How many different types of "martial arts" are out there?

Question

Names and methods?

Answer 1

THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS, BUT LIKE BRUCE LEE SAYS UNLESS THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HUMANS WITH 4 ARMS AND 4 LEGS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIGHT. STYLES MEAN NOTHING

THAT'S WHY BRUCE LEE WAS THE GREATEST  

Answer 2

Thousands upon thousands, and within each style or type each individual slightly alters the art to meet their personal needs and to fit with their body type and movement and fighting style.

By the time you consider that, it is more like millions. When you include mixed martial arts and the likes of Jeet Kune Do and the various ways to approach and apply them there is no real number to apply.

Answer 3

around 50

Answer 4

There are so many types, and then different styles within those types, and then there are personal changes that each individual makes to the style they learn,.....you get the point.

Answer 5

Egypt

Egyptian Stick Fencing

Eritrea

Testa

Nigeria

Dambe

South Africa

Nguni Stick Fighting

Rough and Tumble

Obnu Bilate

Senegal

Laamb Wrestling

Sudan

Nuba Fighting

Togo

Evala Wrestling

[edit] American martial arts

Bolivia

Tinku

Brazil

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Capoeira

Kombato

Luta Livre

Maculele

Vale Tudo

Canada

Defendo

Wendo

Okichitaw

Mexico

Lucha Libre

Peru

Rumi Maki

Vacon

United States

American Kenpo

American Kickboxing

Bok Fu Do

Bai Ying Pai

Catch Wrestling

Chun k*k Do

Collegiate Wrestling

Danzan Ryu

Hoshin Roshi Ryu

Kapu Kuialua

Limalama

Jailhouse Rock

Kajukenbo

Kokondo

Marine Corps LINE Combat System

Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

Model Mugging

Modern Army Combatives

Red Warrior

Venezuela

El Juego del Garrote

[edit] Asian martial arts

Cambodia

Bokator

Kbachkun Dambong-veng

Khmer Traditional Wrestling

Pradal Serey

China

Chinese martial arts

Main article: List of Chinese martial arts

Bafaquan

Baguazhang

Bajiquan

Black Tiger Kung Fu

Chaquan

Chow Gar

Choy Lay Fut

Ditangquan

Do Pi Kung Fu

Dragon Kung Fu

Eagle Claw

Emeiquan

Fanziquan

Five Ancestors

Five Animals

Fujian White Crane

Fu Jow Pai

Dog Kung Fu

Monkey Kung Fu

Huaquan

Hung Fut

Hung Gar

Jing Quan Do

Jow-Ga Kung Fu

Lau Gar

Leopard Kung Fu

Liu Seong Kuntao

Liuhe Bafa

Long Fist Kung Fu

Luohan

Mei Hua Quan

Mian Quan

Mizongquan

Nanquan

Northern Praying Mantis

Pak Mei

Paochui

Piguaquan

Sanshou

Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan

Shaolin Quan

Shuai Jiao

Shequan

Southern Praying Mantis

Tai Chi Chuan

Tantui

Tien Shan Pai

Tongbeiquan

Wing Chun

Wudangquan

Wu Wei Gung Fu

Xingyiquan

Yau Kung Mun

Yingzhaoquan

Yiquan

Zuiquan

India

Main articles: Indian martial arts, Indian wrestling, and Dravidian martial arts

Adithada (അടി തട)

Bothati (बोथटि)

Gatka (ਗਤਕਾ)

Inbuan Wrestling

Kalarippayattu

Kuttu Varisai (குத்துவரிசை)

Lathi (लाठी)

Malla-yuddha (मल्लयुद्)

Malyutham (மல்யுத்தம்)

Mukna (মুকনা)

Niyuddha-kride (नियुद्ध क्रिडे)

Pehlwani (पहलवानी)

Sarit Sarak (সরিত সরকার)

Silambam (சிலம்பம்)

Thang-Ta

Varma Kalai (வர்மக்கலை)

Vajra Mushti (वज्र मुश्टि)

Indonesia

Bakti Negara

Kuntao

Pencak Silat

Silat

Sindo

Israel

Kapap

Krav Maga

Japan

Main article: Japanese martial arts

Aikido (合気道/合氣道)

Battojutsu (抜刀術)

Bōjutsu (棒術)

Bujinkan (武神館)

Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu (大東流合気柔術/大東流合氣柔術）

Dakentaijutsu

Genbukan

Goshin Jujitsu (護身柔術)

Hakko Ryu (八光流)

Iaido(居合道、居合術 Iaijutsu)

Japanese kickboxing

Jinenkan

Jodo (杖道)

Judo (柔道)

Jujutsu (柔術、Jiujitsu, Jujitsu)

Japanese Karate Styles (空手)

Ashihara kaikan (芦原会館)

Budōkan (武道館)

Butokukan karate

Gensei-ryū (玄制流)

Genwakai (玄和会)

Enshin kaikan (円心会館)

Seido juku (誠道塾)

Shōtōkan-ryū (松濤館流)

Shōtōkai (松濤會)

Yoseikan-ryū (養正館流)

Shindō jinen-ryū (神道自然流)

Shidokan (士道館)

Shitō-ryū (糸東流)

Shukokai (修交会)

Seishinkai (聖心会)

Hayashi-ha karate

Shūdōkan (修道館)

Shuri-ryu (首里流)

Wado Ryu (和道流)

Yōshūkai (養秀会)

Kendo (剣道)

Kenjutsu (剣術)

Kenpo (拳法)

Kenpo kai (拳法會)

Kyūdō (弓道)

Naginata-do (薙刀道)

Nakamura Ryu

Nanbudo

Ninjutsu (忍術) or Ninpo (忍法)

Nippon Kempo (拳法)

Puroresu

Shindo Yoshin Ryu

Shidokan

Shinkendo

Shintaido (新体道)

Shoot boxing (シュートボクシング)

Shoot wrestling

Shooto (修斗)

Shorinji Kempo (少林寺拳法)

Sumo (相撲)

Taido (躰道)

Taiho-Jitsu

Taijutsu (体術)

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū (天真正伝香取神道流)

Toyama Ryu

Yabusame (流鏑馬)

Yagyu Shingan-ryu

Yoseikan Budo

Korea

Main article: Korean martial arts

Chung Do Mu Sool Won 정도무술원 / 正道武術院, (정도무술원 / 正道武術院)

Gwon-gyokdo (권격도/拳擊道)

Haidong Gumdo (해동검도/海東劍道)

Han Mu Do (한무도/韓武道)

Hankido (한기도)

Hankumdo (한검도)

Hapkido (합기도/合氣道)

Hoi Jeon Moo Sool (회전무술)

Hup Kwon Do

Hwa Rang Do (화랑도/花郎道)

k*k Sool Won (국술원/國術院)

Kumdo (검도/劍道 Gumdo)

Kunmudo

Kyuki Do

Seon-Kwan-Moo

Shippalgi (십팔기/十八技)

Soo Bahk Do (수박도/手搏道)

Subak (수박/手搏)

Sul Ki Do

Ssireum (씨름) - Korean Wrestling

Taekwondo (태권도/跆拳道)

Taekyon (택견)

Tang Soo Do (탕수도/唐手道)

Toa So Dou

Tukong moosul (特攻武術)

WonHwaDo (원화도/圓和道)

Yongmudo (용무도)

Laos

Ling Lom

Malaysia

Silat Melayu

Tomoi

Mongolia

Mongolian wrestling

Myanmar

Main article: Burmese martial arts

Bando

Banshay

Lethwei

Naban

Okinawa

Main article: Okinawan martial arts

Naha-te (那覇手)

Shuri-te (首里手)

Tomari-te (泊手)

Karate (空手)

Chitō-ryū (千唐流)

Gōhakukai-ryū (剛柔流泊手空手道協会)

Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流)

Isshin-ryū (一心流)

Ryū-te (琉手)

Ryūei-ryū (劉衛流)

Shohei-ryu

Shōrin-ryū

Kobayashi (小林流)

Shidōkan (小林流志道館)

Shōrinkan (小林流小林館)

Matsubayashi (松林流)

Seibukan (少林流聖武館)

Shōbayashi (小林流)

Shōrinji-ryū

Tōon-ryū (東恩流)

Uechi-ryū (上地流)

Okinawan kobudo (古武道)

Kyokushin kaikan (極真会館)

Kenshin Ryu

Matayoshi Kobudo

Ryukyu Kobudo

Yamanni ryu (山根流)

Tegumi (手組)

Philippines

Main article: Filipino martial arts

Arnis

Buno

Cinco Teros

Dumog

Eskrima (Kali)

Espada y Daga

Kali Sikaran

Kombatan

Modern Arnis

Pananjakman

Pangamut

Sikaran

Yawyan

Sri Lanka

Angampora

Cheena di

Thailand

Krabi Krabong กระบี่-กระบอง

Lerdrit

Muay Boran มวยโบราณ

Muay Thai มวยไทย

Tibet

Boabom

Uzbekistan

Kurash

Vietnam

Vietnamese martial arts (Võ Thuật Việt Nam)

Hóa Quyền Đạo - Phakwondo

Hồng Gia Viet Nam

Viet Vo Dao/ Việt Võ Đạo - Vovinam (越武道)

Nhat Nam

Tay Son

Binh Dinh

Ba Tra Tan Khanh

Nam Hong SÆ¡n

Qwan Ki Do (Quán Khí Đạo)

Cuong Nhu

Tu-Thân

[edit] Caribbean martial arts

Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago

Kalinda (also Kalenda or Calinda)

Cuba

Mani stick fighting

Jamaica

Capoeira Angola

Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic

Kickboxing

Kajukenbo

[edit] European martial arts

Main article: European martial arts

General

Amateur Wrestling

Archery

Catch Wrestling

Fencing

Jousting

Austria

Judo-do

Finland

Han Moo Do

France

Baton Francais

Francombat

Gouren

Greco-Roman Wrestling

Kinomichi

La Canne

Lutta Corsa

Savate

Georgia

Khridoli

Germany

German Ju-Jutsu

German School of Swordsmanship

Kampfringen

Nindokai

Greece

Pankration

Iceland

Glima

Iran

Wrestling in Iran

Varzesh-e Pahlavani

Ireland

Bataireacht

Italy

Italian School of Swordsmanship

Norway

Stav

Poland

Combat 56

Portugal

Jogo do Pau

Russia

Sambo

Spetsnaz GRU Hand-to-hand Combat Style

Systema

Kadochnikov's Systema

ROSS

Ryabko's Systema

Serbia

Real Aikido

Svebor

Spain

Canarian Wrestling

Destreza

Juego del Palo

Keysi Fighting Method

Zipota

Switzerland

Schwingen

Turkey

Sayokan

Yagli Gures

Ukraine

Combat Hopak

United Kingdom

Bare-knuckle Boxing

Bartitsu

Boxing

Cornish Wrestling

Defendu

Dirk Dance

Jieishudan

Lancashire Wrestling

Scottish Backhold

Shaolin Kickboxing Club

Zhuan Shu Kuan

[edit] Oceanian martial arts

Australia

GKR Karate

Zen Do Kai

New Zealand

Mau Rakau

Answer 6

It depends on how you define "martial art."

Using one definition, there are as many martial arts as there are martial artist. Everybody is unique and has their own personal quirks and preferred methods.

Using another definition, there are THOUSANDS.

Using a third definition, there are only TWO:

EMPTY HAND techniques and

WEAPONS techniques.

.

Answer 7

a lot

Answer 8

Striking

Punching - Boxing (Western), Wing Chun

Kicking - Capoeira, Savate, Taekwondo

Other strikes (e.g. Elbows, knees, open-hand) - Muay Thai, Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu

Grappling

Throwing - Glima, Judo, Jujutsu, Sambo, Shuai jiao

Joint lock - Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido

Pinning Techniques - Judo, Wrestling

Weaponry

Traditional Weaponry - Fencing, Gatka, Kendo, Silambam

Modern Weaponry - Eskrima, Jogo do Pau, Jukendo

Many martial arts, especially those from Asia, also teach side disciplines which pertain to medicinal practices. This is particularly prevalent in traditional Chinese martial arts which may teach bone-setting, qigong, acupuncture, acupressure (tui na), and other aspects of traditional Chinese medicine.[2]

Answer 9

Thousands

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_art...

Answer 11

Tae Kwon Do

Judo

Jujitsu