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Dog Brothers Martial Arts is an American combat sport focused on realistic stick fighting and weapon defense. Founded in 1988, it emphasizes full-contact training through Gatherings showcasing practitioners’ skill using limited protective equipment. The organization caters to individuals seeking a p...

Kyokushin is a full-contact style of karate founded by Masutatsu Oyama and formally established in 1964. Its training emphasizes physical conditioning, basic techniques, kata, and hard sparring, while its knockdown competition rules generally allow powerful bare-knuckle strikes to the body and kicks...

Dog Brothers Martial Arts Gatherings are full-contact weapons-fighting events associated with the Dog Brothers organization in the United States. Participants commonly use rattan sticks and techniques drawn from Filipino martial arts, with limited protective equipment and a ruleset intended to permi...

Founded by Choi Hong Hi in 1966, International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and combat sport. It is distinguished by its sine wave technique, which involves a continuous up-and-down motion of the practitioner's center of mass to generate power. Unlike Olympic-style Ta...

Savate Combat, also known as Savate Boxe Française, is the full-contact competitive iteration of the French martial art of savate. Practitioners wear specialized boxing shoes and utilize both kicking and punching techniques against their opponents. Unlike Muay Thai, the use of shins and knees is pro...

Ashihara Karate is a full-contact Japanese martial art founded by Hideyuki Ashihara in 1984. The style is distinguished by its use of sabaki, a strategic method of footwork and body movement designed to position the defender beside or behind an attacker. This practical approach blends circular movem...

Seidokaikan is a Japanese full-contact karate organization and fighting style founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1981. Its competition format emphasizes practical striking and knockdown-style bouts, drawing from the broader tradition of full-contact Japanese karate. Seidokaikan also provided the organiza...

Enshin Karate is a full-contact karate system founded in 1988 by Joko Ninomiya. Its central tactical method, sabaki, emphasizes repositioning around an opponent, redirecting attacks, controlling balance, and counterattacking from an advantageous angle. Training and competition permit striking alongs...

American kickboxing is a full-contact combat sport that emerged in the United States during the 1970s by combining Western boxing techniques with kicks derived largely from karate. Traditional rules permit punches and kicks to legal targets above the waist while excluding low kicks, elbows, knees, t...

Uechi-ryu is a traditional Okinawan karate style founded by Kanbun Uechi in the early 20th century. Uechi studied Chinese martial arts in the Fujian province of China, and the style is based on the Pangai-noon method, incorporating elements of tiger, crane, and dragon techniques. It is known for its...

Calcio Storico Fiorentino is a traditional early form of football that originated in Florence, Italy, characterized as a rugged, full-contact team sport. A famous match took place in Piazza Santa Croce on February 17, 1530, when the city was under siege by Imperial troops. The game combines elements...

Buhurt is a modern full-contact combat sport in which participants wear historically inspired armor and fight with blunted steel weapons. Competitions commonly include team melees, such as five-against-five contests, where fighters seek to bring opposing participants to the ground under an establish...

WEKAF stick fighting is a competitive form of Filipino martial arts conducted under rules associated with the World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation. Competitors typically use padded sticks and protective equipment, including head and body armor, to permit forceful exchanges in a controlled sporting fo...

Historical Medieval Battle (HMB) is a full-contact combat sport in which participants use historically accurate reproductions of medieval armor and blunted weapons. Fighters engage in mass battles, known as buhurts, or one-on-one duels, with strict rules regarding the authenticity of their gear and...