Throughout the history of human being,
there have been fights andbattles all the time.
Looking over the fact, fighting skills would have been existed
among any group of fighters in the world.
The Skill to fight against each other is systematized
in many ways according tovarious climate and ideas.
And many combative sports aim at not simply how to win,
but also how to apply the skill and how to control
violent impulse of human nature.

Now, many people play combative sports in the times of peace.
In Asia, there are many types of combative sports and many people who are fond of,
and we could say that they are based upon the culture.
Every kind of combative sport regards the importance of mental power as well as physical(technical) power.
In the East, combative sports are sublimated into an art.

Here, we would like to introduce the outline of some combative sports in Asia.

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