Martial arts

Martial arts

A community portal about Martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for various reasons... [more]

A community portal about Martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation, mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence. A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist.

The Seven Tenets of Budo


Mon 07:10 PST. Posted by staff@riposte.org.

Budo is typically defined as the Study of the “War Way” or the “Martial Way”. It is a Japanese concept or philosophy that has been put into practice by several Japanese martial art systems. Two examples of systems that are based on budo are Judo and Aikido. The goal of budo is mastery of self. There are no external enemies in budo, only an internal one, ego. It is believed that through rigorous study of budo, that one can achieve the goal of self mastery, and utimately happiness through the conquering of ego. Budo is based on Seven tenants.

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