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Dog Brothers Martial Arts

Dog Brothers Martial Arts is an American combat sport focused on realistic stick fighting and weapon defense. Founded in...

American Realistic Stick Weapons

8.8 Great

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Professional Sumo

Professional sumo is a traditional Japanese combat sport involving two rikishi wrestlers competing within a circular rin...

Professional Traditional Japanese Grappling

8.6 Great

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HEMA Longsword

HEMA Longsword is a historical European martial arts discipline reconstructed from 14th-century German and Italian manua...

European Medieval Historical Weapons

8.4 Great

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Muay Boran

Muay Boran is the ancient Thai martial art that served as the direct predecessor to modern Muay Thai, incorporating brut...

Traditional Ancient Striking Thai

8.3 Great

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Muay Chaiya

Muay Chaiya is a regional style of Muay Boran originating in southern Thailand, heavily distinguished by its compact, de...

Traditional Defensive Striking Thai

8.3 Great

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Épée Fencing

Épée Fencing is a modern Olympic fencing discipline descended from the historical dueling sword, notable for its simple...

Olympic Weapons Thrust Fencing

8.3 Great

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Sabre Fencing

Sabre Fencing is an Olympic discipline derived from cavalry swords, notable for its right-of-way rules and allowing comp...

Speed Olympic Weapons Fencing

8.1 Great

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HEMA Rapier

HEMA Rapier is a historical European martial arts discipline focused on 16th-century dueling traditions, characterized b...

Renaissance European Historical Weapons

8.1 Great

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Eskrima

Eskrima is a Filipino weapon-based martial art also called arnis or kali, notable as the Philippines' national martial a...

Traditional Weapon Stick Filipino

7.5 Good

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Nguni Stick Fighting

Nguni Stick Fighting is a traditional South African martial art practiced by Zulu youth, notable for its use of two stic...

Combat Traditional Zulu Stick

6.7 Fair

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Jukendo

Jukendo is a modern Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, notable for being developed in the early 20th century by t...

Armor Traditional Japanese Weapons

6.5 Fair

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Tankendo

Tankendo is a Japanese martial art focused on short-bayonet combat, notable for originating from the Imperial Japanese N...

Armor Traditional Japanese Weapons

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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Bando

Bando is a Burmese martial art emphasizing unarmed defense and animal-inspired striking techniques, which was formally s...

Traditional Striking Grappling Weapons

6.0 Fair

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Vo Co Truyen

Vo Co Truyen means traditional Vietnamese martial arts, a broad family of regional schools with shared forms, weapons, a...

Combat Traditional Vietnamese Striking

5.9 Mediocre

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Dumog

Dumog is a Filipino martial art focused on grappling and wrestling, notable for its emphasis on off-balancing opponents...

Traditional Folk Grappling Filipino

5.8 Mediocre

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Angampora

Angampora is a traditional Sri Lankan martial art combining unarmed combat, weaponry, and pressure point strikes, famous...

Traditional Striking Grappling Weapons

5.8 Mediocre

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Banshay

Banshay is a Burmese martial art focusing on traditional armed combat with swords and spears, noted for heavily influenc...

Traditional Folk Swordsmanship Weapons

5.8 Mediocre

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Buno

Buno is a traditional Filipino grappling and wrestling system notable for its integration with weapon-based martial arts...

Traditional Folk Grappling Filipino

5.4 Mediocre

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Donga

Donga is a traditional Ethiopian stick-fighting sport practiced by the Suri people, where young men duel with long woode...

Traditional Ethiopian Weapons Surma

4.8 Poor