The level of interest in the Eastern martial arts which appeared in the sixties of the previous century had undoubtedly its main grounds in a fascination with masters’ physical fitness as well as with moral and ethical rules, called the budo way, which was an integral part of fighting that made it possible to reach perfection. The aim of the paper was to present the influence of the Eastern martial arts on health behaviour in the training people. There were 707 sportsmen from various fighting centres in Poland. The questionnaire addressed a wide range of health problems. The group was composed of 404 males and 303 females. The average age was 22 years. Most people came from cities and only 37 lived in the country. The training period was from 1 to 8 and more years. Most sportsmen spent 5 hours a week on training. There were 16% smokers in the group, 29.5% denied drinking any alcohol, but the longer period of training the more people consumed alcohol. Apart from practicing the basic discipline, all of them took up other sports and with age the kind of sports changed into the one requiring less energy. Most people in the examined group (96.7%) claimed that they felt more comfortable after they had taken up training, in 63.4% of these cases, sport was also a stress-reducing factor and 36.6% started meditation to achieve this. The dietary knowledge was present in 87.4%, but following it in life depended on material status. A periodic medical examination of the group (75.6%) was performed only in special situations. Hygienic habits such as taking a shower every day were followed by 66.3%. There were differences in health behaviour relating to the age, education level and place of residence of the people in training.