Roads about …

Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Traditional Martial Arts

We searched every named street in America for Traditional Martial Arts. 24 names turned up. A rare one we found is Tai Chi Lane in Orange County, NY.

455 roads in 45 states are named after Traditional Martial Arts

Hawaii is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 1,911 roads in Hawaii resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

The only Tae Kwon Road in America

Taekwondo · possibly named for tae kwon do

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Karate Lane

Karate

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Tai Chi Lane in America

Tai chi

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Praying Mantis Lane in America

Northern Praying Mantis

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Jodo Way

Jōdō

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Kiai Place

Kiai

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Buza Road

Buza (martial art)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Small Circle

Small Circle JuJitsu

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

Judo Lane turns up in 4 counties

Judo

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

Sumo Court turns up in 4 counties

Sumo

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

Sambo Lane turns up in 9 counties

Sambo (martial art)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

Kali Way turns up in 33 counties

Arnis

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

1 street exists only in Schoharie County, NY

Tae Kwon Road

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Karate Lane

2 roads 2 counties ~2.3M views last year

Karate

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Judo Lane

11 roads 4 counties ~2.1M views last year

Judo

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Sumo Court

4 roads 4 counties ~1.7M views last year

Sumo

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Sambo Lane

14 roads 9 counties ~1.3M views last year

Sambo (martial art)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Praying Mantis Lane

1 road 1 county ~115.4k views last year

Northern Praying Mantis

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Hema Lane

16 roads 7 counties ~199.6k views last year

Historical European martial arts

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Sanda Lane

12 roads 5 counties ~348.1k views last year

Sanda (sport)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Kali Way

37 roads 33 counties ~520.8k views last year

Arnis

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Tai Chi Lane

1 road 1 county ~1.2M views last year

Tai chi

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.