Martial Index · Styles

Styles

One encyclopedia for every fighting art. Photo hubs for the six live styles; typographic entries for the rest of the catalog as each page lands.

Grappling

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Style hub · Live terms

Judo

Throws & newaza

Takedowns & control

Sambo

Soviet hybrid of throws, leg locks, and jackets.

Catch wrestling

Catch-as-catch-can pins and submissions.

Japanese Jujutsu

Classical Japanese grappling and joint locks.

Striking

Boxing

Fists & ringcraft

Muay Thai

Eight limbs

Kickboxing

Punches and kicks under sport rules.

Karate

Striking art of Okinawa and Japan.

Taekwondo

Korean kicking sport and art.

Kung Fu

Chinese striking systems under one umbrella.

Kyokushin

Full-contact knockout karate.

Lethwei

Burmese bare-knuckle nine limbs.

Savate

French kickboxing with shoes.

Wing Chun

Close-range Chinese trapping and punches.

Mixed

MMA

Hybrid combat sport

Vale Tudo

Anything-goes precursor to modern MMA.

Jeet Kune Do

Bruce Lee’s hybrid, intercepting method.

Krav Maga

Israeli self-defense under street pressure.

Traditional / other

Aikido

Blending, throws, and joint control.

Hapkido

Korean joint locks, kicks, and throws.

Capoeira

Brazilian art of movement, kicks, and ginga.

Silat

Southeast Asian combatives and weapons.

Sumo

Japanese ring wrestling for force-out.

Kendo

Japanese sword fencing with shinai.

Fencing

Olympic blade sport: foil, épée, sabre.

HEMA

Historical European martial arts.

Eskrima

Filipino stick and blade fighting.

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