List of martial arts
There are 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
- Styles of stickfighting
- Istunka (Somalia)
- Nguni stick fighting (South Africa)
- Nuba fighting (Sudan)
- Surma stickfighting (Ethiopia)
- Tahtib (Egypt)
- Bare knuckle boxing
- Others
Americas
- American Karate
- American Kenpo
- Chun Kuk Do
- Collegiate wrestling
- Danzan-ryū
- Dog Brothers Martial Arts
- Emerson Combat Systems
- Gouging (fighting style)
- Jailhouse rock (52 Hands Block/JHR)
- Jeet Kune Do
- Jigo Tenshin Ryu Jujutsu
- Kajukenbo
- Kara-Ho Kempo
- LINE
- MACP (US Army)
- Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
- Model Mugging
- Oom Yung Doe
- S.C.A.R.S. (military)
- Shootfighting (American)
- Shuri-ryu
- Sli Beatha
- Small Circle Jujutsu
- SPEAR System
- Target Focus Training
- To-Shin Do
- Toso Kune Do
- World War II combatives
- 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu
Asia
- Gatka
- Huyen langlon
- Inbuan Wrestling
- Kalaripayattu
- Malla-yuddha
- Mardani khel
- Musti-yuddha
- Mukna
- Pehlwani
- Silambam
- Sqay
- Varma Kalai
- Vajra-musti
- Aikido
- Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu
- Iaido
- Judo
- Jujutsu
- Kendo
- Kenjutsu
- Kenpo
- Kūdō
- Kyudo
- Naginatajutsu
- Ninjutsu
- Nippon Kempo
- Shorinji Kempo
- Sumo
- Choi Kwang-Do
- GongKwon Yusul
- Gwonbeop
- Gyongdang
- Hankido
- Hapkido
- Hwa Rang Do
- Kuk Sul Do
- Kumdo
- Subak
- Taekkyeon
- Taekwondo
- Tang Soo Do
- Yusul
- Sayokan
- Yağlı güreş (Turkish oil wrestling)
- Karakucak (Turkish folk wrestling)
- Turkish archery
Miscellaneous
- Köräş/Kurash (Central Asian folk wrestling)
- Koshti Pahlevani (Persian wrestling)
- Furusiyya (Arab knightly martial exercises)
- Arab archery
Europe
Traditional
- Pygmachia (Ancient Greek boxing)
- Pale (Ancient Greek wrestling)
- Pankration (Ancient Greek hybrid combat sport)
- Kampfringen (Medieval wrestling)
- German school of fencing
- French school of fencing
- Spanish school of fencing
- English Longsword School
- Italian school of swordsmanship
- Glima (Norway)
- Lausatök (Norway)
Folk styles
Modern
Oceania
Traditional
- Coreeda (Aboriginal Australian Wrestling)
- Mau rākau (Maori Weapon art from New Zealand)
- Kapu Kuialua (Hawaii)
Modern
- Limalama (Samoa)
See also
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