swap_horiz Kalarippayattu Alternatives

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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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Arnis

Arnis, also known as Kali or Eskrima, is the national martial art and combat sport of the Philippines. It is distinguish...

Traditional Filipino Weapons Sticks

7.9 Good

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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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Adithada

Adithada is an Indian martial art from Tamil Nadu that incorporates striking, kicking, grappling, and pressure point att...

Indian Traditional South Asian Striking

6.4 Fair

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Adimurai

Adimurai is a traditional Tamil martial art associated with southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu. It is practiced as...

Indian Traditional Striking Tamil

6.2 Fair

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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

6.0 Fair

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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

5.9 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

5.8 Mediocre

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Musti Yuddha

Musti-yuddha is a traditional unarmed combat practice from the Indian subcontinent; the Sanskrit name means “fist fighti...

Indian Traditional Boxing Ancient

4.5 Poor

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Varma Kalai

Varma Kalai is a traditional Tamil system that combines martial practice with the study and manipulation of varmam, or v...

Indian Traditional Striking Tamil

4.0 Poor