it really depends how much strength you want to build... most martial arts will help with strength, enough to help you look toned and give you a bit of lean muscle. Do some serious research into the martial arts, and figure out what you need from it. Are you looking at an internal or external style? a soft style or hard style? also, depending on the school you may be learning a more traditional version of a specific martial art, or a westernized version. Also, you don't really need to do strength training as a supplement to your martial art. There are many styles (and the most interesting from my experience) that teach you the use of your opponent's strength against them. One I'd really recommend is tai chi.
On a side note, yoga is fabulous (i love it) but not a martial art, even though it is traditionally combined with Indian martial arts, we in western society don't typically do the martial art part.
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