swap_horiz Shoot Boxing Alternatives

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Boxing

Contested in a ring, boxing centers on punches delivered with gloved hands under rules governing legal targets and condu...

Olympic Ring Striking Punching

9.32 Excellent

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Muaythai

Originating in Thailand, Muaythai, also written Muay Thai, combines a martial tradition with a competitive ring sport. I...

Ring Striking Thai Elbows

9.31 Excellent

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K-1 Rules Kickboxing

K-1 rules kickboxing combines gloved punches and kicks with permitted knee strikes in a ring. The name comes from the K-...

Japanese Ring Ruleset Striking

9.18 Excellent

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Japanese Kickboxing

Japanese kickboxing, primarily K1 style, is a combat sport developed in Japan. It blends elements of Muay Thai and karat...

Japanese Striking Standing Lowkick

8.23 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

8.12 Great

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Puroresu

Puroresu represents a unique form of Japanese combat sport. It blends elements of professional wrestling with martial ar...

Performance Professional Japanese Striking

8.10 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

8.05 Great

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Kyokushin Karate

Kyokushin is a full-contact style of karate founded by Masutatsu Oyama and formally established in 1964. Its training em...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.87 Good

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Low-Kick Kickboxing

Low-kick kickboxing is a stand-up combat sport ruleset permitting fighters to execute direct strikes to the opponent's t...

European Competition Striking Standing

7.68 Good

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Shotokan Karate Kumite

Shotokan karate kumite is the partner practice and sparring component of Shotokan karate. Kumite applies techniques from...

Japanese Striking Shotokan Karate

7.42 Good

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Wado-Ryu Karate Kumite

Wadō-ryū Karate-dō is a Japanese martial-arts style formally founded by Hironori Ōtsuka in 1934. Ōtsuka combined Okinawa...

Japanese Striking Karate Kumite

7.28 Good

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Savate Combat

Savate Combat, also known as Savate Boxe Française, is the full-contact competitive iteration of the French martial art...

Modern French Ring Striking

7.24 Good

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Ashihara Karate

Ashihara Karate is a full-contact Japanese martial art founded by Hideyuki Ashihara in 1984. The style is distinguished...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.22 Good

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Seidokaikan Karate

Seidokaikan is a Japanese full-contact karate organization and fighting style founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1981. Its co...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.06 Good

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Kuoshu Lei Tai

Kuoshu Lei Tai is a full-contact competition format associated with Chinese martial arts and international Chinese kuosh...

Platform Chinese Striking Throws

7.05 Good

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Enshin Karate

Enshin Karate is a full-contact karate system founded in 1988 by Joko Ninomiya. Its central tactical method, sabaki, emp...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.04 Good

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Shootfighting

Shootfighting is a hybrid combat sport and martial arts system developed and trademarked by American martial artist Bart...

Professional Japanese Hybrid Striking

6.90 Fair

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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

6.90 Fair

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WKF Karate (Olympic)

WKF Karate is the competition ruleset administered by the World Karate Federation. It organizes karate into kata, which...

Modern Olympic Japanese Striking

6.82 Fair

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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

6.81 Fair