Martial Arts Styles Sorted:
Alphabetically – By country of origin
Japan
Aikido
Aikido is a Japanese style focusing on controlling and redirecting the force and momentum of an attack. Aikido utilizes techniques such as throws and joint locks but contains no strikes.
Jujutsu
Jujutsu is a Japanese style descended from samurai arts. it focuses on throws, joint locks, and using an opponent’s strength against them.
Judo
Judo is a Japanese grappling art that focuses on throws and joint locks.
Karate
Karate is a Japanese style that used strikes, blocks, and kicks.
Kyusho
Kyusho Jitsu is the art of targeting specific pressure points on the body to increase the effectiveness of techniques.
Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu is the martial arts and fighting style of the ninja.
China
Kung Fu
Kung Fu is the collective name used for many different Chinese martial arts and styles.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi is an internal martial art from China that has a dual focus on self-defense and health.
Wing Chun
Wing Chun is a Chinese style that focuses on quick short strikes and techniques that are used for attack and defense simultaneously.
Korea
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean Martial Art that focuses on fast and powerful kicks.
Hapkido
Hapkido is a Korean martial art that utilizes both grappling techniques, such as throws and joint locks, and strikes such as kicks and punches.
Thailand
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a martial art style and martial sport from Thailand that is also known as Thai Boxing. Muay Thai used punches and kicks but is famous for its use of Knees and elbows.
Brazil
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is a grappling art that puts a heavy emphasis on skill and technique. practitioners use throws and takedowns to bring the fight to the ground where they use numerous chokes and joint locks.
Capoeira
Capoeira is a Brazilian style that uses fluid dance-like movements and kicks.
Philippines
Eskrima
Eskrima (also known as Kali or Arnis) is a martial arts style from the Philippines that specializes in single-handed stick and blade techniques.
Indonesia
Silat
Silat is a Martial Art from Southeast Asia that makes use of strikes, grappling, and weapons training.
Europe and the United States
Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do is the style created by Bruce lee incorporating his philosophies and techniques based on other arts such a Wing Chun, and western boxing.
Boxing
Boxing is a fighting style and martial sport that focuses exclusively on punching techniques.
Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a fighting style and martial sport that uses exclusively kicking and punching techniques.
Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) can either mean the use of a number of techniques from different arts together in one fighting style (striking, grappling, kicks), or it can refer to competitions where martial artists of different styles can compete together (UFC, Bellator, Pride).
Pankration
Pankration is a Greek Fighting style literally translating to ‘Anything Goes’, it consists of both striking and grappling techniques.
Israel
Krav Maga
Krav Maga is a martial art developed by the Israeli military for self-defense in practical ‘real-world’ situations.
Russia
Sambo
Sambo is a Russian Martial Art and Martial Sport. The sport style Sambo is exclusively a grappling art whereas Combat Sambo also includes strikes and kicks.
Systema
Systema is a Russian Martial Art that focuses on natural movements and strikes.