les arts martiaux
| les arts martiaux martial arts |
les sports de combat combat sports |
le karaté karate |
| le judo judo | le kung-fu kung fu |
la boxe thaïlandaise kickboxing |
| l’aïkido aikido | le kendo kendo | le taekwondo tae-kwon-do |
| la lutte wrestling | la boxe boxing | la centure belt |
| le protège-tête guard | le gant glove | l’adversaire opponent |
| le coup de poing punch | le coup strike | le coud de pied kick |
| le saut jump | le blocage block | le coup chop |
| la chute fall | la prise hold | la protection throw |
| l’immobilisation pin | le ring boxing ring |
le round round |
| le combat bout/fight | les gants de boxe boxing gloves |
le protège-dents mouth guard |
| l’entraînement sparring | le poing fist | le knock-out knock out |
| le punching-bag punching bag |
la ceinture noire black belt |
l’autodéfence self defence |
| le sumo sumo wrestling |
le taï chi tai-chi | le ju jitsu jujitsu |
Here you will find a complete list of French martial arts and combat sports vocabulary. You’ll see the list covers different forms of martial arts, words for various kinds of equipment as well as different kinds of moves. The good news is that it’s easy to learn these words as a lot of them are almost the same in English. The names of different sports are basically the same (le karaté, etc.) and all the words associated with traditional two-hand English boxing are the same (le ring, le round, etc.).
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