Aikido

Aikido was founded by Morihei Uyeshiba
in 1942. Uyeshiba, also known as...

Aikijujutsu

Aikijujutsu is a traditional Japanese
martial art that means combat art...

Bando

Bando is a martial art that comes from
the Southeast Asian country of...

Bersilat

Bersilat (to do fighting) is a Malaysian
martial art similar to Indonesias...

Boxing

Boxing is often called the Western
martial art, but its more...

Brazilian Jujutsu

Brazilian jujutsu is a martial art and
combat sport that teaches a smaller...

Capoeira

Capoeira dates from the 1500s, when
African slaves brought to Brazil...

Catch Wrestling

An offshoot of traditional wrestling,
catch wrestling became popular in...

Chi Kung

Chi kung, also written qigong, is
thousands of years old. It is a...

Commando Krav Maga

Commando Krav Maga is an Israeli
fighting art co-founded by Moni Aizik....

Dim Mak

A controversial style, dim mak is an
ancient martial art that focuses on...

Haganah

Haganah is an integrated and balanced
system of defensive tactics founded...

Hapkido

Hapkido is a Korean martial art whose
name is written with the same three...

Hsing-i Chuan

Hsing-i chuan (also spelled xingyiquan)
is one of Chinas three main...

Hwa Rang Do

Hwa rang do is claimed by its
practitioners to be the direct...

Iaido

Iaido, Japanese for the way of
sword-drawing, can be traced back...

Jeet Kune Do

Jeet kune do is an eclectic martial art
created and polished in the 1960s...

Judo

Judo was designed as a martial sport
derived from jujutsu. Created by...

Jujutsu

Jujutsu (also spelled jiu-jitsu) is one
of the martial arts practiced by...

Kalaripayit

Kalaripayit is an ancient Indian martial
art that uses pressure-point...

Kali

The Philippine martial art of kali uses
sticks, knives and the empty hands...

Kapap

Kapap is a close-quarters combat style
that incorporates tactics and...

Karate

Karate originated in Okinawa in the
1600s. It was developed from...

Kendo

The ancient Japanese war art of kenjutsu
...

Kenpo

Kenpo is a form of karate that was
...

Kickboxing

Kickboxing is a modern martial sport
that combines the hand techniques...

Krav Maga

Krav Maga, founded by Imi Lichtenfeld,
is the official hand-to-hand combat...

Kuk Sool

Kuk sool is a Korean martial art founded
in 1958 by Suh In-hyuk. Its...

Kung Fu

Kung fu (also spelled gung fu) is a
catchall term for the Chinese...

Lima Lama

Lima lama (hands of wisdoms) originated
on the South Pacific island of...

Lua

The ancient Hawaiian art of lua revolves
around breaking bones and...

Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts incorporate three
basic skillsstriking, grappling and...

Muay Thai

Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, is a martial
art from Thailand. Its renowned for...

Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu is the art of Japans ninja
warriors. It grew during the...

Pa Kua Chang

Pa kua chang (also spelled baguazhang)
is one of Chinas three main...

Pentjak Silat

Pentjak silat (also called silat) is an
Indonesian fighting art whose...

Reality-Based Self-Defense

Training and survival skills based on
modern conflict situations...

Sambo

Sambo (also spelled sombo) is a modern
Russian combative art that...

Savate

Savate (sometimes called boxe Francais)
is a French art of foot and fist...

Shootfighting

Shootfighting is an eclectic martial
sport from Japan. Its techniques...

Shootwrestling

Popularized by Karl Gotch in the late
1970s and 1980s, shootwrestling is...

Shuai Chiao

Shuai chiao (also spelled shuai jiao) is
known as Chinas wrestling and...

Sumo

Sumo is a Japanese combative sport that
pits one huge, loin-cloth-clad...

Systema

Systema is a style of combat
...

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a relatively modern Korean
martial sport thats often claimed...

Tai Chi Chuan

Tai chi chuan (also spelled taijiquan)
is one of Chinas three big internal...

Tang Soo Do

Tang soo do is a traditional Korean
martial art that focuses on...

Wing Chun

Wing chun (also spelled ving tsun) is a
Chinese self-defense art founded...

Wrestling

Wrestling is a combative sport that
probably originated in ancient...

Wushu

Wushu is the term used in the West to
identify the modern Chinese martial...

XMA

Xtreme Martial Arts, the brainchild of
...

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