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
- African styles of stickfighting
- African folk wrestling
- other
The Americas
Indigenous traditions
- Bolivia
- Canada
- Hawaii
Modern sports
Latin America
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Venezuela
USA
- United States
Asia
- Cambodia
- China
- See List of Chinese martial arts.
- India
- Indonesia
Main article:
Pencak silat
- Japan
- See List of Japanese martial arts
- Korea
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Okinawan martial arts
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Europe
European folk styles
- England
- France
- Ireland
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Iceland
Modern sports
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Poland
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Near East & Central Asia
Traditional
Modern
- Iran
- Israel
Oceania
Traditional
Modern
See also
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Indian subcontinent
- North India: Gatka (Sikh) · Inbuan (Mizoram) · Lathi (stick fighting) · Malla-yuddha · Musti yuddha · Mukna (Manipur) · Pehlwani (Persian wrestling) · Thang-Ta (Manipur)
- South India Kalarippayattu · Kuttu varisai · Marma Ati · Silambam
- Middle East and Central Asia
Greater Iran
- Varzesh-e Pahlavani, Pehlwani
folk wrestling: Armenian, Azeri, Mongolian, Turkish, Uzbek
- Western
- Historical fencing: German · French school of fencing · Italian · Spanish
- stick fighting: Bataireacht · Bâton français · Juego del Palo · Jogo do Pau · quarterstaff · singlestick
- striking: Pankration · Greek boxing, Russian fist fighting
- folk wrestling: Breton · English: Cumbrian, Devon, Lancashire · Greek · Icelandic · Scottish · Serbian · Swiss
- other
- Americas: Okichitaw
- Africa: Dambe, Istunka, Canarian wrestling, Senegalese wrestling
- Oceania: Mau rākau
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