How to Use martial art in a Sentence

martial art

noun

• He was trained in the martial arts.
• The three of them believe martial arts can bring peace to the mind and body.
  — Dakota Hill, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• Chester had a love of the martial arts and taught the art for several years.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• At times, the moves feel like something pulled from a martial arts movie.
  — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• This includes an unerring eye for the old and precious and ... the martial art of Krav Maga.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
• But Vila, who runs a martial arts gym in Kendall, hasn't been able to shake his demons.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
• This is the new martial art for children, men, and women.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• Indonesian martial arts star Iko Uwais fights with the grace of a dancer.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2019
• Rogue One was lots of boxing and this thing called Wushu, which is a form of martial arts, sort of lots of long strokes.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2018
• His use of martial arts drew attention, but the movies were about more than that.
  — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 8 Feb. 2018
• Turns out the church’s pastor is trained in martial arts and confronted the would-be thief.
  — Nbc Bay Area Staff, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
• Both involved martial arts and Reeves was asked about the action.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
• The proud mom also shared a video of herself and Kiyan taking a martial arts class.
  — Essence, 31 July 2024
• Then there’s Joe Rogan, who spread the gospel of the martial art to his millions of listeners.
  — Brian Roberts, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Chen, a martial arts instructor, had a role in The Intern, which starred De Niro.
  — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
• Even before Katana's husband's death, she was trained in the martial arts and was an expert with a sword.
  — Gina Vaynshteyn, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
• Should martial arts be banned or licensed like weapons?
  — Chris Goto-Jones, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2018
• Murphy mastered the martial art well enough to earn a red belt with a black stripe, stopping just shy of a black belt.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2021
• My mother threw me into martial arts at a very young age.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• Did Daniel Penny, who had a green belt in Marine Corps martial arts, go too far?
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• The city, the country, the martial art supplied him more than a lifetime’s worth of memories.
  — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2021
• After, Curry did a little martial arts-like kick in the air.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2018
• Part of my training was learning a form of [the Israeli martial art] Krav Maga that members of the Mossad would have known in the ’60s.
  — Simon Abrams, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2019
• That gave me the idea to create my own style of action, combining dance and martial arts.
  — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
• There is a uniform feel to the clothes, based on martial arts clothes, that will highlight the core products of the accessories brand.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 19 June 2024
• Turman learned some martial arts in the Marines, but had never slipped on boxing gloves.
  — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 June 2018
• Your Health Learn this ancient martial art and focus on wellness in your body, mind and soul.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 May 2018
• Scathach, for example, is a warrior so adept at martial arts that the great Cú Chulainn comes to her to learn from her.
  — Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, 13 July 2018
• The 36-year-old Irish martial arts fighter announced his intentions to take on the 29-year-old pugilist Tuesday.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
• The filmmaker arrived in Los Angeles in the early ‘90s, offering to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school in exchange for a place to crash.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025