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
Folk wrestling
Bare knuckle boxing
Others

Americas

Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela

Eastern, Southern and Southeast Asia

Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Main article: Chinese martial arts
See List of Chinese martial arts.
India
Main article: Indian martial arts
Indonesia
Main article: Silat
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
Myanmar
Mongolia
Philippines
Main article: Filipino martial arts
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam (Vo Thuat)

Europe

Main article: European martial arts

Folk styles

England
France
Ireland
Main article: Irish martial arts
Lithuania
Portugal
Scotland
Main article: Scottish martial arts
Spain
Switzerland

Modern sports

France
Georgia
Germany
Italy
Main article: Italian martial arts
Serbia
United Kingdom

Western, Central, and Northern Asia

Traditional

Russia
Turkey

Modern

Israel
Russia
Main article: Russian martial arts

Oceania

Traditional

Modern

See also

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