Education of children and young people is a very complex process. There are a number of factors involved in education. Goals, tasks, and methods of education have to be aimed towards the complete and proper psychophysical growth and development of each child. Children and young people gain educational values through various activities in their lives. The paper deals with martial arts as body activities that bring many benefits to the education of children and young people. Various studies have confirmed that physical activities have a positive influence on the psychological and physical condition of a young person. The question is whether the martial arts are a positive form of physical activity for the education of children and young people. What we find out through this paper is some common or general development of martial arts which have had an educational role throughout history, and which have grown into activities of today, that have a significant educational impact on a young man. It also better clarifies the difference between martial arts and martial sports. More specifically, the educational role of some martial arts through history is studied. They highlight the most important educational values that the studied skills contain in their traditional forms. We go through a thousand years old wrestling tradition and we emphasize the educational significance that we encounter in some periods. We approach the oldest roots of judo, karate, and taekwondo. We show their principles by which they function today. We compare educational values with the attributes of each martial arts. We study the educational role of martial arts coaches through history. Ultimately, through research, we know what the athletes and trainers think of the educational role of martial arts. They give us their opinions about the educational role of martial arts. We also find out how much the role of a coach is important in raising children / young athletes. We also learn which training methods trainers used to achieve the best educational results. The research gives us a complete picture of the athletes' educational values gained through martial arts. We find out whether they still nurture the acquired values and how important it is for them in their lives. In addition to this, in this paper we will firstly find out which are the positive and the negative sides of martial arts and do they have a significant educational role in Croatia.