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Founders

The people who shaped systems, spread traditions, and created new paths in martial arts.

WUSHU & GONGFU

Chinese systems

Founders and lineage holders who shaped, passed on, and further developed Chinese martial arts systems.

BUDO & BUJUTSU

Japanese systems

Founders and innovators in Japanese martial arts traditions, from classical lineages to modern systems.

MUDO

Korean systems

Pioneers who structured, spread, and passed on Korean martial arts systems to new generations.
WESTERN LINES

European & Western systems

Pioneers and system builders from European and Western martial arts traditions.

GRAPPLING ROPES

Brazilian grappling

Pioneers and key figures within Brazilian grappling traditions and their international branches.

NEW SYSTEMS

Modern & hybrid systems

Innovators who connected existing disciplines or developed new and hybrid martial arts systems.

Old & classic traditions

Southeast Asian systems

South Asian systems

Central Asian systems

Middle Eastern systems

African systems

Cross-pollination & lines

All founders

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