swap_horiz Qwan Ki Do Alternatives

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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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Wushu Sanda

Wushu Sanda is a dynamic combat sport originating in China. It integrates striking techniques like punches and kicks wit...

Platform Chinese Striking Throws

8.1 Great

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Sanshou

Sanshou is a modern Chinese combat sport developed from traditional Wushu martial arts. It’s practiced on a raised platf...

Modern Platform Chinese 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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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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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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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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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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Shoot Boxing

Shoot Boxing is a Japanese hybrid sport founded by Caesar Takeshi in 1985, mixing kickboxing with standing throws and su...

Japanese Ring Striking Standing

7.4 Good

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Pahlavani Wrestling

Pahlavani Wrestling is Iran's koshti pahlavani, the wrestling core of zurkhaneh athletics, which UNESCO listed as herita...

Historic Traditional Iranian Grappling

7.3 Good

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Tomoi

Tomoi is a Malaysian combat sport derived from Malay Peninsula traditions that closely mirrors Muay Thai, featuring punc...

Traditional Striking Southeast Asian Malaysian

7.2 Good

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Kazakh Kures

Kazakh Kures is Kazakhstan's standing folk wrestling style; UNESCO listed Kuresi in Kazakhstan as intangible cultural he...

Traditional Grappling Throws Kazakh

7.2 Good

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Taekkyeon

Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art recognized by UNESCO, notable for its fluid, dance-like footwork and sweep...

Korean Traditional Striking Fluid

7.1 Good

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Belt Wrestling

Belt Wrestling is a broad family of grappling styles in which opponents grip a belt, towel, or girdle; Alysh was interna...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Jacket Wrestling

Jacket Wrestling is a family of belt-and-jacket grappling styles from Europe and Asia, notable because clothing grips de...

Traditional Folk Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Kuoshu Lei Tai

Kuoshu Lei Tai is Taiwan-linked full-contact Chinese martial arts fighting, notable for world championship events that b...

Platform Chinese Striking Throws

7.1 Good

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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