Martial arts
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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
FDSY 1987-04-17
ST 1988
THMS 1985
ABC ? *
SPC 1988
C16 1986
CPC 1986
MAC 1990
PCE 1993
NES 1986-08-08
DC 2000-08-30
DOS 1995
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).
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...
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Games by year
The first Martial arts video game was released in 1982.
Origin Systems, Ocean, U.S. Gold and System 3 published most of these games.
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Armed martial arts | Martial arts focusing on the use of weapons. | |||
Boxing | 1973 / 2022 | 290 games (6 characters) | ||
Fencing | 1984 / 2016 | 19 games | ||
Grappling martial arts | ||||
Judo | Mostly grappling based martial art. | 1985 / 2009 | 14 games | |
Karate | A martial art developed in Okinawa, Japan before the 19th century. | 1980 / 2010 | 70 games | |
Kendo | A martial art focused on using a sword and characterized by practitioners shouting their attacks. | 1986 / 2009 | 19 games | |
Kickboxing | 1987 / 2001 | 18 games | ||
Mixed martial arts | 2000 / 2012 | 11 games | ||
Muay Thai | Combat sport from Thailand. | 1985 / 1989 | 10 games | |
Striking martial arts | Martial arts focusing on striking with hands or feet. | |||
Sumo | A grappling based martial art empathising the weight of the combatants. | 1984 / 2014 | 32 games | |
Taekwondo | 1984 / 1996 | 5 games | ||
Wrestling | A 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 / 2023 | 57 games | |
Wǔshù | Any and all Chinese martial arts. | 1985 / 2016 | 19 games |