swap_horiz Adithada Alternatives

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K-1 Kickboxing

K-1 is a Japanese kickboxing promotion and competition format established in 1993 by Kazuyoshi Ishii. Standard K-1 rules...

Modern Global Striking Kickboxing

9.0 Excellent

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Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact team sport with roots in South Asia, especially India and neighboring countries. In a standard raid...

Traditional Team Contact South Asian

8.6 Great

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Muay Boran

Muay Boran is a collective term for the ancient, unarmed martial arts originating in Thailand, serving as the direct pre...

Traditional Ancient Striking Thai

8.3 Great

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Muay Chaiya

Muay Chaiya is a regional style of Muay Boran, the predecessor to modern Muay Thai, originating in the Chaiya district o...

Traditional Defensive Striking Thai

8.3 Great

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Pradal Serey

Pradal Serey is a Cambodian unarmed combat sport and martial art that includes strikes with the fists, elbows, knees, sh...

Traditional Striking Cambodian Elbows

8.0 Great

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Goju-ryu Karate

Goju-ryu is a major traditional style of Okinawan karate founded by Chojun Miyagi in 1930. The discipline is distinguish...

Traditional Sport Striking Karate

7.7 Good

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Uechi-ryu Karate

Uechi-ryu is a traditional Okinawan karate style founded by Kanbun Uechi in the early 20th century. Uechi studied Chines...

Traditional Striking Karate Okinawan

7.5 Good

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Shito-ryu Karate

Shito-ryu is a school of Okinawan karate founded by Kenwa Mabuni in 1928. The style is recognized for its extensive kata...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.5 Good

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Wado-ryu Karate

Wado-ryu is a Japanese karate style established by martial artist Hironori Otsuka in the 1930s. Its name is commonly tra...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.4 Good

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Tomoi

Tomoi is a Malaysian striking combat sport with roots in traditions of the Malay Peninsula and strong technical similari...

Traditional Striking Southeast Asian Malaysian

7.2 Good

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Kushti

Kushti is a traditional style of wrestling practiced in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in India and Pakistan. Wre...

Indian Traditional Grappling Wrestling

7.2 Good

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Pehlwani

Pehlwani is a traditional wrestling system from South Asia, also known in related contexts as kushti. Its training is ce...

Indian Traditional South Asian Grappling

7.2 Good

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Taekkyeon

Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultur...

Korean Traditional Striking Fluid

7.1 Good

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Dambe

Dambe is a traditional Hausa combat sport associated with northern Nigeria and other Hausa communities in West Africa. I...

Traditional Striking Bareknuckle West African

7.0 Good

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Isshin-Ryu Karate

Isshin-Ryu Karate is an Okinawan style of karate founded by Tatsuo Shimabuku in 1956. The system draws on earlier Okinaw...

Traditional Competition Striking Karate

6.9 Fair

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Chito-Ryu Karate

Chito-Ryu Karate is a Japanese karate style founded by Tsuyoshi Chitose in 1946. Its name is commonly translated from Ja...

Traditional Striking Karate Okinawan

6.8 Fair

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Adimurai

Adimurai is an Indian martial art from Tamil Nadu that emphasizes empty-hand combat and strikes to vital pressure points...

Indian Traditional Striking Tamil

6.2 Fair

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Kalarippayattu

Practiced in the Indian state of Kerala, Kalarippayattu is widely considered among the oldest surviving martial arts, in...

Indian Traditional Striking Weapons

6.0 Fair

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Musti Yuddha

Musti Yuddha is a traditional South Asian unarmed combat sport, particularly from Varanasi, India, characterized by figh...

Indian Traditional Boxing Ancient

4.5 Poor

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Varma Kalai

Varma Kalai is an ancient Indian martial art originating in Tamil Nadu, distinguished by its focus on attacking vital pr...

Indian Traditional Striking Tamil

4.0 Poor