List of martial arts
There is a large number of distinct styles and schools of martial arts. Sometimes, schools or styles are introduced by individual teachers or masters, or as a brand name by a specific gym. Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping.
For hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is not trivial to distinguish "traditional" from "modern" martial arts. Chronology isn't the decisive criterion, as, for example, "traditional taekwondo" was developed in the 1950s, while the "modern" hybrid martial art of Bartitsu was developed in ca. 1900.
A large portion of traditional martial arts can be categorized as folk wrestling (see the separate article), although in some cases a folk wrestling style and a modern combat sport may overlap or become indistinguishable from each other once the sport has been regulated.
Africa
- African styles of stickfighting
- Bajan stick licking
- Surma stickfighting (Ethiopia)
- Dambe (Nigeria)
- Nguni Stick Fighting (South Africa)
- Istunka (Somalia)
- Nuba fighting (Sudan)
- African folk wrestling
- other
- Musangwe (South African bare knuckle boxing)
Americas
Indigenous traditions
Modern sports
Latin America
Canada and USA
- American Ching Si Do
- American Karate
- American Kenpo
- Shootfighting
- American kickboxing
- Bojuka
- Bok Fu
- Close Quarters Combat
- Chun Kuk Do
- Collegiate Wrestling
- Collegiate Fencing
- Danzan-ryū
- Gaidojutsu
- Jailhouse rock (52 Hands Block/JHR)
- Jeet Kune Do
- Kajukenbo
- Kokondo
- Marine Corps Martial Arts
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Model Mugging
- Modern Army Combatives
- Pit Fighting
- S.C.A.R.S. (military)
- Shinkendo
- Sli Beatha
- Small Circle Jujutsu
- SPEAR System
- Toso Kune Do
Asia
- Gatka (Sikh stick fighting)
- Inbuan Wrestling
- Kalaripayatu
- Malla-yuddha
- Musti yuddha
- Mukna
- Sarit Sarak
- Silambam
- Thang-Ta
- Choi Kwang-Do
- GongKwon Yusul
- Gwonbeop
- Gyongdang
- Haidong Gumdo
- Han Mu Do
- Hankido
- Hapkido
- Hwa Rang Do
- Kuk Sool Won
- Kumdo
- Kung Jung Mu Sul
- Shippalgi
- Ssireum
- Subak
- Taekkyeon
- Taekwondo
- Tang soo do
- Yusul
- Krabi Krabong (กระบี่-กระบอง)
- Lerdrit (เลิศฤทธิ์)
- Muay Boran (มวยโบราณ)
- Muay Thai (มวยไทย)
- Silat
- Viet Vo Dao/ Việt Võ Đạo - Vovinam (越武道)
- Vovinam
- Tay Son
- Qwan Ki Do (Quán Khí Đạo)
- Cuong Nhu Pattani
- Vo Thuat
- Nhat Nam
- Binh Dinh/ Bình Định
- Thang Long/ Thăng Long
Europe
=Historical European martial arts
- Pygmachia (Ancient Greek Boxing)
- Pale (Ancient Greek wrestling)
- Pankration (Ancient Greek Hybrid Combat Sport)
- German school of fencing
- French school of fencing
- Italian school of swordsmanship
- Destreza
European folk styles
- Cornish Wrestling
- Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling
- Devon wrestling
- Lancashire wrestling
- Quarterstaff
- Singlestick
Modern sports
- Amateur Wrestling
- Archery
- Fencing
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Freestyle fighting
- Freestyle Wrestling
- Mixed martial arts
- Bare-knuckle boxing - (London Prize Ring rules)
- Bartitsu
- Boxing - (Marquess of Queensberry rules)
- Catch Wrestling
- Chess boxing
- Defendu
- Shin-kicking
Middle East & Central Asia
Traditional
- Yağlı güreş (Turkish oil wrestling)
- Köräş/Kurash (Central Asian folk wrestling)
- Varzesh-e Bastani / Pahlavani (Persian wrestling)
- Khridoli (Georgia)
Modern
Oceania
Traditional
- Mau Rakau (Maori)
Modern
- Zen Do Kai (Australia)
See also
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