Editing Martial arts (section)

====Late 19th to early 20th century====
The mid to late 19th century marks the beginning of the history of martial arts as modern sports developed out of earlier traditional fighting systems. In Europe, this concerns the developments of [[boxing]], [[wrestling]] and [[fencing]] as sports. In Japan, the same period marks the formation of the modern forms of [[judo]], [[jujutsu]], [[karate]], and [[kendo]] (among others) based on revivals of [[koryu|old schools]] of [[Edo period]] martial arts which had been suppressed during the [[Meiji Restoration]]<ref>{{cite web |title=History Of Martial Arts |url=https://primae.eu/history-of-martial-arts/?lang=sv |website=Primae |publisher=Participation and Recreation through Inclusive Martial Arts Education and E-Learning |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>  In 1882, [[Kano Jigoro]] established the [[Kodokan]] School of [[judo]] which began the sport of judo.<ref>Burdick, D. (2022, September 12). judo. Britannica. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/sports/judo</ref>  Kano Jigoro had gathered the old knowledge of [[jujutsu]] before establishing his school of judo.

Modern [[Muay Thai]] rules date to the 1920s. In China, the modern history of martial arts begins in the [[Nanjing decade]] (1930s) following the foundation of the [[Central Guoshu Institute]] in 1928 under the [[Kuomintang]] government.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Western interest in [[Asian martial arts]] arises towards the end of the 19th century, due to the increase in trade between the United States with China and Japan.<ref>Primae. (2011, November 29). History Of Martial Arts. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://primae.eu/history-of-martial-arts/?lang=sv </ref> Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the arts, considering it to be mere performance. [[Edward William Barton-Wright]], a railway engineer who had studied [[jujutsu]] while working in Japan between 1894 and 1897, was the first man known to have taught Asian martial arts in Europe. He also founded an eclectic style named [[Bartitsu]] which combined jujutsu, judo, wrestling, boxing, [[savate]] and [[stick fighting]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Godfrey |first=Emelyne |date=2009 |title=Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery Baritsu |journal=History Today |volume=59 |issue=5 |pages=4–5 |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

Fencing and [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] was included in the [[1896 Summer Olympics]]. [[FILA Wrestling World Championships]] and [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics]] were introduced in 1904. The tradition of awarding [[championship belt]]s in wrestling and boxing can be traced to the [[Lonsdale Belt]], introduced in 1909.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lonsdale Belt {{!}} boxing {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/Lonsdale-Belt |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:T wo Youtth Service Volunteers having a boxing match at an agricultural camp at Nunney Catch in Somerset during 1943. D16345.jpg|thumb|250px|Boxing in 1943]]