Etymology

Shooto

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Today it means: A combat sport/mixed martial arts system and organization derived from shoot wrestling. Full definition →

Japanese 修斗 ← English shoot
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  1. English · derived fromshoot
  2. Japanese · borrowed from修斗
  3. English todayShooto

Borrowed from Japanese 修斗 (shūto), which is derived from English shoot.

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