swap_horiz HEMA Longsword Alternatives

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Greco-Roman Wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is an ancient combat sport rooted in European traditions. It’s notable for its focus on upper-body...

European Olympic Grappling Throws

9.4 Excellent

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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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Low-Kick Kickboxing

Low-kick kickboxing is a combat sport ruleset popularized in the Netherlands where competitors are permitted to throw di...

European Competition Striking Standing

8.4 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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Foil Fencing

Foil Fencing is an Olympic fencing discipline derived from historical training weapons, distinguished by its right-of-wa...

Olympic Weapons Thrust Light Weapon

8.0 Great

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HEMA Sword and Buckler

HEMA Sword and Buckler is a historical European martial arts discipline reconstructed from medieval texts, notable for p...

European Medieval Historical Weapons

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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Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Bare-knuckle boxing is a pugilistic sport where fighters compete without padded gloves, originating in 17th-century Engl...

Combat Punch Historical Striking

7.8 Good

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Historical European Martial Arts

Historical European Martial Arts reconstructs European fighting systems from manuals, notable for its focus on sources f...

European Historic Weapon Duel

7.8 Good

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Rough and Tumble

Rough and tumble was a ferocious American fighting style popular on the 18th-century frontier, notorious for its lack of...

American Historical Striking Frontier

7.2 Good

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Buhurt

Buhurt is modern full-contact armored combat with blunt steel weapons, notable for team formats such as 5 vs 5 and origi...

Armor Team Medieval Weapon

6.9 Fair

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Atarashii Naginata

Atarashii Naginata is a modern Japanese martial art using a bladed polearm, notable for being codified in 1953 to emphas...

Japanese Sport Women Polearm

6.8 Fair

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Historical Medieval Battle

Historical Medieval Battle is organized armored combat using reproduction gear, notable for national-team events such as...

Armor Team Medieval Weapon

6.8 Fair

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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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Singlestick

Singlestick is a traditional British martial art utilizing a wooden stick, originally developed as a safer method to tra...

Historical Stick English Weapons

6.5 Fair

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Russian Fist Fighting (Kulachniy Boy)

Russian fist fighting, or Kulachniy Boy, is a traditional bare-knuckle combat sport notable for its historical presence...

Russian Historical Folk Striking

6.5 Fair

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Calcio Storico Fiorentino

Calcio Storico Fiorentino is an early form of soccer originating in 16th-century Florence, notable for permitting brutal...

Italian Hybrid Historical Striking

6.5 Fair