A Martial Arts event has rules the street doesn't. In a competition you are fighting someone in your same style and you know your opponent isn't going to kick you or hit you in certain places. On the street you may be fighting a thug who doesn't care about you or rules.
Systems like Krav Maga train for street fights as opposed to competitions, so hopefully this type of training better prepares one for someone who is hell bent on doing you severe harm.
Martial Artists
National Association of Professional Martial Artists was created in 1994.
Not for martial arts purposes. There may be other reasons that they might.
The techniques that martial artist practice take a great deal of concentration. Meditation helps to clear and focus a martial artists mind so they can be develop the focus necessary to practice though's techniques.
Certainly. Samurai warriors were martial artists in the truest form of the term.
Because martial artists can break ice.
I think Jet Li is the best at martial arts
True martial arts is not a sport. It is true that the majority of people that practice a martial art are male. However, there is a very large population of female martial artists.
Lee is considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time
With an axe and a chainsaw like anyone else.
Because in fiction martial artists can break steel.
Hundreds of research projects have been done on martial artists. They involve everything from reaction times, bone density, general health, temprament and learning abilities.