The yellow emperor is possibly the first person to record a system of Martial Arts in china around 4000 years ago. Shaolin martial arts originated later around 500-600 ad. A buddhist monk called bodhidharma whislt teaching Buddhism in china noticed the monks were weak and lacked stamina so he taught them exercises which became the fore runners of shaolin kung fu.
Karate is a martial art. It originated in Okinawa. It is a mixture of local Okinawan martial arts and chinese kung fu.
Martial Arts refers to the skills used in combat. Every country has martial arts and some originated in Japan, but not all of them.
British Council for Chinese Martial Arts was created in 1973.
Martial Arts originated in the orient. Britain has adapted some Martial Arts, but has none of its own origin. Unless you count boxing.
The form of martial arts that originated in India is Kshatriya. It was first practiced sometime in the 400 B.C. years.
Martial Arts mostly originates from Japan and China, but there are other places as well.
Chinese martial arts
Margaret S. Wan has written: 'Green peony and the rise of the Chinese martial arts novel' -- subject(s): Chinese Martial arts fiction, History and criticism, Martial arts fiction, Chinese
No, it is not.
Kalaripayattu
Silat is the name typically given to the martial art of Indonesia
Yip Man was a well-known Chinese martial artist, who passed away in 1972 at the age of 79. The martial arts that he practiced were mixed martial arts.