The Martial Art of Aikido
The realm of Martial Arts is one of the most important gifts of Asia to the world. Who will not remember Bruce Lee and the reality that he was first and principally a martial arts competitor before being a motion picture star? Martial arts pictures are a big hit with the ever-increasing popularity of Asian movies like ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and more recently ‘The House of the Flying Daggers’.
The Chinese are the first nation that come to mind when it you think of such things, but the Japanese are just as sporty with a rich heritage of body contact sports in their past. Modern Japan still gives honor to the martial arts by holding tournaments and promoting their martial arts abroad,
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