MMA Styles

What martial art style is best for me?

There is no saying what style is best for you, there are so many out there that you should pick at-least two or more arts to train. You should pick a stand up or striking style like boxing or karate and a ground submission style like wrestling or jiu-jitsu to start with. You need to train these art separately so you can develop your styles individually and when you get comfortable enough with each style you can start to mix your own martial arts.

A-Styles

ADITHADA
AGNI KEMPO
AIKIDOAIKI JUTSU
AMERICAN BUSHIDOKAN
AMERICAN FREESTYLE KICK BOXING
AMERICAN VADHA KEMPO KARATE
AMSTERDAMS VECHTEN
ANIMAL STYLES
ANKATHARI
AN YIN KUNG FU
ASHIHARA KARATE
ATEMI

B-Styles

BACKHOLD WRESTLING
BAJAWAH (TIDJU)
BAK-SING CHOY LI FUT
BAKBAKAN
BALISONG
BANDESH
BANDO (NABAN, THAING)
BANSHAY
BARAQAH
BARATERO
BATTO JUTSU
BELADIRI
BELT WRESTLING
BENILAT
BERSILAT
BETAWI
BINOT
BOXING
BOJUTSU
BOK PAI KUNG FU
BUHE BARILDAAN WRESTLING
BUKTI NEGARA
BUL KYO MU SOOL
BUNO
BURMESE BOXING
BUSHIDOKAN
BUTORYU

C-Styles

CAESTUS
CANNE DE COMBAT
CAPOEIRA
CATCH – AS – CATCH CAN WRESTLING
CELTIC WRESTLING
CHANG CHUAN
CH’A CH’UAN
CHA YON RYU
CHEIBI GAD-GA
CHI HSUAN MEN KUNG FU
CHIN NACHITO RYU KARATE
CH’O CHIAO
CHOI KWANG DO
CHOW GARCHOY LI FUT
CORNO BRETO – CORNISH WRESTLING
CUONG NHU (PRONOUNCED “KUNG NEW”)

D-Styles

DANSE DE RUE
DEGERBERG METHOD
DIOULA
DOCE PARES
DUMOG
DUX RYU NINJITSU

E-Styles

EGYPTIAN STICK FENCING
ESKRIDO

F-Styles

FAN TZU
FENCING
FONG NGAN
FIVE ELDERS KUNG FU
FU-CHIAO PAI
FU JYA

G-Styles

GATKA (A.K.A. FARI GATKA)
GENSEI RYU KARATE
GLIMA
GOJU-RYU KARATE
GOSHIN JUTSU
GO TI
GOSOKU RYU KARATE
GREAT RUSSIAN WRESTLING

H-styles

HAKOKO
HAKKO RYUHAO PAI KUNG FU
HAPKIDO
HARIMAU
HC’U CH’UAN KUNG FU
HISARDUT
HOJO JUTSU
HOJUTSU
HSING CHEN KUNG FU
HSING YI CHUAN (XING YI QUAN)HUNG CHIA
HUNG CH’UAN
HUNG GA GUNG FU
HWA RANG DO

I-styles

IAIDO
INBUAN
IKKAKU RYU JUTTE JUTSU
IRISH COLLAR AND ELBOW WRESTLING
IRISH CUDGEL FIGHTING
ISSHINRYU KARATE
ITOSU RYU KARATE

J-Styles

JAILHOUSE ROCK (52 HAND BLOCKS)JEET-KUNE-DO
JING QUAN DAO
JOGO DO PAU
JOFU FA
JOJUTSU
JUDO
JUJUTSU
JUNG SIM DO

K-styles

KABADDI
KAKALAAU
KAJUKENBO
KALARIPAYIT
KALARI SOUTHERN SYSTEM
KARATEKARYUJUTSU
KE-CHIA KUNG FU
KENDOKENJUTSU
KENPO (AMERICAN -SEE ALSO KAJUKENBO)
KEMPO (RYUKYU)
KILAP (KILAT)
KIM KE
KINA MUTAI
KIRIP
KOBUDO
KOGUSOKU JUTSU
KOLTHARI
KONG SHIN BUP DOKOO SELF DEFENSE
KOONG JOONG MUL SOOL
KOPPO
KOSHI MAWARI
KOSHO SHOREI RYU KEMPO
KOSHTI
KRABI KRABONG
KARATE (SHURI-TE, NAHA TE, TOMARI TE)
KRAV MAGA
KUI-A-LUA
KUK-SOOL WON
KULAKULAI
KUNG-SOOL
KUMDO
KUNG FU/WU SHUKUN GEK DO
KUNG KI CH’UAN
KUNTAO
KUNTAW

L-Styles

LA BOXE FRANCAISELA LUTTE FRANCAISE
LAU GAR KUNG FU
LANCASHIRE WRESTLING
LER DRIT
LI GAR KUNG FU
LIU HE KUNG FU
LIU HO CH’UAN
LIU-HO-PA-FA KUNG FU
LIMA LAMA
LO HAN CH’UAN
LUA
LUCHA DEL PALO
LUTTE BRETON
LUTTE PARISIEN

M-Styles

MACULELE
MAENPO CIKALONG
MANDE MUDA SILAT
MARMA ADI
MA SOOL
MASAKI RYU
MASSAI
MAYOLE
MEYTHARI
MIZO INCHAI
MIEN CH’UAN
MI TSUNG I
MOK GAR KUNG FU
MONGOLIAN WRESTLING
MOO DOO
MOO DUK KWAN
MOO GI GONG
MSHINDI VITA SAANA
MUAY THAI
MUKNA
MY JONG LOHAN

N-styles

NAGINATA-DONANBU DO KARATE
NATIVE AMERICAN WRESTLING
NEIKYANINJUTSU
NITEN ICHI RYU
NORTH COUNTRY WRESTLING
NUBA STICK FENCING

O-Styles

OKOL
OTHISMOS

P-Styles

PACHIGI
PA KUA CHANG (BA GUA ZHANG)
PAK MEI
PAMUR SILAT
PAMOR SILAT
PANACHE
PANANJAKMAN
PANANANDATA
PANATUKAN
PANKRATION
PEIKITI – TIRSIA
PENJANG GULAT
PENTJAK SILAT
PEUL
PILA
POC KHEK
POEKOELAN TJIMINDIE TULEN
PRAYING MANTIS (TANG LANG CHUEN/TANG LANG PAI)
PUKULAN
PURRING

Q-Styles

QIGONG

R-Styles

RATU ADIL
RAUFEN
RINGEN
RUKOPASHNII BOI

S-Styles

SADO-MU-SOOL
SAGASA
SALDU
SSIREUM
SAMBO
SAN HWANG PAO CH’U
SAN JITSU
SANKUKAI
SAN SHOU
SAPPO
SARIAN
SAVATE
SCHWINGEN (SWISS STYLE WRESTLING)
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER FIGHTING
SEIFUKUJUTSU
SEKIGUCHI RYU JU JUTSU
SELEMBAN
SERAH (SERAK)
SHAOLIN CH’UAN FA
SHIDOKAN KARATE
SHIN NO SHINDO
SHINTO YOSHIN RYU JIU-JITSU
SHOBAYASHI RYU KARATE
SHOOT FIGHTING
SHOGERIJUTSU
SHORIN RYU
SHORINJI KEMPO
SHOREI RYU
SHORIN RYU KARATE
SHOTOKAI KARATE-DO
SHOTOKAN KARATE
SHUAI-CHIAO (EARLY YEARS WAS CALLED CHIAO-TI)

T-Styles

TAE KWON DO
TAE SOO DO
T’AI CHI CH’AUN (TAI JI QUAN)
TAIDO
TAIHOJUTSU
TAIJUTSU
TAKENOUCHI RYU JUJUTSU
T’AN T’UI
TANG-SOO-DO
TANG LANG PAI
TAPADO
TEGUMI
TESSEN JUTSU
THANG-TA
THODA
THUGGEE
TI T’AND
TJAKALELE
TJIKALONG
TJIMANDE
TJIMATCHAN
TJINGKRIK
TJIOELER
TJIPADANG
TJIWARINGEN
TOIDE
TROPA – “THE PATH”
TSUI PA HSIEN KUNG FU
TUKONG MOOSUL
TURKISH OIL WRESTLING

U-Styles

UCHIDA RYU TANJOJUTSU (SUTTEKI JUTSU)
UECHIRYU KARATE
UJUNGAN

V-Styles

VALE TUDO
VARMA CUTTIRAM
VERUM KAYTHATRI
VIET VO DAO
VIVODO
VO BINH DINH

W-Styles

WADO-RYU KARATE
WAH KUEN PAI KUNG FU
WING CHUN
WOODLAND INDIAN WRESTLING
WU KUNG