts philosophy of Jeet Kune Do which had a modified neck and a metal leg.

The killer's three reported victims were a plumber named Ralph, a lounge singer from Atlantic City, and a Russian martial arts student.

In some martial arts it is also an old tradition that the highest ranking student has the responsibility to fold the teacher's hakama as a token of respect.

In May 1989 Yang appeared on Chinese television with Li, where he denounced the student demonstrations as " anarchy " and defended the imposition of martial law on several areas of Beijing affected by the protests.

Higaonna Morio noted that in 1905, Higashionna Kanryo sensei taught martial arts in two different ways, according to the type of student: At home, he taught Naha-te as a martial art whose ultimate goal was to be able to kill the opponent ; however, at Naha Commercial High School, he taught karate as a form of physical, intellectual and moral education.

Following a student uprising that nearly breached the Palace gates in the early 1970s, martial law was declared, and the complex was closed to the public.

Across from the student residences is the three-story indoor athletic complex, including a 2, 000-seat multipurpose court, a jogging track, six squash courts, martial arts and exercise studios, a free weight studio and training courts.

Liu Cheng You ( 劉成有 ) first learned martial arts from his uncle Liu Dekuan ( 劉德寬 ), who had been a student of Liu Shi Jun when stationed in Beijing.