tokeabowl Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I have been researching about all different kinds of martial arts. can anyone list all of the martial arts that exists? my list only has like 20 tokin' chokin' chillin'PRIDE! OKINAWA PRIDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renketsu Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Go on then, I'll start with the ones I can immediately think of (I'm tired so it wont be a complete list ): Karate do/jitsu Ju do/jitsu Nin do/jitsu Kobu do/jitsu Aiki do/jitsu Ken do/jitsu Iai do/jitsu Tae Kwon Do Kung Fu Chinese Kempo Tai Chi (if it counts!) Kyoshu Jitsu (if its classes as a separate art) Someone else can keep the list going Andy Wilkinson (Sandan)Renketsu Karate Club Senior Instructor(http://www.renketsu.org.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirves Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Kung Fu ... Tai Chi (if it counts!) Tai chi is a kung fu style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdancer Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Kung fu and tai chi are different, kung fu is external, tai chi is internal no critisizm to you though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLove Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 "kung fu" is any skill achieved through practice (such as cooking). "Weijia" is the chinese word for external fighting arts, "Neijia" for internal", "Wushu" for all fighting arts (as well as meing a single art/sport) China and Indonesia alone breech 1000 styles (by most estimations I have seen). If you are only looking at top-level groupings, you go by country.. allowing for a little breakdown: Weijia - Chinese external arts Neijia - Chinese internal arts Kuntao Silat - Indo/Chinese atrs (there are also pure Chinese and Phillipio arts by similar names) Pentjak Silat - Indonesian arts with cultural flavors Pukulan Silat - Indonesian arts without cultural flavors. Karate - Porminant group of Okinawan MA (also exist in Japanese varients). Jujitsu - Classic unarmed arts of Japan TKD - Official sport-art of Korea, older arts squished under japanese. Thai-Boxing - Catch-all term for Thai and Cambodian arts (such as Muay Thai). I'm not sure of goot catch-all terms for western fighting groups (brodly defined as "pugulism" and "wrestling"). A specific list, even only covering the ones *I* know (surely a fraction) would be more than I'd care to type. https://www.clearsilat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gheinisch Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Here is a couple of sites that list different styles. https://www.mastyles.com This site is the work of a fellow poster I believe. http://www.wdob.net/mai/styles/styles.php So many styles and so little time! "If your hand goes forth withhold your temper""If your temper goes forth withold your hand"-Gichin Funakoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBN Doug Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I have been researching about all different kinds of martial arts. can anyone list all of the martial arts that exists? my list only has like 20 No. There are literally thousands of martial arts styles. Kung Fu alone has hundreds, last time I checked. Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Not only are there thousands of existing martial arts styles, new ones are constantly being created! 1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-san Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 There's something like 1700 varieties of Jujitsu alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 i'll list all the major martial arts that are practiced today that i can think of. i won't go into sub-divisions and schools of martial arts. i won't bother with weapon arts either as there are gazillions of weapons and several arts for each weapon. aikido aikijitsu boxing brazilian jujitsu capoeira cuong nhu hapkido jeet kune do judo jujitsu karate kempo kickboxing krav maga kuk sool won kung fu muay thai pankration pencak silat tae kwon do wrestling there are hundreds of others but you're not likely to come across many more. there are also mixed martial arts. shotokan karate nidanjujitsu shodankendo shodan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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