Is martial arts a sport?

Some forms of martial arts are itself considered as sports and played in Olympics and various other national events like Khusti, judo,karate etc , but there re also various other martial arts techniques and styles that are used in some other relevant sports.The mixed martial arts style of martial art is used in world most famous and richest sporting event that is UFC-Ultimate Fighting Championship. read more

Although martial arts and sports both have loftier goals, it is still a fact that many people train in martial arts primarily for self-defense. For those who have never used sport training methods, or those who have never explored traditional bujutsu training, it is easy to discount the effectiveness of the other. read more

This question is a bit too broad to be answered, some people argue that martial arts aren’t sports while others claim martial arts are sports, both of them are right and wrong at the same time. The reason is that different martial arts serve different purposes. read more