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      • It should be "martial arts", unless you are talking about one specific type of martial art, in which case, the actual name would work aswell as the plural. If you wanna stay unspecific, "a martial art" would also work, but I wouldn't recommend it.
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  2. Jul 28, 2016 · The idiomatic verb to use for performing martial arts is practice: I am practicing martial arts in the park. This is the verb I would use to mean "training in the martial art". You do occasionally see people use "to do karate", as do is about the most generic verb one can use for activities. For example, from Black Belt Magazine:

  3. Jan 10, 2014 · You could do taekwondo, as pointed out in Doc's comment, but more formally we would say. I practice taekwondo. (American English) I practise taekwondo. (British English)

  4. May 4, 2010 · play do — go . 1. Use PLAY for team sports or sports played with a ball: football baseball basketball rugby tennis hockey volleyball cricket soccer badminton golf. I love to play badminton. I played basketball when I was in high school. In my spare time, I play soccer with my friends. Do you play any sports? When I was a kid, I loved ...

  5. Jul 23, 2010 · Hi everyone, here's some sports collocations for you! Go is generally used for sports and activities ending in –ing (but not always). "Let's go skiing this winter." Do is generally used for individual sports and fighting sports. "My son can do Judo."

  6. Nov 6, 2018 · play kung fu. You must log in or register to reply here. Hi, My student wrote this in her self-introduction: I like playing taekwondo in my spare time. (As one of her hobbies) I wonder if the bold is okay...

  7. May 22, 2020 · Taekwondo is a martial art developed in Korea which debuted at the Olympics at the Seoul 1988 Games. It's one of the Olympic sports that have mainly been dominated by Asian nations, but recent Games have witnessed exciting shifts and upsets.

  8. There are some simple rules we can follow: GO: Use 'go' with sports that end in -ing. For example: go swimming, go running, go skiing, go cycling. PLAY: Use 'play' with team sports. These sports usually need a ball or something similar to play (a puck for hockey, a shuttlecock for badminton etc.).