List of martial arts
This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style.
African Martial Arts
Other African Martial Arts
Asian and Pacific Martial Arts
Chinese martial arts (中國武術)
- See main article, List of Chinese martial arts.
- An Chai Extinct system used by the Lin Kuei
- Baguazhang (八卦掌 Pa Kua Chang) - Eight-Trigrams Palm
- Bajiquan (八極拳) - Eight Extremes Fist
- Black Tiger Kung Fu (黑虎拳)
- Chaquan (查拳) - Cha Fist
- Chi kung
- Chin Na (擒拿) (actually a feature of many different Chinese styles as well, internal and external)
- Chou Jiao (戳腳) - Poking Feet
- Choy Lay Fut (蔡李佛)
- Dim Mak
- Ditangquan (地躺拳) - Ground-Prone Fist
- Do Pi Kung Fu
- Dragon Kung Fu (龍形拳)
- Duck Kung Fu
- Eagle Claw (鷹爪翻子拳)
- Emei Quan (峨嵋拳)
- Emeiquan (O Mei Ch'uan)
- Fanziquan (翻子拳) - Overturning Fist
- Five Ancestors (五祖拳)
- Five Animals
- Five Family
- Feng shou(chinese boxing)-hand of the wind
- Fu Chiao Tiger Claw
- Gou Quan (狗拳) - Dog Fist
- Hsing Yi (形意拳) - Shape-Intent Fist
- Houquan (猴拳) - Monkey Fist
- Huaquan (華拳) - Hua Fist
- Hung Gar (洪家) - famous Kung Fu school based in Shanghai.
- Hu Quan (虎拳) - Tiger Fist
- Jing Wu Men (精武門) - Jing Wu, a famous school based in Shanghai that teaches several different styles.
- Jing Quan Do-Style used in by Bodyguards.
- Jow-Ga Kung Fu- formed in early 1900's by combining Choy Ga, Hung Ga, as well a various Shaolin techniques. www.jowga.com
- Iron fist
- Iron shirt
- Kuen-Do
- Lau Gar (Lau family style)
- Leopard (豹拳)
- Liu Shing Ch'uan (Luixinquan)
- Liuhe Bafa (六合八法 Liu He Pa Fa, Lok Hup Ba Fa)
- Long fist kung fu (Northern Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu)
- Mei Hua Quan (梅花拳 Plum Blossom Fist)
- My Jong Law Horn (迷蹤羅漢拳)
- Nan Quan (南拳)
- Northern Praying Mantis (北派螳螂拳)
- Pak Mei (White Eyebrow) (白眉拳)
- Pa Kua Chang (Baguazhang)
- Paochui (炮捶) - Cannon Punch
- Phoenix (Wu Jia Quan Fa or Wu Jia Dragon-Phoenix style)
- Piguaquan (劈掛拳) - Chop-Hitch Fist
- Praying Mantis: see either Northern or Southern Praying Mantis.
- Rat Kung Fu (蔡家 Choy Gar)
- San shou (散手) or San Da
- San soo
- Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan
- Shaolin Quan (少林拳)
- Shuai Chiao (摔跤 Shuaijiao)
- Shequan (蛇拳) - Snake Fist
- Southern Praying Mantis (南派螳螂拳)
- Tai Chi Chuan (太極拳 T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Taijiquan) - Ultimate Supreme Fist
- Tang Lang Hu Shi - Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Tiger Style Kung Fu
- Tantui (彈腿/譚腿) - Spring Leg style used by Chinese Muslims
- Tien Shan Pai
- Tompei Quan (通背拳)
- Tongbeiquan (通背拳) - Through-the-Back Fist
- Turtle Kung Fu
- White Crane (白鶴拳)
- White Tiger New Style taught in Hong Kong
- Wing Chun (詠春) - Eternal Spring Fist
- WingTsun (??)
- Wudangquan
- Xingyiquan (形意拳 Hsing-i Ch'uan)
- Xinyiba
- Xin Yi Liu He Quan - Heart Mind Six Harmonies Fist
- Yau Kung Mun
- Yingzhaoquan (鷹爪拳) - Eagle Claw Fist
- Yiquan (意拳 I Ch'uan)
- Zhuan Shu Kuan
- Zuijiuquan (醉酒拳) - Drunken Fist
Burmese martial arts are collectively called thaing (See Burmese Martial Arts)
- Advanced Commando Combat System
- Adithada
- Bandesh
- But Marma Atti/Marma Adi
- Bajawah
- Binot
- Bothati
- Inbuan
- kabaddi
- Jalli Kattu
- Kalarippayattu
File:Valpayattu.jpg Kalarippayattu - Kalarippayattu Suvadu
- Lathi
- Maankombukkalai
- Mallak-rida
- Malla-yuddha
- Mizo Inchai
- Mukna
- Niyuddha-kride
- Pancavarunum
- Pata
- Pehlwani
- Silambam Nillaikalakki
- Toda
- Thuggees
- Varma Kalai
- Vajra Mushti
Japanese martial arts (日本武芸)
(see also budo, koryu budo and gendai budo)
- Aikido (合気道)
- Aikijutsu (see Daito Ryu)
- Atemi
- batto jutsu
- Bajutsu
- Bhakti Negara
- Bojutsu (棒術)
- Bujinkan (武神館)
- Genbukan
- Iaido (居合道、居合術Iaijutsu)
- Jujutsu (柔術、Jiujitsu, Jujitsu)
- Chanbara
- coreum
- Jojutsu (杖術)
- hakko ryu
- Jinenkan
- Judo (柔道)
- Karate (空手)
- Kenpo (拳法)
- Kendo (剣道)
- Kenjutsu (剣術)
- Kyudo (弓道)
- Naginata-do (薙刀道)
- Ninjutsu (Ninpo, budo taijutsu)
- Okinawan kobudo
- Samurai bushido
- Shintaido (新体道)
- Shintai Do (心体道)
- Shinwa-Taido
- Shorinji kempo (少林寺拳法)
- Shooto (修斗)
- Shoot boxing (シュートボクシング)
- Sumo (相撲)
- Taijutsu (体術)
- Taido (躰道)
- Taikiken (太気拳)
- Tantojutsu (短刀術)
- Tegumi (手組)
- Yamanni-ryu
- Yabusame
- Yosekan bajutsu
Korean martial arts (韓國武術)
- Geomdo
- Bonguk-Geomdo
- Jundo Hapkido
- Gjogsul
- Hapkido (合氣道)
- Haidong Gumdo (海東劍道)
- Hoi Jeon Moo Sool
- Hup Kwon Do
- Hwa Rang Do (花郎道)
- Kuk Sool Won (國術院)
- Kumdo (劍道 Gumdo)
- Kwon Pup (拳法)
- Kyeoktooki
- Kyuki Do
- Soo Bahk Do (手搏道)
- Ssireum (씨름) - Korean Sumo Wrestling
- Taekyon (택견)
- Tae Kwon Do (跆拳道)
- Tang Soo Do (唐手道)
- Tukong moosul (特攻武術)
- Yudo (柔道)
- Yusul (柔術)
Too many to list here; see the list of Eskrima systems. Most native martial arts fall under the umbrella of Eskrima. Other arts that have been recently imported or created or are somehow different may include:
- Arnis
- Bakbakan
- Balisong
- Bayson
- Bohol
- Banchay
- Buno
- Combat Judo
- Doce Pares
- Dumog
- Estoca
- Estocado
- Eskrima
- Gokusa
- Kali
- Kali Sikaran
- hagibis
- Kino Mutai
- Kombatan
- Kuntaw
- Kuntaw Silat
- Panandata
- Pananjakman
- pananandata
- Panantukan
- PEIKITI - TIRSIA
- Pekiti Tirsia Kali
- Sagasa
Sarian
tapado
- Yaw Yan
Vietnamese Martial Arts (Võ Thuật Việt Nam
- Viet Vo Dao/ Việt Võ Đạo (越武道)
- Binh Dinh (Tay Son) (平定)
- Cuong Nhu
- Kim Ke
- Nguyen Trung Hoa
- Tran Minh Long
- Tu-Thân
- Vo Thuat (武秫)
- Vo Dao Vietnam
European Martial Arts
General
- Archery
- Boxing
- ESDO (European Self-Defense Organization)
- Fencing
- Historical fencing
- Jousting
- Knighthood
- Wrestling
- Warrior Martial Arts Association
- Amateur wrestling
- Catch wrestling
- Combatives
- Attack Proof
- Professional wrestling
- SCA
- The Tattershal School of defense
- Bartitsu
- Combat Cymru
- Cornish wrestling
- Corno-Breton wrestling
- Cumberland wrestling
- Jieishudan (self defence)
- Lancashire wrestling
- Llap-goch (a parody)
- Lutte Breton
- Purring
- Ryoute
- Spirit Combat (British Aiki-Jutsu derivative)
- Scottish Highlander Wrestling
- Westmoreland wrestling
- Quarterstaff fighting
- rifle with bayonet fighting
France & Corsica
- Brancaille and other Provencal 'lutte' styles [1] [2]
- La canne
- Lutta corsa
- Lutte Parisienne
- Savate (boxe francais)
- Gouren
- Chaussér
- Anti Terror Kampf
- Gojutedo
- Individual Fighting Concepts Mallepree
- Kampfringen
- Kenjukate
- MilNaKaDo
- Stockfechten
- Taijutsu Goju Ryu
- Taijutsu Kobu Ryu
- Deutsches(German) JuJutsu
- Pankration (all force)
- Pyxmachia (Boxing)
- Pale (Wrestling)
- Spartans training
- Caestus
- Graeco-Roman wrestling
- Scherma di daga
- Cohmrac Bas (gladiator style)
- Armeiskii rukopashnyi boi
- Boevoi Gopak
- Buza
- Kolo
- Kulachnoi Boya
- ROSS
- Rukopaschnij Boj
- Russky Stil
- Russian Boxing
- Sambo (Sombo, Cambo, Combo)
- Samoz
- Skobar
- Slada
- Slawjano-Goritzkaja Borba
- Spetsnaz GRU hand-to-hand combat style (Popov's System)
- Systema
- UNIBOS
- Velesova Borba
- Vyhlyst
- Wjun
- Buza
- Svibor (Society of Serbian Knightly Fighting)
- Realni Aikido
- Yağlı güreş (also known as oil wrestling)
Middle Eastern Martial Arts
Iran (Persia)
- Razm Avar
- Koshti Pahlevanee
- Koshti Azad
- Tua system
- Zur Khuneh system
- Hashshashin system (assassins)
- Scythian archery (archery on horseback)
South American Martial Arts
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Capoeira
- Grima
- Luta Livre
- Maculele
- Tayan Do
- Kombato (Brazilian Military Martial Art)
- Vale Tudo
North American Martial Arts
- Aztec Yaomachtia
- AMOK!
- Bushidokan Karate(Karate, Judo, Jujutsu, Kickboxing, Street Self Defense)
- Combat Submission Wrestling
- Hurricane Combat Arts (Frank Monsalve's Hurricane, Hurricane)
- Har-Ki "Family Energy" (Kenpo, Karate, Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do)
- Jeet Kune Do "Way of the Intercepting Fist" (Jeet Kuen Do, JKD, Jun Fan Gung Fu)
- Inoue grappling
- Jailhouse rock (a.k.a. 52 Hand Blocks, Jailhouse Shuffle)
- Kajukenbo
- Kalenda, African-American stickfighting from Haiti
- American Kenpo
- Marine Corps LINE Combat System
- Miletich Fighting Systems
- Native American fighting styles (includes scalping)
- PraMek
- Progressive Fighting System
- Red Warrior or Tushka-homa
- Ronin-do
- Keysi
- Savate and Muay Thai Crosstraining (STX)
- S.C.A.R.S.
- Seizon Kempo Jutsu
- Folk wrestling
- Model Mugging (feminist self-defense, also known as "Impact")
- Wen-Do (Women's Self-Defence)
- Gakkyuudo "The Scholars Way" (TSW, GKD)
- American Taiho-Jitsu
- World War Two Combatives
- To-Shin Do
- tae bo
- mud wrestling
- Navy Seal system
- pro wrestling
- cowboy quick draw
- cowboy snakewhip
- kickboxing
Misc
- Co-Vô-Dao
- Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu
- EBMAS (Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System)
- Freestyle fighting
- Freestyle wrestling
- Keysi Fighting Method
- Kyojin Ryu Katsudo Kempo
- Lan Shou
- Lung Ch'uan Fa
- Mixed martial arts
- Moderne Schwertkunst
- Nanbudo
- RBSD (Reality-based self defense)
- Rie-Do
- Sanshinkai Karate
- Shidokan
- Taekido
- Taiho-Jitsu
- Tescao (Tibetisch)
- Tong Bei
- V-Force Scientific Combat Systems
- Combat Cymru
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