List of martial arts

This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style.

Asian and Pacific Martial Arts

• Borneo
  • Bersilat

• Burma
  • Bando
  • Banshay
  • Lethwei (Burmese Boxing)
  • Naban
  • Thaing

• Cambodia
  • Khmer Boxing

• China The hundreds of different styles of Chinese martial arts are collectively called Kung Fu, Wushu, Kuoshu, or Ch'uan Fa.
  • Internal styles 內家, nei chia, (pinyin nèi jiā) internal family martial arts:
    • Hsing Yi (Hsing-i Ch'uan, Xingyiquan)
    • Liuhe Bafa (Liu He Ba Fa, Lok Hup Ba Fa)
    • Pakua Chuan (Pa Kua Chang, Baguazhang)
    • Tai Chi Chuan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Taijiquan)
  • External styles 外家, wei chia (py wài jiā) external family and combination styles:
    • Black Tiger Kung Fu
    • Chin Na (actually a feature of many different Chinese styles as well, internal and external)
    • Choy Lay Fut
    • Chuo Jiao
    • Dog Kung Fu
    • Dragon Kung Fu
    • Duck Kung Fu
    • Eagle Claw
    • Emei Quan
    • Fang Zi
    • Five Ancestors
    • Hung Gar
    • Leopard
    • Mei Hua Quan (Plum Blossom Fist)
    • Monkey Kung Fu
    • My Jong Law Horn
    • Nan Quan
    • Northern Praying Mantis
    • Pak Mei (White Eyebrow)
    • Phoenix
    • Rat Kung Fu (Choy Gar)
    • Shaolin Quan
    • Shuai Chiao (Shuai Jiao)
    • Snake Kung Fu
    • Southern Praying Mantis
    • San Da
    • San shou
    • Tantui
    • Tiger Kung Fu
    • Tompei Quan
    • Wing Chun
    • Wing Tsun
    • White Crane

• Guam
  • San Jitsu

• India
  • But Marma Atti
  • Gatka
  • Kalaripayatu
  • mallak-rida
  • malla-yuddha
  • niyuddha-kride
  • Silambam Nillaikalakki
  • Vajra Mushti

• Indonesia
  • Kuntao
  • Silat
  • Tarung Derajat

• Japan
  • Aikido
  • Aikijutsu (see Daito Ryu)
  • Bojutsu
  • Bujinkan
  • Iaido (Iaijutsu)
  • Jujutsu (Jiujitsu, Jujitsu)
  • Jojutsu
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Kenpo
  • Kendo
  • Kenjutsu
  • Kobudo
  • Kyudo
  • Naginata-do
  • Ninjutsu (Ninjitsu, Ninpo)
  • Shintaido
  • Shorinji kempo
  • Sumo
  • Taijutsu
  • Taido
  • Tantojutsu
  • Tegumi
  • Yamanni-ryu

• Korea
  • Gjogsul
  • Hapkido
  • Haidong Gumbo
  • Hoi Jeon Moo Sool
  • Hup Kwon Do
  • Hwa Rang Do
  • Kuk Sool Won
  • Kumdo
  • Kwon Pup
  • Soo Bahk Do
  • Ssireum - Korean Sumo Wrestling
  • Taekyon
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Tang Shou Dao
  • Tang Soo Do
  • Yudo
  • Yusul

• Laos
  • Lao Boxing
  • Ling Lom

• Malaysia
  • Silat

• Mongolia
  • Mongolian wrestling

• Philippines - (too many to list here; see the list of Eskrima systems) - Most native martial arts fall under the umbrella of Eskrima. Other arts that have been recently imported or created or are somehow different may include:
  • Buno
  • Combat Judo
  • Dumog
  • Estoca
  • Estocado
  • Gokusa
  • Kombatan
  • Kuntaw
  • Kuntaw Silat
  • Panandata
  • Panantukan
  • Sagasa
  • Sikaran
  • Silat
  • Suntukan
  • Tat Kun Tao

• Thailand
  • Krabi Krabong
  • Lerdrit
  • Muay Boran (Ancient Thai boxing)
  • Muay Thai (Thai boxing, Thai kickboxing)

• Vietnam
  • Cuong Nhu
  • Quan Khi Dao
  • Viet Vo Dao
  • Vo Vi Nam
  • Yong Chun

European Martial Arts

• General:
  • Boxing
  • ESDO (European Self-Defense Organization)
  • Fencing
  • Historical fencing
  • Leonese fighting
  • Wrestling

• Britain
  • Cornish Wrestling
  • Cumberland wrestling
  • Llap-goch (a parody)
  • Lutte Breton
  • Purring
  • Westmoreland wrestling

• Finland
  • Kas-pin

• France
  • Chausson
  • Chausson Marseilles
  • Lutte Parisienne
  • Savate (Boxe Francaise)
  • Savate-Danse du Rue

• Germany
  • Anti Terror Kampf
  • Gojutedo
  • Individual Fighting Concepts Mallepree
  • Kenjukate
  • MilNaKaDo
  • Stockfechten

• Greece
  • Pankration

• Iceland
  • Glima

• Ireland
  • Bata
  • Collar and Elbow

• Israel
  • Haganah system
  • Krav Maga
  • Krav Maga Maor
  • Wu Wei Kung Fu

• Italy
  • Caestus
  • Graeco-Roman wrestling
  • Scherma di daga

• Portugal
  • Jogo do Pau

• Netherlands
  • Amsterdams Vechten

• Russia
  • Agni Kempo
  • Armeiskii rukopashnyi boi
  • Boevoi Gopak
  • Buza
  • Cambo
  • Combo
  • Kolo
  • Kulachnoi Boya
  • ROSS
  • Rukopaschnij Boj
  • Russky Stil
  • Russian Boxing
  • Sambo (Sombo)
  • Samoz
  • Skobar
  • Slada
  • Slawjano-Goritzkaja Borba
  • Spas
  • Systema
  • Systema Kadochnikowa
  • UNIBOS
  • Velesova Borba
  • Vyhlyst
  • Wjun

• Scotland
  • Greenoch

• Spain
  • Zipota

• Switzerland
  • Schwingen

• Uzbekistan
  • Kurash

Middle Eastern Martial Arts

• Iran
  • Koshti
  • Wu Wei Kung Fu

African Martial Arts

• Egypt
  • Egyptian stick fencing

• Guinee
  • Peul

• Kenya
  • Massa&iuml

• Senegal
  • Dioula

• Sudan
  • Nuba fighting

• Other African Martial Arts
  • Canarian fighting
  • Zulu stick fighting
  • Kalindi Lyi

South American Martial Arts

• Brazil
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
  • Capoeira
  • Luta Livre

North American Martial Arts

• All Style Karate
• American Combat Sambo
• American Kenpo
• American Kuntao Silat
• Pacific Archipelago Combatives
• Choi Kwang-Do
• Chu Fen Do
• Combat Submission Wrestling
• Dos Manos System (not to be confused with Dos Manos)
• Full Contact Karate
• Jailhouse Rock
• Kickboxing
• Kajukenbo
• Marine Corps LINE Combat System
• Native American fighting styles
• Natural Spirit
• Progressive Fighting System
• Red Warrior or Tushka-homa
• SCARS
• Senshido
• Shootfighting
• World War Two Combatives

Misc

• All-Style-Do Karate
• Bajawah Boxing
• Black bloc
• Catch-As-Catch-Can
• Chi Ling Pai Gung Fu
• Combat Bujutsu
• Combat Hapkido
• Combat Ju Jutsu
• Combat Karate
• Defendo
• Defendu
• Eskimo Fighting
• Goshindo
• Inoue grappling
• Inoui Fighting
• Jeet Kune Do
• Jukado
• Kalimasada
• Kajukenbo
• Kali Sikaran
• La Lutte
• Lima Lama
• Nanbudo
• Personal Unarmed Combat
• Progressive Self Defence System
• Savasu
• Silek
• Sport Karate
• Street Sambo
• Taekido
• Thaikido
• Tidju Boxing
• Wing Kido Kai