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I will start off with some of the martial arts I know of.

 
 
These are the most common martial arts we see today:

1. Kick boxing
2. Wushu
3. Taekwondo
4. Karate
5. Judo
6. Jujitsu

 
 
And some other uncommon ones:

1. Jeet Kune do
2. Wing chun
3. Muay Thai
4. Capoeira
5. Silat
 
 
Let me just talk briefly talk about them.
 
 
I defined them “common” and “uncommon” with several factors like
 
 

- Olympics / recognised sports events.
- Popularity among young and old folks.
- Sports to arts ratio, safety aspects
- Organisations and federations in numbers
- No. of people learning it worldwide.

There are other martial arts that I may not have heard, or I just didn’t list it down. I also didn’t include some soft arts or weaponry arts.
 
 

Kick Boxing

1. Kick boxing is more to a sports I feel, with very lethal kick, punch, throw, grappling actions. It focus on strength, speed, and ability to knockout. It is definitely a very good art in case you really met up with some trouble outside.
 
 

Wushu

2. Wushu is in many aspects a soft to hard art. It consists of showmanships sports like the tou lu we see in competition, to arts like san da, which is alittle similar to kick boxing. It trains flexibility of the overall body, mind, and endurance during that long training hours, to reach perfection. With great basics one can excel very well in other martial arts as too.
 
 

Taekwondo

3. This is what I have been learning since childhood. This art transforms your legs into powerful weapons. It is a showmanship and sports art I feel. It gives a learner the feel of a fight, at a safe level. Speed and flexibility are very important, although traditional taekwondo uses the whole body as a weapon.
 
 

Karate

4. Karate is a japanese striking art. There are 4 main schools of karate: Goju Ryu, Shotokan, Wado Ryu and Shito Ryu. Each school emphasizes a different aspect. For example, Shotokan favours powerful linear movements while Goju Ryu training balances hard powerful attacks with soft breathing exercises.
 
 

Judo

5. Judo focuses on hard sweeping and throwing techniques that puts your opponent off balances. They concentrate on having the advantage to be standing firm, while pinning down your opponent and stopping them from making movements. With the right techniques one can easily overthrow someone bigger than him/her. They don’t usually involve any punch or kick motions.
 
 

Jujitsu

6. Jujitsu is a little mixture of all the rest above. It concentrates on the soft art, by learning the weakness points of joints and how to lock them. Also uses the opponents force as a counter to use their force as an advantage. Brazilian Jujitsu is a slightly different as it focuses on ground fighting. The opposite of Judo in fact.
 
 
The other martial arts are those that are not so common, and unpopular.
 
 

Jeet Kune Do

1. Jeet Kune Do is an art that was found by Bruce Lee, in fact he is my idol. I have learnt alot from his book “Tao of JKD”. This art is more than a physical art. It is an expression of oneself, an art that has no limits. It suits anyone, so instead of you trying to become like something, it helps to become what is you. I’m sure one day this art will take over other arts around the world.
 
 

Wing Chun

2. Wing Chun is a chinese art that focus on hands movements, although it has other legs and weaponry skills. It is another soft art that is good for both young and old, males and females. It doesn’t require strong and powerful hands, but rather fast, sharp and flowing motion to get to your opponents weak points.
 
 

Muay Thai

3. Muay Thai is, by its name origins from Thailand. It is made up of fast pace and heavy blows, using punches, kicks, elbows and knees. Similar to kick boxing, the nature of a fight is almost protection-less. Fighting with barely any safety equipment, this art is considered dangerous and not for show or sports.
 
 

Capoiera

4. Capoiera mimics the movement of dances because the body moves along with the music. Its movements are made up of smooth flowing kicks, high and low, jumping kicks, and some aerobics. Buy Zenegra Online It usually is non-contact where two players dance around each other, while others plays musical instruments. If used in an unappropriate way, its kicks are deadly too.
 
 

Silat

5. Lastly, silat is a art from Malaysia/Indonesia that is a sports and an art as well. Its fighting style is a little similar to that of an animal, spiritually and mentally calming oneself down before engaging in a fight. Its weapons consists of a wide variety, from kicking, punching, to sweeping. Techniques are more important than charging yourself and trying to hurt someone, which is what i feel we can learn from this art.
 
 
In my next post, I will talk about how martial arts can benefit someone, young and old, with many factors.