Martial Arts Styles

Below are the various martial arts styles you can learn. Each martial arts style has a full description about it to help you decide which one you might study. You can also search for the martial arts clubs you can train in your area for the style you like.

Styles

Aikido
Aikido is a relatively new Japanese martial art created by Morihei Ueshiba, a man who fused his phil...
Learn more about the Aikido Martial Art.

Bagua Zhang
Bagua Zhang (Pakua Chuan) like Tai Chi is one of the most popular internal style Chinese martial art...
Learn more about the Bagua Zhang Martial Art.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian Jui Jitsu (BJJ) is the Brazilian take on Jui Jitsu - with a few modifications, known as th...
Learn more about the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Martial Art.

Capoeira
During the 16th century African slaves were brought to Brazil by the Portuguese. The Africans brough...
Learn more about the Capoeira Martial Art.

Drunken Boxing
Zui Quan translated from Cantonese or Mandarin means "Drunken Fist", which is most commonly known to...
Learn more about the Drunken Boxing Martial Art.

Eskrima
Eskrima describes the martial arts of the fillipines (FMA), where they practise blunt and bladed wea...
Learn more about the Eskrima Martial Art.

Hapkido
Hapkido is a Korean martial art which translates to "the way of coordinating energy" or "the way of ...
Learn more about the Hapkido Martial Art.

Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do (JKD) or Jeet Kun Do translated from Cantonese means "The way of the intercepting fist"...
Learn more about the Jeet Kune Do Martial Art.

Judo
Judo, which is translated as "the gentle way" is an ancient martial arts style similar to Jui Jitsu ...
Learn more about the Judo Martial Art.

Jujitsu
Jujutsu also spelled Jui jutsu or Ju jitsu is a Japanese martial art that translates to "gentle art"...
Learn more about the Jujitsu Martial Art.

Karate
Karate derives from a fusion of Chinese Kempo and the indigenous Japanese Ryukyuan martial arts. Whe...
Learn more about the Karate Martial Art.

Kendo
Kendo is a Japanese martial art centered around weaponary. Most kendo clubs have sparring as a routi...
Learn more about the Kendo Martial Art.

Krav Maga
Translated from Hebrew Krav Maga means 'close combat' and was developed with this in mind. Krav Maga...
Learn more about the Krav Maga Martial Art.

Kuk Sool
Kuk Sool Won is a Korean martial art which was founded in 1958 by the Grandmaster (Kuk Sa Nim in Kor...
Learn more about the Kuk Sool Martial Art.

Kung Fu
Kung Fu (kungfu) is a term that generalizes the majority of Chinese martial arts. Roughly translated...
Learn more about the Kung Fu Martial Art.

Martial Arts Tricking
Martial Arts Tricking is a mix of kicks, flips and twists mainly for display purposes.  It incl...
Learn more about the Martial Arts Tricking Martial Art.

Mixed Martial Arts
Some martial arts clubs offer MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) training, they are usually a collaboration of...
Learn more about the Mixed Martial Arts Martial Art.

Muay Thai
Muay Thai or Thai Boxing means "The Art of the Eight Limbs" and is a martial art similar to conventi...
Learn more about the Muay Thai Martial Art.

Ninjitsu
Ninjutsu is an ancient Japanese martial art which roughly translates to “art of stealth”...
Learn more about the Ninjitsu Martial Art.

Parkour
Parkour (French for "art of moving") - also referred to as freerunning was developed in France by Da...
Learn more about the Parkour Martial Art.

Silat
Silat roughly translates to "fight" and is a term used to describe an aggregation of the hundreds of...
Learn more about the Silat Martial Art.

Tae Kwon Do
The Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do translates to "The way of the hand and foot". Modern Taekwondo ha...
Learn more about the Tae Kwon Do Martial Art.

Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art that was founded centuries ago, most notably by the legenda...
Learn more about the Tai Chi Chuan Martial Art.

Wing Chun
Basic history of Wing Chun Kung Fu Wing Chun Kung Fu is one of the newest recorded martial arts a...
Learn more about the Wing Chun Martial Art.

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