| IPPON | Winning point scored in martial sports such as judo, karate and kendo; Japanese, 'one point' (5) |
| MARTIALARTIST | One who practises a discipline such as judo, karate or kung fu (7,6) |
| MARTIALART | A combat sport such as judo or karate (7,3) |
| THUMBWAR | Contest that the San Francisco Chronicle once called "the miniature golf of martial sports" |
| COMBATSPORTS | Kickboxing and kendo |
| PISTE | Marked track of compacted snow used in mountain sports such as skiing (5) |
| DUMMY | A feigned pass or move in a sport such as soccer (5) |
| GREEN | Colour of baize, a snooker ball worth three points or one of the kyu grade belts in judo/karate (5) |
| ROUGE | Point scored in Canadian football |
| ELGIN | Los Angeles Lakers forward who holds the record, 61, for points scored in a single game of the NBA Finals, in 1962 against Boston Celtics (5) |
| HAIKU | Japanese "one breath" poem (5) |
| CHOPS | Karate and pork |
| GREENBELT | Grade of achievement in judo, karate and other martial arts (5,4) |
| BLACKBELT | Rank on expert in martial art such as judo or karate (5,4) |
| KNOCKOUT | A fight-ending and winning feat in combat sports such as boxing (8) |
| ARTS | Martial ___ (judo karate and so on) |
| TOUCHE | French word used to acknowledge a hit in fencing, thus a point scored in an argument or a riposte (6) |
| MARTIALARTS | Judo, karate and kung fu |
| BALLGAMES | How Al gambles in sports such as these (4,5) |
| CLUB | Pony -; organisation for children and young people who enjoy rallies, camps and equestrian sports such as tetrathlon, mounted games or dressage (4) |
