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martial arts

vr.tr.martial-arts · thing-q11417

Let an agent handle martial arts by style, origin, practice, grading and safety, and not provide instructions for harming people.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Style Which art.

Name and origin

Style.

Style

Style and origin.

  1. Which martial art, and where did it originate? definition
  2. Which lineage or organisation? provenance

Focus

Sport, self-defence, tradition.

Focus

Focus.

  1. Is the focus sport, self-defence or tradition? definition
  2. Is sparring included? definition
Practice Training.

Training

Schools and instructors.

Training

Training.

  1. Where can it be learned from qualified instructors? action
  2. What fitness is needed? boundary

Grading

Belts and ranks.

Grading

Grading.

  1. How does grading work? definition
  2. Which body recognises grades? provenance
Safety Injury prevention.

Injury

Risks.

Injury

Injury risks.

  1. What injuries are common, and how are they prevented? action
  2. Is protective equipment required? boundary

Limits

No harmful instruction.

Limits

Harmful request limits.

  1. Is the request about harming someone? boundary
  2. How should the agent respond? action
Culture History and philosophy.

History

Origins.

History

History.

  1. What is its history, from reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which myths surround it? boundary

Philosophy

Values.

Philosophy

Philosophy.

  1. Which values does it teach? definition
  2. How are they practised? definition

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
taijijian, Slavic-Hill Rodnovery, LudoSport, Jōdō, Tsuki waza, iron crotch kung fu, Okinawan martial arts, pankration for boys, sambo, Sayoc Kali, Shindenkai, Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan

What it is Filled

Codified systems and traditions of combat practised for self-defence, sport, health, discipline or spiritual development, such as karate, judo, kung fu, taekwondo and jodo.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle martial arts by style, origin, practice, grading and safety, and not provide instructions for harming people.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Codified combat systems
  • Sport, traditional and self-defence forms
  • Grading systems such as belts
  • Modern sports such as LudoSport derive from them

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Teach or coach techniques for use in attacking people.
  • Award or claim grades and titles that the issuing school or federation has not granted.
  • Encourage sparring without supervision or protective equipment.
  • Mock or misrepresent the cultural and spiritual traditions behind an art.

Only with a human decision

  • Allowing a child or injured person to take part in contact training.

May

  • Describe martial arts, their history and rules from reliable sources.
  • Help a club schedule classes and keep grading records it is authorized to hold.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Martial arts teach discipline and self-defence but can cause serious injury if misused.
  • Many arts carry cultural and spiritual traditions that deserve respect.

Who is affected

  • Practitioners and students
  • Training partners
  • Communities that hold the traditions

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the practice; schools and federations keep their own grading records.

Master systems

  • Federation grading and membership records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q735 - registry parent class
  • Q82821 - registry parent class

related

  • sport and tradition - category
  • athlete - participants
  • club or school - setting
  • violence - harmful use

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.martial-arts
  • Wikidata: Q11417 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11417)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Uniforms and belts
  • Forms and weapons such as the jo
  • Styles by country of origin
  • Practitioners in uniforms performing techniques, forms and sparring.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • train in a school or club
  • grade and compete
  • learn history and philosophy
  • practise safely under qualified instruction

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Injuries from unsupervised practice
  • Head injuries in combat sports
  • Requests for techniques to harm people

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Federation rules for sport forms
  • Instructor qualification schemes
  • Weapons laws for martial arts weapons

Context of use required Filled

  • Self-defence, sport, fitness, discipline and cultural tradition.
  • Japanese: karate, judo, aikido, jodo
  • Chinese: kung fu, taijiquan
  • Korean: taekwondo
  • mixed martial arts
  • weapon arts

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q11417: martial arts - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Martial arts - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should styles be separate entries?
  • How should grading systems be compared?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as Slavic-Hill Rodnovery; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q11417/spec.json