"arts competitions" is a valid phrase in written English.
It is typically used when referring to a competition or awards ceremony that pertains to the visual, performing, or literary arts. For example: "The school district held an arts competition for students to showcase their talents."
ALTHOUGH New York still bans live professional mixed martial arts competitions, that regulation has no bearing on training.
The acrobatic solos in the martial arts competitions are performed by young men with a new thrill quotient in "Capoeira".
Following his retirement, he remained as a coach for two years in his former stable before beginning to participate in professional kickboxing and mixed martial arts competitions.
In 100 Words or Less... Student arts competitions tend to lean on physical performance -- the best dancer, the best concerto player.
Mixed martial arts competitions, which combine elements of boxing, wrestling, karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, aim to identify the best fighters no matter their individual styles.
Probably few of the millions slumping in front of the flat-screen this week, skipping the gym to watch their bodily betters perform hair-raising feats of athletic prowess in the Vancouver slush, are aware that in the first half of the 20th century, the modern Olympics also included arts competitions.
The Jets fined Coach Rex Ryan $50,000 on Tuesday for the obscene gesture he made last weekend at a mixed martial arts competition in Sunrise, Fla.
But after Rex Ryan, the coach of the New York Jets, did the same thing at a recent martial arts competition, the Jets fined him $50,000.
Inspired by his "childhood hero" Lee, Alizada has learned the art of nunchuku as well as wushu, coming top of his category in a recent martial arts competition.
Initially written for a 1938 arts competition sponsored by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Education and Culture, "Brundibar" was an opera with a libretto by a playwright, Adolf Hoffmeister, and music by Hans Krasa.
(Summit Entertainment; Blu-ray, $39.99; DVD, $29.95; PG-13) HERE COMES THE BOOM Kevin James as a high school biology teacher who enters a mixed martial arts competition to raise money for his school.
