Martial Arts
Aikido, Jujitsu, Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Self Defense
Penngrove, Sonoma County, San Francisco North Bay, Ca. USA  94951

Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat.

Karate, or karate-dō, is a martial art developed from indigenous fighting methods from the Ryūkyū Islands, Chinese kempo, and classical Japanese martial arts. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques, but grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws, and vital point striking also appear. A karate practitioner is called a karateka