Top 10 famous martial arts in the world

Martial arts are also known as a form of combat and it requires step by step path of practice. There are so many martial arts that will come from the certain countries. They are practiced for so many reasons like fighting, sport, self-defense, discipline, fitness, confidence, relaxing and meditation etc. There are so many martial arts are there in the world. But, here we covered top 10 famous martial arts in the world only.

The martial art was a style of combat that the self-defense. A person who does martial arts is called as a martial artist. Martial arts may used for the combat, self-defense and for the fitness. It is a form the one common method that is particularly in the Asian martial arts.

Top 10 famous martial arts in the world

• Karate
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Muay Thai
• Taekwondo
• Kung Fu
• Krav Maga
• Judo

• Aikido
• MMA
• Kickboxing

Karate Martial Art

• Karate was also known as Karate Do.
• Karate martial art was originated from Ryukyu Kingdom (present day Okinawa prefecture in the country of Japan).
• Karate was focus on striking.
• Karate was developed as hardness. There are 3 Types of hardness full-contact, semi-contact and light-contact.
• Karate parenthood was Indigenous martial arts of Ryukyu Islands, Chinese martial arts.

• Karate Olympic sport was debuted in the year 2021.
• Karate was started in the year of 1922.
• Karate was first developed in Ryukyu Kingdom in 17^th century.
• Karate mainly authorized and organized by the World Karate Federation.
• Karate martial is available and using in all over the world.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Martial Art

• Brazilian jiu-jitsu was also known as BJJ, Gracie jiu-jitsu.
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu martial art was originated from the country of Brazil.
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu developed as full contact of hardness.
• Brazilian was started in the year 1920’s.
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu parenthood Japanese Jujutsu (via Judo), Kosen Judo, Catch Wrestling.

• Brazilian jiu-jitsu creator was Mataemon Tanabe, Senjuro Kataoka, Geo Omori, Mitsuyo Maeda, Taro Miyake, Sadakazu Uyenishi, Yukio Tani, Takeo Yano, Soshihiro Satake, Tokugoro Ito, Jacintho Ferro, Donato pires dos Reis, Helio Gracie, Carlos Gracie, George Gracie, Oswaldo Gracie, Luiz Franca, Oswaldo Fadda.
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu focus on ground fighting, submission grappling and grappling.

Muay Thai Martial Art

• Muay Thai martial art was originated from the country of Thailand.
• Muay Thai type was combat sport.
• Muay Thai parenthood was Muay Boran, Krabi Krabong.
• Muay Thai first played in Thailand, mid-18^th century.
• Muay Thai contact was full contact.
• Muay Thai martial art was available in worldwide.

• Muay Thai Olympic was recognized by IOC.
• Muay Thai world games were from 2017.
• Muay Thai was focus on kicking and striking.

Taekwondo Martial Art

• Taekwondo was also known as TKD, Tae Kwon Do, Tae Kwon-Do, Taekwon-Do and Tae-Kwon-Do.
• Taekwondo martial art was originated from the country of Korea.
• Taekwondo was focus on striking and kicking.
• Taekwondo type was combat sport.
• Taekwondo martial art was available in worldwide.
• Taekwondo parenthood was mainly Taekkyon and Karate and slight influence of Chinese martial arts.

• Taekwondo martial art was an Olympic sport since 2000 (World Taekwondo).
• Taekwondo was first played by Korea in 1940’s.
• Taekwondo martial art was mainly authorized and organized by the World Taekwondo (South Korea).
• Taekwondo was learned and played by both males and females.
• Taekwondo contacts are full, medium and light.

Krav Maga Martial Art

• Krav Maga was originated from Palestine.
• Krav Maga was focused on Hybrid.
• Krav Maga creator was Imi Lichtenfeld.
• Krav Maga was started in the year 1971.
• Krav Maga was not a olympic sport.
• Krav Maga martial art was first played in Palestine.

• Krav Maga parenthood was Aikido, judo, karate, boxing and wrestling.
• Krav Maga types are practitioner, graduate and expert.
• Krav Maga mainly maintained and organized by the international Krav Maga Federation.

Judo Martial Art

• Judo martial art was originated from the country of Japan.
• Judo was focused on grappling, wrestling and ground fighting.
• Judo creator was Kano Jigoro.
• Judo martial art developed as full contact of hardness.
• Judo martial art was started in the year of 1882.

• Judo parenthood was various Koryu Jujutsu schools, principally Tenjin Shin’yo-ryu and Kito-ryu.
• Judo martial art was accepted as an Olympic sport in the year of 1960, Contested since 1964 (men) and 1992 (women).
• Judo martial art official website was international Judo Federation (https://www.ijf.org/).

Aikido Martial Art

• Aikido martial art was originated from the country of Japan.
• Aikido was focused on grappling and softness.
• Aikido creator was Morihei Ueshiba.
• Aikido ancestor arts Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.
• Aikido was started at 30^th April 1940.

• Aikido famous practitioners were Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Moriteru Ueshiba, Koichi Tohei, Christian Tissier, Mohrihiro Saito, Yoshimitsu Yamada, Mitsunari Kanai, Gozo Shioda, Mitsugi Saotome, Steven Seagal, Takashi Kushida, Kyoichi Inoue and Robert Mustrad.
• Aikido training will focus on mind, body and spirit.
• Aikido parenthood was Aiki-Jujutsu, Jujutsu, Kenjutsu, Sojutsu, Bojutsu and iaijutsu.
• Aikido hardness was softness and strong.

MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)

• MMA full form was Mixed Martial Arts.
• MMA was originated from the Vancouver, a city in Canada country and British Columbia.
• MMA was referred to as a cage fighting and ultimate fighting.
• MMA developed as full-contact of hardness.
• MMA is one type of combat sport.
• MMA was focused on grappling, ground fighting and striking.

• MMA mainly organized and maintained by the International Mixed Martial arts Federation.
• MMA venue was Octagon, Cage and MMA Ring.
• MMA martial arts famous practitioners were Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Stipe Miocic, Jose Aldo and many others.
• MMA greatest fighters were Anderson Silva, Daniel Cormier, Stipe Miocic, Amanda Nunes, Jose Aldo and many other fighters.

Kickboxing Martial Art

• Kickboxing Martial art was originated from ancient history of the Japan country.
• Kickboxing was focused on kicking and striking.
• Kickboxing developed as a full contact of hardness.
• Kickboxing was a combat sport.
• Kickboxing martial art is available in worldwide.
• Kickboxing creator was Osamu Noguchi.

• Kickboxing was started in the year of 1960’s.
• Kickboxing martial art famous practitioners were Bruce Lee, Semmy Schilt, Ernesto Hoost, Rico Verhoeven, Peter Aerts and many others.
• Kickbaxing greatest fighters were Bruce Lee, Semmy Schilt, Chuck Norris, Ernesto Hoost and many other fighters.

Kung Fu Martial Art

• Kung Fu martial art was originated from the country of China.
• Kung Fu creator was Bodhidharma.
• Kung Fu was started in the year of 5^th century.
• Kung Fu style was quickness and trickery.
• Kung Fu is available worldwide.
• Kung Fu hardness was flexibility and softness.

• Kung Fu famous practitioners Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, lp Man, Steven Seagal and many other.
• Kung Fu greatest fighters were Chojun Miyagi, Masahiko Kimura, Yip Man, Chuck Norris, Mas Oyama, Jigoro Kano, Royce Gracie and many other fighters.