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'''Martial arts''' are codified systems of both armed and weaponless, or empty-handed, skills intended to develop and increase proficiency in  combat. 
* [[Martial arts (General)]], an overview of martial practices.
 
* [[Martial arts (Eastern)]], an overview of Eastern martial arts.
Martial arts have arisen in nearly all cultures, both through cross-cultural transmission and independently.  There is some form of codified martial art, either historic or current, identifiable in virtually every culture around the world today. 
* [[Martial arts (Western)]], an overview of Western martial arts.
 
* [[Martial arts/Catalogs]], a catalogue of Eastern and Western martial arts.
Since every culture has its own unique value system, code of personal honor, cultural duties and responsibilities, religion(s), politics, geography, raw materials, climate, etc., almost no two systems are exactly alike.
 
This has rendered the scope of martial arts so enormous that it defies a complete, concise, logical , universally accepted [[Martial arts/Catalogs|categorization]].
 
Perhaps the broadest breakdown would be between [[Martial arts (Eastern)|oriental]] styles, such as [[karate]], [[aikido]] and [[kung fu]]; and [[Martial arts (Western)|occidental]] styles, including [[boxing]] and [[Greco-Roman wrestling]].
 
Another broad category (for our present age) could be "Lethal" vs. "Sport Martial Arts." Even these categories are clouded by the fact that several Martial Arts which were lethal earlier in their history and no longer taught as such due to the removal of certain techniques and ways of thinking. Indeed, in some cases, these lethal aspects have been  lost forever and not merely hidden.

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