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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

budo Martial art styles from Japan meaning “warrior way” feudalism A social and political system in which peasants work for a powerful landowner in exchange for food and protection

karate A Japanese martial art meaning “empty hands” kung fu A Chinese martial art meaning “hard work” laypeople Regular worshippers, as opposed to monks or nuns ukemi A Japanese term meaning “being thrown” wu shu Martial art styles from China meaning “to stop a spear”

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