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| Krav Maga |
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Grappling | Darren Levine |
Krav Maga (Hebrew : "close combat") is an eclectic self-defense and military hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel, which assumes no quarter will be given, and emphasizes maximum threat neutralization in a "real life" context. It came to...
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| Strike | Imi Lichtenfeld | ||||
| Hybrid | Haim Gidon | ||||
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| Karate |
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Sport | Strike | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
or is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese kenpō. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
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| Computer Game Genre | Sonny Chiba | ||||
| Olympic discipline | Fumio Demura | ||||
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| Taekwondo |
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Sport | Strike | Dae Sung Moon |
Taekwondo (태권도; ) is a Korea martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is also regarded as the world's most popular martial art in terms of number of practitioners . Kyeorugi, or sparring, is an official Olympic sporting event. In Korean...
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| Shaolin kung fu |
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Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery. Of the tens of thousands of kung fu wushu styles, several hundred do, in fact, have some relationship to Shaolin; however, aside from a...
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| Tai Chi Chuan |
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Tai chi chuan is classified as Wudangquan or an internal Chinese martial art. Tai chi is typically practiced for a variety of reasons: its soft martial techniques, demonstration competitions, health and longevity. Consequently, a multitude of...
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| Boxing |
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Film subject | Strike | Muhammad Ali |
Boxing (sometimes known as pugilism, Anglais boxing, Fistfighting, or English boxing) is a combat sport in which two participants (generally) of similar weight fight each other with their fist. Boxing today is conducted in a regulated way, typically...
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| Computer Game Genre | Mike Tyson | ||||
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| Hwa Rang Do |
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Strike | Joo Bang Lee |
Hwa Rang Do is a Korea martial art that was created by Joo Bang Lee and his brother, Joo Sang Lee. This martial art teaches and encourages fighting techniques, weapons, spiritual training, intellectual enhancement, and artistic pursuits. It has a...
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| Grappling | Joo Sang Lee | ||||
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| Wing Chun |
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Strike | Bruce Lee |
Wing Chun, occasionally romanized as Ving Tsun or "Wing Tsun" (literally "spring chant" and alternatively as "forever spring", or substituted with the character for "eternal springtime") is a Chinese martial art that specializes in aggressive close...
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| Trapping | Yip Man | ||||
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| Jeet Kune Do |
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Hybrid | Bruce Lee |
Jeet Kune Do (Chinese: 截拳道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit. "Way of the Intercepting Fist"), also Jeet Kun Do or JKD, is a martial art philosophy developed by martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.
In 2004, the Bruce Lee Foundation...
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| Catch wrestling |
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Grappling | Ken Shamrock |
Catch wrestling is a style of wrestling. Catch wrestling is arguably the ancestor of modern grappling, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and no-holds-barred competition. Catch wrestling's origins lie in a variety of styles, most notably the...
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| Muay Thai |
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Strike | Ramon Dekkers |
Muay Thai (IPA: /muɑɪ.tʰɑɪ/, ; ) literally Thai Boxing and also known as The Art of the Eight Limbs is a form of hard martial art practiced in several Southeast Asia countries including Thailand. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asia such...
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| San shou |
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Strike | Marvin Perry |
Sanshou or Sanda is a Chinese hand to hand combat, self-defense system, and combat sport. Not seen as a style itself, but is rather considered just one of the two components (taolu and sanshou) of Chinese martial arts (Kung fu) training and is...
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| Grappling | Scott Sonnon | ||||
| Hybrid | Brent Hamby | ||||
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| Aikido | Book Subject | Grappling | Terry Dobson |
is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's...
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| Capoeira |
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Strike | Mestre Bimba |
Capoeira (,Tupi-Guarani word for - clear area) is a blend of martial art, game, and dance that originated in Brazil, from the regions known as Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo. The art form originated in Brazil during...
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| Mestre Pastinha | |||||
| Sambo |
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Hybrid | Andrei Arlovski |
Sambo (—also called Sombo or Cambo and sometimes written in all-caps) is a modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938,...
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| Bokator |
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Strike | Jayavarman VII |
Bokator/Boxkator, or more formally, Labokator (to fight (like a) lion) (ល្បុក្កតោ) is a Khmer martial art that may be a predecessor of southeast Asia kickboxing styles. History indicates that Bokator or an early form thereof was the close quarter...
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| Vovinam |
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Vovinam Viêt Võ Dao is a Vietnamese martial art.
Vovinam is practiced with and without weapon. It is based on the principle of harmony between hard and soft. It includes training of the body as well as the mind. It uses force and reaction of the...
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| Russian All-Round Fighting | Hybrid |
Russian All-Round Fighting (RAF) is a hybrid martial art consisting of various Russian and Soviet fighting systems. The system was founded by three men: Maxim Shatunov, Eduard Sergeev and Denis Rojkov.
RAF clubs are functioning in many Russian...
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| Hapkido |
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Grappling | Lim Hyun Soo |
Hapkido (also spelled hap ki do or hapki-do) is a dynamic and eclectic Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, pressure points, throws, kicks, and other strikes. Hapkido practitioners train to counter the...
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| Judo |
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Sport | Grappling |
, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's...
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| Bartitsu |
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Strike | Edward William Barton-Wright |
Bartitsu is an eclectic martial art and self defence method originally developed in England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 1898, Edward William Barton-Wright, a British engineer who had been building railway in Japan, returned to...
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| Northern Shaolin | Strike |
In its broadest sense, "Northern Shaolin" (Chinese: 北少林; Pinyin: běishàolín, Cantonese: Bak Sil Lum) refers to the external (as opposed to internal) martial art of Northern China referring to those styles from the Northern Shaolin Monastery in Henan...
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| Vo Binh Dinh | Nguyen Hue |
Võ Bình Định is a Vietnam martial art.
Võ Bình Định originates from the Bình Định province, one of two provinces that formerly constituted the province of Nghia Binh. Also referred to as the traditional martial arts of Vietnam, it is known for its...
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| Shorinji Kempo |
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—note that the World Shorinji Kempo Organization prefers the Romanization kempo to kenpo—is a martial art form of Kempo that was founded by Doshin So (宗道臣, 1911-1980) in 1947, who incorporated Japan Zen Buddhism into the fighting style. This form of...
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| Silat |
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Silat is an umbrella term for a number of martial art forms originating from the countries of the Malay Archipelago. This art is widely known in Indonesia and Malaysia but can also be found in varying degrees among the Malay-affiliated communities...
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| Savate | Strike | Pierre Vigny |
Savate (pronounced ), also known as boxe française, French boxing, French Kickboxing or French Footfighting, is a French martial art which uses both the hands and feet as weapons and combines elements of western boxing with graceful kick techniques....
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| Bâton français | Strike |
The Bâton français, French for "French staff", also known as French stick fighting, is a Europe historical fencing discipline which uses a staff about 1.2 m long (4 ft). The techniques have much in common with longsword and quarterstaff.
The...
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| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
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Grappling | Renzo Gracie |
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokehold to force an opponent to submit or be knocked out...
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| Hélio Gracie | |||||
| Rickson Gracie | |||||
| Royce Gracie | |||||
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| Egyptian stick fencing | Weapon |
Egyptian stick fencing (Egyptian Arabic: تحطيب ṭaḥṭīb) is an ancient martial arts dance. It is practiced during religious ceremonies, processions, and as sport or game, dating back to ancient Egypt. It is also one of the oldest forms of martial arts...
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| Soobak | Strike |
Subak, Soobak or Soo Bak-Gi is an ancient Korea martial art. Historically this term may be an older name for the Korean martial art of taekkyeon.
Originally, Korea was divided into three kingdoms: Silla in the southeastern part of the country,...
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