A martial artist getting into say, skipping (9)
I believe the answer is:
avoidance
'a martial artist getting into say skipping' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'a martial artist getting into say' is the wordplay.
'martial artist' becomes 'dan' (dan can mean an advanced level in martial arts).
'getting into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'say' becomes 'voice' (voicing is a kind of saying).
'dan' put inside 'voice' is 'voidance'.
'a'+'voidance'='AVOIDANCE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avoidance that I've seen before include "Steering clear of" , "Dodging" , "The shunning of something undesirable, like tax" , "Evasion" , "ducking" .)