Martial arts

Aikido

Japan

Aikidō is a modern Japanese martial art that developed around Morihei Ueshiba. Training includes body movement, throws, control technique...

Han Mu Do

South Korea

Han Mu Do, also written as Hanmudo, is a modern South Korean martial art developed by Dr. He-Young Kimm. The system combines unarmed tech...

Hapkido

South Korea

Hapkido is a modern Korean martial art influenced by aiki-jūjutsu, Korean kicking and striking arts, and judo. Depending on their lineage...

Hwarang-do

South Korea

Hwa Rang Do is a modern Korean martial art developed in the 1960s by Joo Bang Lee and Joo Sang Lee. The curriculum may include unarmed te...

Jeet Kune Do

China

Jeet Kune Do is the martial philosophy and training approach that Bruce Lee developed in the 1960s. JKD emphasizes adaptability, directne...

Jiu-Jitsu

Japan

Jiu-Jitsu, also called Jujutsu, is a collective term for Japanese martial arts with various historical ryu. Modern forms may include thro...

Judo

Japan

Judo is a Japanese martial art and Olympic sport centered on technique, timing, and maximum efficiency. Discover the throws, ground techn...

K-1

Japan

The world's biggest striking tournament. K-1 brought together the best kickboxers, Muay Thai fighters, and karate practitioners in the wo...

Karate

Karate is a Japanese martial art that combines technique, speed, precision, and discipline. Discover the different styles, training metho...

Kempo

United States

Kempo or Kenpō is not a single uniform style, but a collective term for several martial arts with Japanese, Chinese, Okinawan, and someti...

Kendo

Japan

Kendo (剣道), “the way of the sword,” is a modern Japanese martial art and competitive discipline that originated from kenjutsu. Practition...

Kobudo

Japan

Kobudō is a collective term for traditional Japanese and Okinawan martial arts in which weapons, forms, and controlled application are ce...

Kuk Sool Won

South Korea

Kuk Sool Won is a Korean martial art that brings together unarmed techniques, throws, joint locks, kicking techniques, forms, weapons tra...

Kung Fu

China

Kung Fu is the broad collective term for Chinese martial arts, from Wing Chun and Shaolin to Tai Chi, Hung Gar, and modern wushu. These t...

Ninjutsu

Japan

Ninjutsu is the modern collective term for historical Japanese skills involving reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, disguise, surviva...

Nunchaku-do

Japan

Nunchaku-do is the modern Dutch competitive sport centered around the nunchaku, featuring safe sports equipment, set kata, semi-contact k...

Pankration

Pankration was an ancient Greek unarmed combat sport combining boxing, wrestling, kicks, and grappling techniques. The discipline became ...

Sanda

China

Sanda, also known as Sanshou, is the modern Chinese full-contact combat sport within wushu. The sport combines boxing, kicks, clinching, ...

Systema

Russia

Systema is a Russian martial art and self-defense approach that works with breathing, relaxation, structure, and movement. There is no un...

Taekkyon

South Korea

Taekkyon, also spelled Taekkyeon or Taekgyeon, is a traditional Korean martial art and combat sport featuring rhythmic footwork, kicks, s...

Tai Chi

China

Tai Chi, also called Taijiquan, is a Chinese martial art that is also practiced worldwide as a gentle form of exercise, meditation, and c...

Tang Soo Do

South Korea

Tang Soo Do is a traditional Korean martial art influenced by Okinawan karate, Chinese martial arts, and Korean movement culture. The sty...

Wing Chun

China

Wing Chun (Cantonese) or Yong Chun (Mandarin) is a Southern Chinese martial art for close-range combat. Many schools emphasize the center...

Wushu

China

Wushu is the international name for Chinese martial arts and encompasses both traditional styles and a modern competitive sport. The two ...