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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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Kyokushin Karate

Founded by Mas Oyama in 1964, Kyokushin is a full-contact style of Japanese karate famous for its intense bare-knuckle c...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

8.6 Great

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Ashihara Karate

Founded by Hideyuki Ashihara in 1984, this Japanese karate style is notable for its sabaki method, which emphasizes tact...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.9 Good

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Enshin Karate

Founded by Joko Ninomiya in 1988, Enshin Karate is a Japanese full-contact style recognized for its circular movements a...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.7 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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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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Shito-ryu Karate

Shito-ryu is an Okinawan karate style founded by Kenwa Mabuni in 1928, recognized for its extensive kata curriculum that...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.5 Good

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Wado-ryu Karate

Wado-ryu is a Japanese karate style founded by Hironori Otsuka in 1934, notable for being one of the first pure styles t...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.4 Good

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Full Contact Kickboxing

Full Contact Kickboxing is an American 1970s ruleset combining boxing and karate, with punches and kicks generally limit...

Striking Kicks Punches Tatami

7.3 Good

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Karate Kumite

Karate Kumite is the sparring discipline of karate; under WKF rules it debuted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with three wei...

Olympic Striking Points Karate

7.3 Good

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Full Contact Karate

Full Contact Karate is a hard-contact karate competition style popularized in the 1970s, notably by the PKA's 1974 world...

Modern Ring Striking Karate

7.3 Good

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Seidokaikan Karate

Seidokaikan Karate is a Japanese full-contact style created by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1981, later serving as the karate base...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.1 Good

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Ju-Jitsu Fighting

Ju-Jitsu Fighting is a JJIF sport format with three phases: striking, throws, and groundwork, and it has appeared at the...

Hybrid Striking Grappling Tatami

6.9 Fair

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WKF Sport Karate

WKF Sport Karate is the standardized, point-based amateur fighting format governed by the World Karate Federation, featu...

Olympic Striking Karate Kumite

6.8 Fair

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Light Contact Kickboxing

Light Contact Kickboxing is a WAKO tatami discipline, notable for continuous 3x2-minute rounds with controlled punches a...

Striking Kickboxing Tatami Wako

6.7 Fair

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Kick Light

Kick Light is a WAKO kickboxing discipline between point fighting and low-kick, notable for controlled thigh kicks while...

Striking Kickboxing Lowkick Tatami

6.6 Fair

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Tang Soo Do Sparring

Tang Soo Do sparring is the contest format of Korean karate-based Tang Soo Do, notable for roots in post-1945 kwans such...

Korean Tournament Striking Points

6.3 Fair

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Soo Bahk Do Sparring

Soo Bahk Do sparring is the competitive side of Hwang Kee's Moo Duk Kwan art, notable after the organization adopted the...

Korean Tournament Striking Points

6.2 Fair

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American Kenpo Sparring

American Kenpo sparring is competition in Ed Parker's U.S. kenpo system, notable from the Pasadena school and IKKA he es...

American Tournament Striking Points

5.9 Mediocre

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Musical Forms with Weapons Sparring

Musical Forms with Weapons is a WAKO performance event, notable for choreographed routines using weapons such as bo, nun...

Weapon Forms Kickboxing Tatami

4.5 Poor