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| Aikido | A Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba. This is an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury. | 401 Clicks | | Capoeira | Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that involves movements from martial arts, games, and dance. The sparring is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, and extensive use of sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Less frequently used techniques include elbow strikes, slaps, punches, and body throws. | 408 Clicks | | Judo | Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art 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 opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by executing a choke. | 717 Clicks | | Karate | Karate 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. Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles. | 415 Clicks | | Kendo | Kendo, meaning "Way of the Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or Kenjutsu. Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements. | 371 Clicks | | Muay Thai | Muay Thai is referred to as "The Art of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asia such as: pradal serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos. Muay Thai has a long history in Thailand and is the country's national sport. | 422 Clicks | | Nam Wah Pai | The techniques and knowledge taught in Nam Wah Pai are the result of the convergence of the essence of Shaolin, Taiji and other traditional Chinese martial arts, culminating in the formation of this independent and unique system of martial arts. The aim of the World Nam Wah Pai is to advance and promote the traditional Chinese martial art and knowledge in a scientific and systematic way to the new world. | 363 Clicks | | Silat | Silat is a combative art of fighting and survival and it has been developed in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam civilizations for centuries into social culture and tradition. It revolves around the aspects of fighting, songs and music. | 345 Clicks | | Taekwondo | A Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea, "Taekwondo" can be loosely translated as "the way of the foot and fist" or "the way of kicking and punching". | 437 Clicks | | Wushu | Chinese martial arts, also known as wushu, and popularly as kung fu, consists of a number of fighting styles that were developed over the centuries in China. The term wushu has also become the name for a modern sport similar to gymnastics, involving the performance of adapted Chinese bare-handed and weapons form. | 446 Clicks |
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