swap_horiz Musangwe Alternatives

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Queensberry Rules Boxing

Queensberry Rules Boxing established the foundation for modern professional boxing. Developed by John Graham Chambers in...

Historic Boxing Ruleset Striking

9.2 Excellent

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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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Knockdown Karate

Knockdown Karate is a full contact martial art derived from Kyokushin karate. Developed by Mas Oyama, it emphasizes powe...

Striking Karate Bareknuckle Fullcontact

8.1 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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Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Bare-knuckle boxing is a combat sport in which two fighters strike each other without the use of padded boxing gloves. O...

Combat Punch Historical Striking

7.8 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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London Prize Ring Boxing

London Prize Ring Rules were the standard ruleset for bare-knuckle prizefighting in England, first issued in 1838 and re...

Historic Boxing Ruleset Striking

7.3 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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Rough and Tumble

Rough and tumble was a form of frontier fighting associated with the United States, especially the era before modern com...

American Historical Striking Frontier

7.2 Good

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Ancient Greek Boxing

Ancient Greek boxing, known as pygmachia, was a striking combat sport contested in classical antiquity. It was introduce...

Historic Olympic Boxing Ancient

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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Isshin-Ryu Karate

Isshin-Ryu Karate is an Okinawan style of karate founded by Tatsuo Shimabuku in 1956. The system draws on earlier Okinaw...

Traditional Competition Striking Karate

6.9 Fair

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Chito-Ryu Karate

Chito-Ryu Karate is a Japanese karate style founded by Tsuyoshi Chitose in 1946. Its name is commonly translated from Ja...

Traditional Striking Karate Okinawan

6.8 Fair

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Moraingy

Moraingy is a traditional unarmed striking sport from Madagascar, also known as Malagasy boxing. It is especially associ...

Traditional African Striking Bareknuckle

6.5 Fair

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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