Material Arts

Material arts is a system of cofied practises and traditions of training for combat. There are objectives that have studies; defeat one or more physically and defend oneself or others from physical threat. These may linked to spiritual or religious beliefs/philosophies and while the others have own spiritual/non-spiritual of honour. The material arts may practised as most commontly as combat sports, it may also be in form of dance.
Accually, its refers to any sort of codified combat system, regardless of origin. Each style has unique facets shown a common characteristic in the systemization of fighting techinque makes it different from other. The word 'material' are derived from Mars, a Roman god of war. Therefore, 'material art.' shown as arts of wars.

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