Try and sanction an Eastern martial art (8)
I believe the answer is:
shotokan
'eastern martial art' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'try and sanction an' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'shot' (both can mean an attempt).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sanction' becomes 'ok' (to OK something is to approve or sanction it).
'shot'+'ok'+'an'='SHOTOKAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for shotokan that I've seen is " Form of martial art".)