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[sleeper]

Hi, there.

We say, "We play baseball [basketball, tennis, etc.]."
We say, "We ski [skate]."

But how about 'martial arts' such as karate, judo, kendo and so on?

Do we say, "We play judo"?
It sounds a kind funny to me.

Would you please tell me what verb we should use?

Thanks.

[Hayde]

Hey, martial arts is do.

I do karate, judo, etc.
One exception that I know of is kickboxing (boxing). "I do kickboxing" is ok, but much more common is "I kickbox (box)"
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