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[[File:HE4 Training.png|thumb|right| | [[File:HE4 Training.png|thumb|right|250px|Spartan-IVs train aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}]] | ||
{{Quote|I studied martial arts for several years. It was required by ONI for anyone engaging in frontline diplomacy with the Sangheili.|[[Olympia Vale]]<ref name="hitd153">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 153''</ref>}} | |||
'''Martial arts''' are fighting systems utilized and taught for combat, self-defense, or sport. A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist. | '''Martial arts''' are fighting systems utilized and taught for combat, self-defense, or sport. A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Unarmed martial arts teach striking or grappling techniques for hand-to-hand combat, whereas weapon-based martial arts employ the use of various hand-held objects such as swords, staffs, clubs, or knives. Many cultures practice different styles of combat based around unarmed and armed fighting. [[Pan guth]] was an early fighting art that was practiced by the [[ | Unarmed martial arts teach striking or grappling techniques for hand-to-hand combat, whereas weapon-based martial arts employ the use of various hand-held objects such as swords, staffs, clubs, or knives. Many cultures practice different styles of combat based around unarmed and armed fighting. [[Pan guth]] was an early fighting art that was practiced by the [[Forerunner]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 93''</ref> | ||
Many | Many [[United Nations Space Command]] inter-species delegates were required to learn martial arts as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] with the [[Sangheili]]. [[Olympia Vale]] studied martial arts for several years at the [[Green Cloud]] institute in order to fulfill that requirement.<ref name="hitd153"/> The [[SPARTAN programs|Spartan supersoldiers]] were exceptionally well-versed in martial arts. The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] soldiers had spent years [[SPARTAN-II training|training]] on [[Reach]] with martial arts specialists provided by their [[drill instructor]] [[Franklin Mendez]].<ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 374''</ref> [[Li-008]] was considered one of the best martial artists among the Spartan-II supersoldiers.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 265'' (2010)</ref> | ||
==Fighting arts== | ==Fighting arts== | ||
*'''Boxing''' | *'''Boxing''' – Boxing is a combat sport in which two contenders fight with their fists in an attempt to knock out the opposing fighter. The martial art had been outlawed on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Eridanus II]] by the turn of the 26th century.<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''Episode 03: CRITICAL CONDITION''</ref> | ||
*'''Stick-fighting''' | *'''Stick-fighting''' – Stick-fighting is a generic term for martial arts which use simple slender wooden 'sticks' for fighting; such as a [[pugil stick]], staff, cane, baton or similar. The [[Sangheili]] train extensively with sticks from youth, learning combat skills and the basics of the art of swordsmanship.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''' - ''The Return'' motion comic</ref><ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 54 and 55''</ref> | ||
*'''Swordsmanship''' | *'''Swordsmanship''' – Sword fighting is the skill of fighting with a sword weapon. | ||
*'''Wrestling''' | *'''Wrestling''' – Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling techniques such as throws, takedowns, pins and other grappling holds. During their years of military training, the Spartan-IIs spent endless hours on wrestling mats sparing with their teammates and handlers.<ref name="FS"/> | ||
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