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East Asian martial arts:
  • Chinese martial arts
    Chinese martial arts

    Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with China martial arts. However, the Chinese language terms kung fu and wushu have very different meanings....
  • Japanese martial arts
    Japanese martial arts

    Japanese martial arts refers to the enormous variety of martial arts native to Japan. At least three Japanese terms are often used interchangeably with the English phrase "Japanese martial arts": "budo", literally meaning "martial way", , which has no perfect translation but means something like science, art, or craft of war, and ,...
  • Korean martial arts
    Korean martial arts

    Korean martial arts are the martial arts that originated from Korea, or were adapted and modified in Korea. Some well known Korean martial arts are Hapkido, Kuk Sool Won, Taekwondo, and Tang Soo Do....


See also

  • Asian martial arts (origins)
    Asian martial arts (origins)

    Theories of the origins of Asian martial arts range from the highly diffusionist to models which show greater recognition of independent invention....
  • History of East Asian martial arts
  • List of Asian martial arts
  • South Asian martial arts