Martial Arts

Martial Arts or fighting arts or refers to various kinds of fighting systems, armed as well as unarmed Combat.The Valar and Morgoth both invented different styles of Fighting and Warcraft but Tulkas was the unchalenged greatest melee Fighter of entire Arda and he teached some of his art to his maiar and the High-Elves who on their part tought their knowlege about fighting to the Edain. The best known unarmed fighting techniques in Middle-Earth were boxing and wrestling or grappling, armed fighting styles included shortblades, Longblades, Blunt Weapons, Axes, Pole-arms and Marksmanship.

Roleplaying
A Martial Artist in Middle-Earth might be:
 * Dyrian fighter
 * a Maia of Tulkas' People
 * a Servant Of Tulkas or Tulkashildi

MERP
MERP mentions folk wrestling and boxing among the Men of Middle-Earth, the Orcs knew a kind of Wrestling which possible included use of fangs, claws and techniques of jumping and pulling one's enemy down.A human Culture which knew a rather exotic kind of Martial arts were the Dyrians.Dyrian Fighting was a style of unarmed combat of which several rival schools and philosophies existed.

The Monk and Warrior Monk are MERP Professions who handle martial arts.

Rolemaster
Martial Arts, especially eastern martial arts play a wider role in Rolemaster, there are Nerve Strikes and Locking Holds and dirrerent Styles such as Karate¸ Taekwondo¸ Ninjutsu, Sumo, Ken-jutsu, italian and spanish fencing or savate are covered within the game System. Rolemaster professions that include martial Arts fighting are for example:Ashigaru, Ninja, Sohei, Taoist, Samurai, Yamabushi or Zen-Monk. Rolemaster also includes stars and descriprtions for Eastern weapons such as the Katana, Wakizashi, Tonfa,¸Tetsubo,¸Yari and¸Dai-Kyu.