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Martial arts

Sport theme

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59
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Involves any of the systematised combat arts, commonly known as martial arts.

Notable people involved: Archer Maclean, Rob Hubbard, Greg Malone, Jochen Hippel and Jordan Mechner

Alternate names: Fighting arts, Budo, Wǔshù
Name variations: combat sports

Usually people think of eastern unarmed combat arts when martial arts are mentioned, but combat arts involving melee weapons also belong to this. Historically western cultures had only armed martial arts in broad use, but these were also important in eastern cultures on side of the usual unarmed arts.

Modern martial arts are usually labeled hybrid martial arts as they combine several arts into something that's actually efficient, however there are still lots of people who practice the old, though their purpose is more in terms of learning discipline and otherwise training the body without real aim to use it in self-defense or combat (for which they're largely inadequate).
Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Capoeira, Savate, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Glima, Judo, Jujutsu, Sambo, Shuai jiao, Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido, Fencing, Gatka, Kendo, Silambam, Eskrima, Jogo do Pau, Jukendo, and so on...

Popular tags

1on1fighting actionadventure actionrpg beltscroller judo karate kendo kickboxing martialarts-armed mixedmartialarts mmog muaythai multisport scrollingbeatemup sumo waterdiving wrestling wushu

Parent group

Mêlée combat

Games by year

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The first Martial arts video game was released in 1982.

Origin Systems, Ocean, U.S. Gold and System 3 published most of these games.

Platforms

C6438
NES26
Amstrad CPC24
ZX Spectrum24
MS-DOS20
Amiga18
Atari ST15
Apple II E10
MSX10
Arcade8
Windows8
BBC6
Electron6
Linux6
PS6
C16/Plus45
Mac OS Classic5
Famicom Disk System4
Tandy Coco4
Atari 400/8004
Xbox4
PS23
GB3
Master System3
PC Engine3
Atari 26002
GameKing2
Amiga CD322
GBC2
Mega Drive2

Most common companies

Child groups

Armed martial artsMartial arts focusing on the use of weapons.
Boxing1973 / 2022290 games (6 characters)
Fencing1984 / 201619 games
Grappling martial arts
JudoMostly grappling based martial art.1985 / 200914 games
KarateA martial art developed in Okinawa, Japan before the 19th century.1980 / 201070 games
KendoA martial art focused on using a sword and characterized by practitioners shouting their attacks.1986 / 200919 games
Kickboxing1987 / 200118 games
Mixed martial arts2000 / 201211 games
Muay ThaiCombat sport from Thailand.1985 / 198910 games
Striking martial artsMartial arts focusing on striking with hands or feet.
SumoA grappling based martial art empathising the weight of the combatants.1984 / 201432 games
Taekwondo1984 / 19965 games
WrestlingA purely grappling based martial art. Please not that this is meant to be for sport wrestling games similar to the Olympic discipline of wrestling.1992 / 202357 games
WǔshùAny and all Chinese martial arts.1985 / 201619 games