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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

8.63 Great

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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

8.10 Great

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HEMA Longsword

HEMA Longsword is a historical European martial arts discipline focused on the study and practice of fighting techniques...

European Medieval Historical Weapons

7.73 Good

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Oil Wrestling

Oil wrestling, known in Turkish as yağlı güreş, is a traditional Turkish sport in which competitors wrestle while coated...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.72 Good

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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

7.64 Good

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Épée Fencing

Épée is one of the three modern Olympic fencing weapons, alongside foil and sabre. Descended from the historical dueling...

Olympic Weapons Thrust Fencing

7.64 Good

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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

7.59 Good

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Eskrima

Eskrima is a collective name for Filipino martial traditions also widely called arnis or kali. Training is strongly asso...

Traditional Weapon Stick Filipino

7.45 Good

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Sikaran

Sikaran is a traditional Filipino martial art and folk sport associated particularly with the province of Rizal. Its def...

Traditional Striking Filipino Kicking

6.46 Fair

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Nguni Stick Fighting

[Nguni stick fighting](https://www.unescoicm.org/en/global_arts/view/139) is a traditional martial art and competitive p...

Combat Traditional Zulu Stick

6.16 Fair

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Jukendo

Jukendo is a Japanese martial art based on bayonet fighting. Practitioners use a wooden replica rifle called a mokujū an...

Armor Traditional Japanese Weapons

5.98 Mediocre

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Vo Co Truyen

Vo Co Truyen is a Vietnamese term used for traditional Vietnamese martial arts. It refers to a broad collection of regio...

Combat Traditional Vietnamese Striking

5.94 Mediocre

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Tankendo

Tankendo is a modern Japanese martial art based on the use of a short sword or short-bayonet weapon held in one hand. It...

Armor Traditional Japanese Weapons

5.70 Mediocre

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Kalarippayattu

Kalarippayattu is a martial art from Kerala in southern India. Its training can include physical conditioning, body-cont...

Indian Traditional Striking Weapons

5.52 Mediocre

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Bando

Bando is a Burmese martial art associated with the wider Thaing tradition. It includes unarmed techniques such as strike...

Traditional Striking Grappling Weapons

5.52 Mediocre

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Dumog

Dumog is a Filipino grappling tradition associated with Filipino martial arts. It focuses on controlling an opponent at...

Traditional Folk Grappling Filipino

5.34 Mediocre

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Angampora

Angampora is a traditional martial art from Sri Lanka that includes unarmed fighting, weapon use, and methods associated...

Traditional Striking Grappling Weapons

5.34 Mediocre

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Banshay

Banshay is a Burmese traditional martial art concerned with the use of weapons, including swords, staffs, spears, and ot...

Traditional Folk Swordsmanship Weapons

5.34 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

4.97 Poor

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Donga

Donga is a ceremonial stick-fighting tradition associated with the Suri, also called Surma, of southwestern Ethiopia. Pa...

Traditional Ethiopian Weapons Surma

4.42 Poor