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i know that kendo is a Japanese form of fencing and that counts as a martial art but does the french style count as a martial art.

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More of a sport art really, but were a real blade used it could be very effective. I would say if TKD or Judo can be called martial arts then so could fencing.

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Absolutely, it is practice of a known martial weapon that has been modified for training, like the kendo shinai.

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Of course. When I train fencing, I have do to the warmups, the basic techniques (Kihon to some) as well as sparring ( like Kumite). We dont perform kata as such, but we do practice pre-arranged movements, albeit very short in comparison to kata, such as the circular parry followed by a lunge. Given that martial arts are codified practices, each possessing systemized methods of offense, defense, strategy and tactics, there is no evidence to suggest why fencing cannot be classified as a martial art.

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It doesn't have to be Asian to be a martial art. However, fencing and archery are about as relevant as Tai Chi (as it is usually practiced) and Kendo, Iado, or Kydo (or whatever they call Japanese archery). It's a martial art, but you have to know what you're getting out if it. You don't see many fencers in the UFC these days.

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It doesn't have to be Asian to be a martial art. However, fencing and archery are about as relevant as Tai Chi (as it is usually practiced) and Kendo, Iado, or Kydo (or whatever they call Japanese archery). It's a martial art, but you have to know what you're getting out if it. You don't see many fencers in the UFC these days.
Well, that probably has more to do with the prohibition of swords in MMA (I know, crazy rule) than the effectiveness of fencing.

But if you think fencing is irrelevant as a martial art, that's just dead wrong. I could go on and explain my point, or I could just send you to arma.com

JKD has an enormous fencing influence, btw.

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I thought a martial art has to be eastern.

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I looked it up on dictionary.com

2 entries found for martial art.

martial art

n.

Any of several Asian arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport. Often used in the plural.

martial art

n : any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport; "he had a black belt in the martial arts"

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."


"We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."

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