martial

Everyday

1. Connected with fighting or war. tree →
2. «Martial arts» are fighting sports and skills from Asia and other places, such as karate, judo, kung fu and taekwondo. tree →
3. «Martial law» is when the army takes control of a country instead of the usual government. tree →

In the lessons

In PE and hobbies it almost always comes in «martial arts»: children do karate or judo, earn coloured belts, bow to the teacher, and learn self-control and respect. In history lessons «martial law» and «martial music» appear in war times.

Examples

• My brother does martial arts after school. tree →
• Karate and judo are martial arts. tree →
• She got her yellow belt in a martial arts class. tree →
• Martial arts teach discipline and respect. tree →
• The general declared martial law. tree →
• Martial music played as the soldiers marched. tree →
• A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion. tree →

Note

Spelling: «martial» (with «-tial», said «MAR-shul»); do not confuse with «marshal» (an officer) or «Martian» (from Mars). Martial arts are for self-control and self-defence, not for hurting people in the playground.