What are the different kinds of martial arts? There are several different kinds of martial arts, depending on your preference. You got striking arts. Karate and Japanese Okinawa are forms of striking art....
You got striking arts. Karate and Japanese Okinawa are forms of striking art. Then you have Korean striking arts like tae kwon do. A lot of those have become more sport oriented and combat oriented. And then you have judo, which is a Japanese grappling art. And then you have jujitsu, which is like taking karate and judo and putting it together, but it's not supposed to be sport oriented. It's more combative in nature. It incorporates striking, blocking, and joint locking, throwing, and fighting from standing up and ground fighting. But jujitsu in recent years has been made popular by the Brazilian jujitsu craze by the Gracies. The Gracies and all his families are into jujitsu and they have turned it into a sport now. That's what the no-holds-barred fighting is and that's what the Gracie challenge was, where they go on an octagon and fight.
That's what jujitsu has become known as, a sport. They say it has no rules, but it obviously does have rules. You know who you are fighting, when you're fighting them, how big they're what their experience is, you have a referee, you understand what the environment is going to be is like, what the ground is like, the lighting, certain time limits and there are no weapons. It is never two or three on one or a surprise attack. It definitely is a sport.
Aikido is another art that's popular.
Aikido is a Japanese art that incorporates blending the body with the opponent. There is also a lot of throwing and joint locking. And then if you went into the Chinese arts, the main art is kung fu which can come in all sorts. There are billions of different variations of karate, kung fu and jujitsu.
