List of martial arts

There are many 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 is not 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
Folk wrestling
Bare knuckle boxing
Others

Americas
Barbados
  • Bajan stick licking
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cuba
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela
  • El Juego del Garrote

Asia
Bangladesh
Main article: Bangladeshi martial arts
Cambodia
China
Main article: Chinese martial arts
See List of Chinese martial arts.
India
Main article: Indian martial arts
Indonesia
Main article: Indonesian martial arts
Israel
Japan
Main article: Japanese martial arts
See List of Japanese martial arts
Okinawan martial arts
Korea
Main article: Korean martial arts
Laos
Malaysia
Main article: Silat
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Main article: Filipino martial arts
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Turkey
Vietnam (Vo Thuat)

Miscellaneous

Europe

Traditional

Folk styles

England
France
Ireland
Main article: Irish martial arts
Lithuania
Portugal
  • Jogo do Pau
Russia
Scotland
Spain
Switzerland

Modern

Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Italy
Main article: Italian martial arts
Russia
Main article: Russian martial arts
Serbia
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Oceania

Traditional

Modern
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