Japanese Martial Arts List is really huge, there are hundreds of different types of martial arts. I’ve found 71 different Japanese martial arts so far and this list still growing…
Japanese Martial Arts List:
1. Aikido
2. Ashihara kaikan
3. Atemi-jutsu
4. Bajutsu
5. Battojutsu
6. Bojutsu
7. Budokan
8. Bujinkan
9. Bushido
10. Bu-jutsu
11. Daido Juku
12. Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu
13. Enshin kaikan
14. Gensei-ryu
15. Goju-ryu
16. Hakku-ryu
17. Iaido
18. Isshin-ryu
19. Japanese kickboxing
20. Jigen-ryu
21. Jodo
22. Jo-jutsu
23. Judo
24. Ju-jutsu
25. Jukendo
26. Juttejutsu
27. Kendo
28. Kenjutsu
29. Kenpo
30. Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo
31. Kyokushinkai
32. Kyu-jutsu
33. Kyudo
34. Naginatado
35. Naginatajutsu
36. Ninjutsu
37. Nippon Kempo
38. Pancrase
39. Puroresu
40. Sankukai
41. Seidokaikan
42. Seishinkai
43. Shindo jinen-ryu
44. Shinkendo
45. Shito-ryu
46. Shoot Boxing
47. Shoot wrestling
48. Shootfighting
49. Shooto
50. Shorin-ryu
51. Shorinji Kempo
52. Shotokai
53. Shotokan Karate
54. Shudokan
55. Shukokai
56. Shurikenjutsu
57. Shuri-ryu
58. Suiei-jutsu
59. Sumo
60. Taido
61. Taijutsu
62. Takeda Ryu Nakamura Ha
63. Tanto-jutsu
64. Tenjin Shinyo-ryu
65. Togakure-ryu
66. Toyama-ryu
67. Uechi-ryu
68. Wado-ryu
69. Yari-jutsu
70. Yoseikan Budo
71. Yoseikan-ryu
I highly recommend you to read these books if you want to know more about Japanese Martial Arts list:
If you know more of Japanese martial arts that I haven’t mentioned so far, feel free and leave the comment below, I will add them to Japanese Martial Arts List.
Great list, might come in handy to some folks. Though it would be ever more awesome if short description of each and everyone of those martial arts would be included next to the title 🙂
Interesting list. Surprizing how many Japanese Martial Arts styles there are.