martial artists
Trained combat specialists
Martial artists are practitioners of martial arts—combat systems like karate, judo, taekwondo, or kung fu.
The term covers everyone from beginners taking self-defense classes to elite competitors and masters who have trained for decades.
The martial artists bowed before sparring.
Beyond physical technique, martial artists often emphasize discipline, respect, and mental focus as core to their practice.
- grapplersThose who wrestle
- karateJapanese unarmed combat discipline
- ninjaJapanese espionage agent
- aikidoThrowing art using redirection
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
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- martial artistsfighters, masters, senseis, instructors, black belts
- athletesathlete, Olympian, champion, swimmers, runner
- fightersboxer, boxers, wrestler, Muhammad Ali, fighter
- fitness peoplegym rats, fitness buffs, bodybuilders, weightlifters, weight lifters
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- Asian historyancient China, China, empresses, shoguns, Chinese civilization
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Violent criminals
street fighters · brawlers · hooligans · ruffians · goons
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Those opposing all warfare
non-combatants · cowards · weaklings · civilians · invalids
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Those opposing all warfare
peace activists · conscientious objectors · peaceniks · Quakers · peacemakers
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