This list of 180+ martial arts styles provides you with details about their techniques, kata & forms, history, etc. It ranges from well-known styles (such as Karate, Taekwondo, Krav Maga, BJJ and MMA) to more unique martial arts styles (such as "Drunken Fist" Kung Fu, Sherlock Holmes' Bartitsu and Zulu Stick Fighting). We have also broken this information into country of origin (i.e. martial arts that were developed in America, Japan, China or Korea) and martial arts styles dedicated to a "specialty" (i.e. weapons-based or grappling-based martial arts). We will find more detailed country and specialty lists below. Hopefully, this information will help you to find a martial arts style & school that is right for you. Many of these martial arts help participants to improve their overall fitness, learn self-defense, gain confidence and lose weight.
