Comments on: A List of All Martial Arts

By: Dillon

Dillon — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:02:18 +0000

Im 16 and ive been intrested in martial arts for a long time now and ive been wanting to learn a style that focuses on striking but has a mix of things and im clueless about alot and i need some suggestions?

By: steve

steve — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:47:16 +0000

i am 52 years old and am very physically damaged bad back, knee and hip however there is a martial art that i have heard of that is practised by a great many old people in china,very often in public and in the company of anywhere from tens to hundreds of practitioners at a time long to short i need to know more about this form as i belive that from what little i do know about this system it sounds as if it may just be what i need,since it is done as a way of maintaining the body as a temple.

By: sifuchris

sifuchris — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:05:49 +0000

This only a few of the arts. What about Kalaripayattu – one of the oldest MA’s known, this is supposed to be the art bodhidharma taught to the shaolin monks. This is very influencial over alot of other asian arts

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:18:26 +0000

@Ron Davidson what youre thinking of isnt martial arts but parkour, more specifically free running.

@lindal i would say tae kwon doe or kenpo karate would be a good choice

By: wayne hopwood

wayne hopwood — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:21:47 +0000

awesome site/list however I did not see Escrima (filipino) or pankration (greece) martial arts listed.

wayne

By: steve siverling

steve siverling — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:55:23 +0000

Greetings,

On second thought what about prankation, and rune? What about fencing such as historical? Or about nova scrima?

By: steve siverling

steve siverling — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:45:59 +0000

What about okinawin kobudo or about shaolin kempo karate? Would small circle jujustu be considered traditional jujutsu.

By: Matt "Ikigai"

Matt "Ikigai" — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:14:57 +0000

Missing from major Okinawan Karate: Uechi Ryu of Kanbun Uechi, Okinawa Kenpo of Shigeru Nakamura, Chito Ryu of Tsuyoshi Chitose, Shorin Ryu of Matsumura Sokon

Kobudo could be listed in the ‘other’ section for Okinawa as well.

By: Ron Davidson

Ron Davidson — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:39:44 +0000

wanted the name and some information on a martial art I have seen on television which centres around running up walls and acrobatics off of buildings and jumping from structure to structure I believe it started in France or Europe somewhere.
Thanks for your help.

By: Cassidy Collins

Cassidy Collins — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:24:56 +0000

taekwondo actually does not mean “the way of smashing things with hands and feet”. it consists of three words- tae meaning hand, kwon meaning foot, and do meaning the way. it roughly translates to “the way of the hand and foot.” there is nothing about smashing.

kthx??