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Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts combines techniques from various fighting styles including boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

Hybrid Cage Striking Submission

9.8 Brilliant

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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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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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Puroresu

Puroresu represents a unique form of Japanese combat sport. It blends elements of professional wrestling with martial ar...

Performance Professional Japanese Striking

8.1 Great

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Pradal Serey

Pradal Serey is a Cambodian kickboxing style renowned for its emphasis on elbow strikes, closely related to the martial...

Traditional Striking Cambodian Elbows

8.0 Great

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Arnis

Arnis, also known as Kali or Eskrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines, distinguished by its training meth...

Traditional Filipino Weapons Sticks

7.9 Good

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Goju-ryu Karate

Goju-ryu is a major Okinawan karate style founded by Chojun Miyagi in 1930, distinguished by its combination of hard str...

Traditional Sport Striking Karate

7.7 Good

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Oil Wrestling

Oil Wrestling is Turkey's national style, using olive oil and leather kisbet trousers; the Kirkpinar tournament near Edi...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.7 Good

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Amateur MMA

Amateur MMA is non-professional mixed martial arts, notable for IMMAF's 2012 founding and world championships using safe...

Hybrid Cage Striking Grappling

7.7 Good

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Mongolian Wrestling (Bökh)

Mongolian Wrestling, or Bökh, is a traditional grappling sport central to Mongolia's Naadam festival where a competitor...

Traditional Upright Grappling Mongolian

7.5 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, notable for its emph...

Traditional Striking Karate Okinawan

7.5 Good

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Bokh

Bokh is Mongolian folk wrestling, one of Naadam's Three Manly Games, where touching the ground with more than a foot or...

Traditional Grappling Throws Mongolian

7.5 Good

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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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Yoseikan Budo

Yoseikan Budo is a comprehensive Japanese martial art developed by Minoru Mochizuki in 1931, noted for integrating techn...

Traditional Japanese Hybrid Striking

6.0 Fair

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Naban

Naban is a traditional grappling martial art from Myanmar (Burma), notable for its historical practice among the Buddhis...

Traditional Folk Submission Grappling

5.9 Mediocre

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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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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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Pwa Yein

Pwa Yein is a traditional Burmese performance art incorporating acrobatics and martial arts techniques, historically uti...

Traditional Boxing Folk Striking

4.5 Poor