English 096 AC
Laura Mejia
02/24/2020
Classification Essay
Martial Arts
Martial Arts actually means ´´arts of mars´´ and it is not used or created by those who
fought in the war. Martial Arts is a tradition that has been practiced for many years for
self-defense. Many countries have used trained their military soldiers to use this for
protecting themselves. Martial arts are commonly associated with East Asian cultures,
but are by no means unique to Asia. Martial Arts have many disciplines, ones more
famous than others like, Judo, Karate and Taekwondo.
Judo. Is consider a modern Martial Art. The objective is to either throw, take an
opponent to the ground, immobilize, or force an opponent to submit. Judo was founded
by Kano Jigoro Shihan, who as a youth began practicing Jujutsu as a way to fortify his
frail body. Kano studied classical Jujutsu, integrating what he considered the positive
points of these with his own ideas. In Judo they have a system to indicated the level
of the belt and color. First grades are for beginners learning the art of Judo, which
consists of 6 ranks starting with brown belt, followed by blue belt, green belt, orange
belt, yellow belt and lastly white belt. After which, a test will be taken by the instructor,
to advance further into the Dan grades (Black Belt Grades). When I was little, I took a
class, but I did not like it because for me not it is funny just throw a person for this
reason my mom takes me out of this class.
Karate. Is a Martial Art that now is known as a striking art using punching and kicking.
The history of the Karate begun at the 17th century when a ban on weapons was
imposed by the samurai rulers of Japan. The training had to be in secret at an island
and as weapons could not be carried on this place. At the 20th century, this Martial
Arts was teaching in many schools at Asia and here begun the modification of the
Karate in 1922.
The color belt ranking system is a helpful and organized way of representing
individual’s improvement, but it really doesn’t ensure that your karate belt defines you.
Karate belts have a specific order: white belt, yellow belt, orange belt, green belt, blue
belt, purple belt, brown belt, red belt and black belt. When I was eight years old, I was
the biggest Jackie Chan fan, so my parents put me in karate classes. My only goal; be
like my idol. I was in karate classes for only three months, I loved to attend every day,
until one day in a championship I was knocked out; I was very afraid to compete again
that my parents took me out.
Taekwondo. The name Taekwondo means "the way of the foot and fist". Exist two
types of Taekwondo, ITF (System for self- defense style) and WTF (System organized
for Olympics games). Their belt organization are different. ITF organization belts are
white, white and yellow, yellow, yellow and green, green, green and blue, blue, blue
