Japanese Martial arts

Japan Martial Arts are the Japanese systems and traditions of training for fighting and self-defense. Japanese Martial arts can be learned for various reasons, such as to develop combat skills, maintaining fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation, mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence. Japanese Martial arts refer to the enormous variety of Martial arts native to Japan. Most of Japan Martial arts have long histories.

Japanese Martial art generally grew out of the various fighting techniques used by the samurai warrior class in feudal Japan. After the establishment of peace by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early 1600's, the fighting skills of samurai were deviated into more spiritual activities. Over the years the Japan Martial arts were combined with Confucianism, Shinto and Zen Buddhism and treated as a means of spiritual as well as physical training.

There is a common motto behind all Japanese Martial arts and that is to beat a person physically protecting one from the physical hazard. Within some of the Japanese Martial art there is a deep sense of spirituality. Distinctive style of each Japanese Martial art has some unique aspects that make them different from the other.

Japan Martial Arts


In Japan there is a great variety of Martial arts such as:

• Judo
• Aikido
• Karate
• Kendo
• Kyudo.

Nowadays varied kinds of Japanese Martial arts are offered as part of the physical education program or as an extracurricular activity at many schools in Japan. But some statistics show that children are interested more in other organized sports rather than Japanese Martial Arts.