swap_horiz Nanbudo Alternatives

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K-1 Rules Kickboxing

K-1 Rules Kickboxing developed from Japanese combat sport traditions, primarily established by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1993....

Japanese Ring Ruleset Striking

9.2 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

9.0 Excellent

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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

8.6 Great

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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

8.4 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

8.1 Great

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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

7.9 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

7.7 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

7.5 Good

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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

7.5 Good

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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

7.4 Good

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Shoot Boxing

Shoot boxing is a Japanese combat sport and hybrid martial art established in 1985 by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi. I...

Japanese Ring Striking Standing

7.4 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

7.4 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

7.3 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

7.1 Good

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Isshin-Ryu Karate

Isshin-Ryu Karate is an Okinawan style of karate founded by Tatsuo Shimabuku in 1956. The system draws on earlier Okinaw...

Traditional Competition Striking Karate

6.9 Fair

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Silat Olahraga

Silat Olahraga is the regulated competitive form of pencak silat, the Indonesian martial-art tradition practiced across...

Competition Indonesian Striking Southeast Asian

6.8 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

6.8 Fair

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Yoseikan Budo

Yoseikan Budo is a modern Japanese martial art created by Minoru Mochizuki. It combines striking, throwing, grappling, j...

Traditional Japanese Hybrid Striking

6.0 Fair

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Sport Chanbara

Sport Chanbara is a Japanese combat sport in which participants spar with padded weapons and protective equipment. Its f...

Japanese Sport Competition Foam

5.5 Mediocre

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Merpati Putih

Merpati Putih is an Indonesian school of pencak silat, the country’s traditional martial-arts system, formally establish...

Traditional Competition Indonesian Striking

4.5 Poor