How to Use martial art in a Sentence

martial art

noun
  • He was trained in the martial arts.
  • At times, the moves feel like something pulled from a martial arts movie.
    — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The three of them believe martial arts can bring peace to the mind and body.
    — Dakota Hill, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • Calines found his in martial arts.
    — Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Chester had a love of the martial arts and taught the art for several years.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • His use of martial arts drew attention, but the movies were about more than that.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Not just martial arts, but weight training, cardio.
    — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That scene is just a very classic Hong Kong martial arts fight.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
  • There are a lot of martial art schools, on every single corner.
    — Daina Saleh, Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
  • Both involved martial arts and Reeves was asked about the action.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Askren is a popular figure in the martial arts world.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Explore yoga or the martial arts.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The project traces the martial art’s global spread to over 80 countries.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 June 2025
  • In martial arts, being present is not a luxury.
    — Aslak De Silva, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Throughout the show, the machines danced, boxed and performed martial arts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But Vila, who runs a martial arts gym in Kendall, hasn't been able to shake his demons.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Tagawa began learning martial arts in Japan.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • The proud mom also shared a video of herself and Kiyan taking a martial arts class.
    — Essence, 31 July 2024
  • Indonesian martial arts star Iko Uwais fights with the grace of a dancer.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • Hunt has experience in martial arts as well as boxing and wrestling.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Then a martial arts center moved in and taught karate lessons for a while in the 1990s.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Turman learned some martial arts in the Marines, but had never slipped on boxing gloves.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 June 2018
  • At the very least, Statham’s character is going to be trained in some sort of martial art.
    — Mike Ryan, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Her camps and year-round classes for people of all ages offer techniques culled from a range of martial arts.
    — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2018
  • Urban trained in movement and martial arts for more than three months to play Cage, and added some of his own lines.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • Teigen then closed out the post with a snap of her eldest two kids wearing yellow belts over martial arts uniforms.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
  • For me, the answer came from two decades in martial arts and a decade in the CEO chair.
    — Aslak De Silva, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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