World Martial Arts - Appreciation to World Most Beautiful Heritage

Raputra In Action

2006-09-10T11:00:00.000+08:00

I miss the old days when I used to practice Karate more than 10hrs per week.

I'm not really into Kumite (sparring). I think my strength is more in Kata (form). I love performing Kata - it is the gracious moves that always make me want to study martial arts more and more.

These are some of my pics performing various moves in Kata:

World Martial Arts Gallery

2006-07-30T21:24:00.000+08:00

See action photos of different martial artists performing gracious moves from various martial art styles all over the world such as Silat, Aikido, Karate, Judo, Taekwando, Capoiera, Kyudo, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Sumo, Kungfu, Tai Chi, Kalaripayat, Silambam and many others in World Martial Arts Gallery !!

You may access the gallery by clicking the link above or the WMA Gallery button on the right column of this page!!

Please make sure to come again from time to time for new photos! :)

Tips For Choosing Martial Art Style or School

2006-07-06T01:07:00.000+08:00

Considerations:

1. What is my intention in studying martial art?

2. Which martial art suits me best?

3. What is the instructor's general attitude?

4. How are students of the martial art school behaving?

5. What is the philosophy of the martial art style?

6. What is the safety level during training session?

7. What are my physical limitations and which martial art style suits my physical best?

8. How much are you paying for the martial art lessons?

1. What is my intention in studying martial art?

To study martial art, you must first ask yourself the above question.

Is it for self-defense? Healthy mind, body and soul? Learning about culture and art? building self-confidence, self-discipline and self-control? As a hobby? If you answer most these questions yes, you are in the right direction and you will gain the good benefit of every martial art lesson you'll learn.

Or it is for revenge? fighting with others? bullying? showing-off to your girlfriend or bragging about your power? If you answer even on of these questions yes, you are in the wrong direction and I assure you that you will be frustrated, stressed and despaired because you will not go anywhere in acquiring martial art skills!

The conclusion is, even before you decide to learn a martial art, check your intention - right intention will produce right attitude with right mentality. We need good people to study martial arts to make the world a better place. We do not want bad people to study martial art who will make this world more miserable.

2. Which martial art suits me best?

Sometimes, it takes some try and error to study different martial art styles before we can find one that suits us best. I would suggest you to do some homework first - get information from the internet about different styles (visit my website again and again? :) ), or perhaps read some books at the library, ask friends who have studied certain martial arts, attend and observe few training sessions, and I would recommend you to consider the succeeding questions.

I personally have studied different martial arts - Silat Gayong, Goju-Ryu Karate, Shotokan Karate and Hapkido - I found that each martial art has its own uniqueness and strength. Keeping this idea in mind makes me more open and flexible to various lesson from any martial art. Because of this also, my spirit to learn martial art is consistently renewed, I gain the benefit of studying different techniques, skills and aspect of martial arts and all these makes me feel more excited and confidence. Remember, "each martial art has its own uniqueness and strength".

3. What is the instructor's general attitude?

I personally dislike instructor who thinks that his martial art school is the best, or only his style is worth studying! This is one of my biggest turn-off. Stay away from those kind of instructors as your knowledge and skill will not go far!

Most martial art style promotes inner peace, discipline, self-control, respect and honesty. If a particular martial art instructor does not behave in such a way that he/she promotes or practices those good qualities, most likely he/she has not fully understand the essence of martial art - implying the he/she is not a good martial art instructor. He/she will fail in guing you to discover the best in you! You will be frustrated. You will waste your time (and money too).

A Malay proverb says,"Be like paddy stalks, the more paddy grows, the more it bows (because it gets heavier)". The proverbs means that the more knowledge and skill a wise man acquires, he will become more humble (and not more arrogant!).

4. How are students of the martial art school behaving?

Again, most martial art style promotes inner peace, discipline, self-control, respect and honesty. If a particular martial art students (especially the senior students or the "sempai" as it is called in karate), do not behave in such a way that he/she promotes or practices those good qualities - you are not in a good environment to start your journey in martial art study. Of course, out of 10, there will be 2-3 people who are bad, but if most of them are bad, leave the class! You may be putting yourself in danger!

How do I define bad attitude / behavior in martial arts students? Bad students if they are arrogant, like to "try" new technique on you, give you some "accidental" bruises here and there, do not have self-control, emotional, always like to fight, brag about themselves, always feel like they are the best and look down on other people.

5. What is the philosophy of the martial art?

My brother told me before that he attended a martial art school, which had an evil philosopy and motto that was, "To kill or to be killed"!!!

Nevertheless, I was not surprised by this. They are alway bad people out there. We just need to be extra careful to choose people or group of people whom we are going to be associated with.
Many good martial arts with beautiful philosophy out there. From time to time, I will discuss various martial arts philosophy in my website. Please do come again :)!

Or you can always find good information on the internet!

6. What is the safety level during training session?

Another important factor to consider is the safety level during training sessions. Since most of us are not martial artist by profession, we do not want to go to a martial art training session and return with broken arms and legs that the next day we cannot go to work or school.

Some people say that if you do learn how to resist or accept a punch or kick, you wouldn't know how it feels and thus you cannot defense yourself in real situation. Or if you don't punch someone during training, how do you know that your punch is powerful and your technique is correct? This are just some reasons for some people to find ways to kick your ass.

Well, there are ways to know how powerful you are without kicking someone's ass such as using punching bags or 'makiwara'. There are also ways to train in a control environment such that you will know how painful it will get if you do certain techniques on someone or if the techniques are done onto you.

So, be safe. Find a martial art school that stresses safety. Afterall, most of us do martial arts to be healthy and safe. Not to be sick and unsafe.

7. What are my physical limitations and which martial art style suits my physical best?

We need to identify and know what is our physical limitation. I cannot deny that different martial arts have different techniques and capabilities, and some work on some people and don't work on others.

If you are small, you may not want to learn resistance-based martial arts, which resist energy with energy e.g. blocking a kick or punch like karate or taekwando because you may be of disadvantage when opposing a much bigger and taller opponent. In this case, you may want to choose energy-diverting-based martial art like hapkido or aikido. Or you can also optimise your potential by studying fast-moves martial arts like silat, kungfu, karate etc.

If you are big, heavy and not very flexible, it is not a good idea to learn a martial art that teaches a lot faster moves, jumping and rolling, and requires high flexibility such as capoeira as you may create problems to your joints, muscle etc. Instead, you may want to choose martial art like Sumo or wrestling. Or you can also study a more general martial arts which teach various techniques applicable to people of different sizes such as karate, silat, kungfu etc.

Another important factor is to find an instructor who will guide you the correct way of doing a technique, without giving you health problems in the long-term such as joints problem, back pain, muscle strain or tear etc.

If you feel like the martial art training is giving you more problem, better seek advice from your doctor and discuss with your instructor - it may be that you are not doing the technique correctly or perhaps the instructor teaches you wrong technique.

7. Is it practical to defend ourselves?

This is a difficult question to answer but you would not know until you are in a situation when you need to defend yourself.

But, I am a strong believer that the more you practice certain techniques by repetitive training, the more you'll develop a good reflex. It is reflex, more than the techniques itself, that usually help someone to get out of a dangerous situation.

With more repetitive training of certain techniques, your muscles would sort of store a memory called a "muscle memory" in your limbs. When this muscle memory has been stored, you do not have to think anymore on how to react to various attacks. Your body just subconsciously reacts automatically when you are attacked. You will only realize it after you have blocked a knife strike from an attacker, broke his elbow and knock him down.

So, again i strongly think that every martial art has its own uniqueness and strength. They are all practical if we practice various techniques consistently and repetetively up to a point when the techniques have become our second nature.

8. How much are you paying for the martial art lessons?

Well, I think knowledge should be shared with others for free :)

Nevertheless, I like martial art practicioners who voluntarily teach what they know for free and I kind of hesitate with people who teach martial art to be rich and famous.

But, there is nothing free in the world eh? But, only pay a reasonable prize! :)

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Silat - Malay Art of Subtleness

2006-06-23T06:33:00.000+08:00

Silat is Malay martial art.

The history of Malay people, or the Malays, can be traced up to the 8th century. Although, there were arguments among historians on the origins of the Malays - some claimed Malays were the Astronesia, some claimed they were the mongoloids (people from mongolia / taiwan) - nevertheless, the Malays dominated and occupied a big part of Southeast Asia and the 'Malay Archipelago', which nowadays include Indonesia (including Sumatera, Java, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya & other scattered islands), Malaysia, Southern Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo Island and Philiphine).

The peak of the traditional Malay civilisation was during Malacca Malay Sultanate in early 15th century. The Malacca Malay Sultanate was founded by a runaway Srivijayan prince from Palembang named Parameswara. Malacca port, which was strategically located at the center of Malacca strait, easily became the trading center for traders from of the East (China, Japan etc) and the West (India, Arabs). The Malays were originally animistic or Hindus. Islam came to Malacca through the Arabs / Indian Muslim traders. The coming of Islam was gladly welcomed and accepted by the Sultan (king) and also the Malaccans due to the Islamic teaching, which promoted peace and kindness.

Islam had a huge impact to the Malays culture, belief and way of life. After their conversion, traditions that were not according to the Islamic principles were not practiced anymore. Traditions that were not contradictory to the Islamic teachings, were continued and slowly the Islamic principles were also blended into the these traditions. Silat is one example of it. In many Silat sipiritual teaching, you may find that Islamic principles are emphasized.

It was during the Malacca Malay Sultanate era, when the lagendary Malay warriors - Hang Tuah and his brothers Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekiu and Hang Lekir - were living and today when people talk about the history of Silat, it is incomplete to not to mention their names.

Today, Silat can be found in different names in Malaysia, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Vietnam and Philiphine. Due to its introduction and promotion to the "outside" world by various gurus, Silat can now be found in the USA and Europe in countries like Denmark, Germany and The Netherland. Although the styles may differ slightly from each country, but they still use the name "Silat" infront to indicate the Malay origin and if looked carefully, they all still have similar characteristics.

Silat is a Malay martial art. To understand Silat characteristics, one must understand the nature of people so-called "The Malays".

Throughout history, the Malays were known for their warmheartedness, politeness, soft-spokenness, friendliness and benevolence. But, I can't deny that modern Malays, due to western (colonial) influences and modernization, are changing and having lesser of those traditional politeness and warmheartedness compare to their ancestors. But, forget about modern Malays for a minute.

Traditionally, Malays were farmers, businessmen, beauracrats and sailors. The Malays were, and to some extent still are, well-connected to their traditions and ettiquettes. The Malays were blessed with the wealth of various heritage such as language (with beautiful proverbs), clothes, musics, etiquettes, work of arts (carving, weaving etc), impressive houses and palaces design, dances and many others. And of course Silat is one of Malays most beautiful heritage!

The Malays were generally subtle in nature. Being naturally calm and polite people, they seldom show their anger or disatisfaction outwardly. When they are provoked, they use synicism in reply while still smiling at the provocateur. When correcting someone's improperness or rudeness, they use proverbs instead of tell him/her off frankly and directly. They use a lot of analogies. And somehow, the Malays were not genetically direct or straight to the point.

To see how beautiful the Malay words are weaved together, the following are a few examples of Malay proverbs.

"Jangan dicatuk dengan yang tajam, cincanglah dengan yang majal" (Do not strike with the sharp, but mince it with the blunt. The proverb means when giving an advice, do not use harsh language but be polite and kind.

"Kalau pandai meniti buih, selamat badan sampai ke seberang" (If you know how to walk on bubbles (wave), you can cross the ocean. The proverb means if one knows how to utilize his/her brain (to find solution to difficult situations), his/her life will be in peace and will find the way out.

"Jangan disesar gunung berlari, hilang kabut tampakla ia" (Do not chase the running mountain. When the midst dissapear, the mountain will appear. This proverb means, do not do things in a hurry or haste.

They are beautiful eh? Behind the words, there are useful lessons to learn from.

This subtle nature of the Malays, to me, is naturally blended and developed into their Silat techniques. The gracious moves that we see in Silat today, especially the "dance-like" moves or 'Bunga' (translated as flower) is a manifestation of the Malays subtle inner nature.

When I think of Silat, I think of subtleness.

But achtung! Beware!

Beneath the subtleness, there is a hidden power, sort of stored energy, poison in honey, a beautiful rose with thorny stems, a sleeping volcano, a dragon in a calm lake and once it is released, once it is touched - it is abrupt, sudden and without mercy.

Some good articles on Silat:

http://malaysilat.org/malaysilat-articles.html

Further readings:

HapKiDo: The Way of Inner Strength and Harmony

2006-06-06T19:42:00.000+08:00

I am very excited!!! Woo-hooo!! :)

Yesterday evening, I went to a Hapkido training session at Kidurong Club, a recreational & sports club that I'm a member of. I've been attending the training sessions for several weeks now. All I can say is, Hapkido is a kick-ass! I love it!

Being a Karate-guy most of my martial art life, I've never been exposed much to wrist or joint-locking, even much more to a "Korean" art. The new ideas and knowledge that I've gained throughout the last few Hapkido sessions definitely "stimulate" me, making me even more excited and enthusiastic to know about this art.

Hand-Shake Lesson:

The Hapkido instructor demonstrated to me the strength of the Hapkido 'fingers' - extend your index and thumbs perpendicularly to each other and curl in the rest, sort of like a 'pistol' hand (as shown in Korean Hapkido Federation logo below).

He asked me to hand-shake with him. Then, he asked me to press his fingers as hard as possible while still hand-shaking. I did, as hard as possible! But, his face was calm. No hurt sign shown. Then, he pressed mind. Urghh!! It hurt!

Next, he asked me,"Now, do the Hapkido 'fingers' and again shake hand with me. Now, I press. Does it hurt?"

To my surprised, it did not hurt!

So, next time, when I'm going to shake hand with someone, will do it the Hapkido way! :)

A little Bit About Hapkido:

I went searching about Hapkido on the net, through my good friend Google, of course. Found some good websites on Hapkido's history and how the art has developed - from emphasizing on wrist and joint-locking techniques to incorporating kicks and striking in the art.

The founder of "original" Hapkido was Grandmaster Choi, Young-Sool. He was from Chung Buk province, Korea. The reason I put a "original" there was due to the fact that when Grandmaster Choi started teaching in Korea, he called the martial art as Hapkiyoukwonsool or Hapkiyosool and his emphasize was in Aiki-Jutsu style, the style he had learned in Japan, which emphasized a lot of bending, twisting, joint-locks and pressure points application etc. Later, Grandmaster Choi's students, after incorporating other techniques such as kicking and striking into his teaching, gave a new name to the art - Hapkido.

"Hap" means harmony, "Ki" means inner strength, "Do" means way. So "Hapkido" is a way of inner strength and harmony. Beautiful eh?

These are some pics of Grandmaster Choi, performing some Hapkido techniques:

Well, if you want to know more about the lengthy history of Hapkido, you may want to visit the following website. It has a nice article on the History of Hapkido.

http://www.hapkiyoosool.com/hist.htm

Martial Art - Art of Human Body

2006-06-04T11:21:00.000+08:00

Through martial art, humans discover that they can do a lot of things with their body. There are hundreds and thousands of different moves in martial arts. Every limb and part of human body, a coordination and cohesiveness of which, produces fascinating actions and superb moves. Indeed, watching a martial artist moves in all of his or her conviction and exuberance, is an enchanting and soul-stirring experience!

Here are some pics of martial artists performing beautiful moves. More pics in World Martial Arts Gallery!

Young Shaolin monk is doing a right-leg turning back kick while jumping high.

Capoeira practioners dancing and jumping:

A Silat 'pendekar' (warrior), performing 'Bunga' (literally translated as Flower). Silat is known for its dance-like moves, a strategy to distract the enemies attention and focus. But within its subtleness, there is a hidden power.

A Kalaripayat practicioner jumps high, with open legs, performing a flexibility exercise.

A Karate-Ka performing 'yoko-kekomi' or side-thrust kick.

There are so many more beautiful pictures of martial artists performing fascinating moves! Please visit World Martial Arts Gallery!

The Author - Raputra

2006-05-31T07:05:00.000+08:00

Hi! My name is Rafique Adi Putra bin Mohd Nasir @ Raputra. I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thank you for visiting my website! Please feel free to browse through my website and also share ideas by participating in the discussion forum. I appreciate your comment to enhance my website. Please bookmark this website and please do come again.

In this section, I would like to share with you a little bit story about my martial arts learning experience.

My First Experience:

My father was the person responsible to introduce me in this very exciting world of martial arts. He encouraged me to learn martial art and he registered me to a Silat class when I was 10 years-old. My first martial art lesson was in Silat Seni Gayong Malaysia (PSSGM) or Silat Gayong. Learning martial art at an early age has helped to build my passion and interest in martial art, as well as prepared me with strong basic and foundation in it.

Until now although I spent more years studying other martial art styles, I still love and hold a high respect to Silat Gayong style. Maybe because it was my first martial art experience. Silat is also a big part of my ethnic culture heritage thus naturally I have some kind of bias to it. Nevertheless, my reverence to Silat Gayong style is because I think that it is a complete martial art. In my opinion, it is complete in the sense that it covers almost every physical techniques we can think of - physical exercise, kicking, punching, blocking, throwing, dance, grappling, joint-locking, un-locking, jumping, acrobatic and various weapons usage - long stick, short stick, keris, knife, cloth or 'cindai' and others. It also emphasizes good spiritual excercise and connection with the 'divine'. Another unique thing is that in the syllabus, there is a "hidden spiritual technique", which is only "granted" to selected students - a lesson called it "Seni Belian" - where practicioners claim that a student, having that knowledge, can fight like a tiger or even literally turn into a tiger. Will talk about it more in the future. So, keep on visiting my website! :)

I studied Silat Seni Gayong Malaysia for three years until I reached Pelangi Merah belt (red belt for kids). Then when I was 13 years-old, I was sent to a boarding school about 300 km away from my hometown. My study of martial art stopped for a year because I could not find any Silat Gayong class nearby. I felt something was missing when I stopped training...

From Silat to Karate:

I remembered an advice from my first martial art teacher, Cikgu Faid,"Wherever you go, do not stop training martial art. Even if it is not Silat, learn other style. It will help you in your life". This advice, I hold very dearly to my heart and has become my motivation anywhere I go in the world - I will continue searching, learning and training martial arts regardless of styles and who the teachers are. Indeed, this advice has benefited me in my martial art life such that it makes my mind opened to new ideas and lessons and not to confine myself to one individual style.

When I was 14 years-old, I joined Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate club at my high school in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia. My teacher then was Master Krishnan (6th Dan). Training under him, I was exposed to Goju-Ryu style Karate. Definitely, my Silat background had prepared me a good basic and foundation to the new style. Goju-Ryu Karate style was similar to Silat such that it has a lot of "open-hand" technique and circular movement. I studied Goju-Ryu for four years until I reached 2nd Kyu Brown belt. I also participated in several state level kata and kumite tournaments, which I enjoyed very much although I did not win any medal. I graduated from high school and again my martial art study stopped for one year as I returned to my hometown in Kuala Lumpur.

From Malaysia to USA:

At the end of 1999, on the eve of the new millenium, I flew to Minnesota, USA to further my study. I was given a a full-scholarship to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. My quest for martial art learning continued.

In the middle of my first year, I joined Shotokan Karate-Do Club at the university. My first Shotokan teacher was Sensei Nina Chenault (5th Dan), the first woman to attain 5th Dan in America. I was also taught by Sensei Robert Delmas (3rd Dan). At first, I needed to do a some adjustment to the new style I was learning especially on the stances. When I studied Silat Gayong and Goju-Ryu, I was so used to broad and low stances. But in Shotokan, I was taught to do higher stance but with strong connection to the ground.

Shotokan taught me to perform every technique with high concentration, precision and focus or 'kime' - which I strongly feel that this is the specialty of Shotokan Karate.

Although I had a brown belt in Goju-Ryu, I started over as a white belt when I joined Shotokan as the syllabus and most Katas were different between the two. In 2001, the training instruction of the university club was taken over by Sensei Robert Fusaro (7th Dan). At first I did not know how it would affect me but later I knew that that transition was a big blessing in my martial art life.

Sensei Fusaro was one of the most respected Senseis in North America. He was one of the few highest non-japanese black belts in the world and has more than 40 years of experience in Karate. At 70 years old, he still trains and teaches Karate. He was the person responsible to boost my passion in martial art. His teaching style, his wisdom, his personality, had inspired me. I trained really hard such that during my final year in college, I spent training Karate at almost the same hours I spent for studying engineering. My Karate progressed fast and I slowly gained Sensei Fusaro's attention.

In 2003, Sensei Nishiyama (8th Dan) came to Minneapolis to give a Karate seminar. No need to introduce Sensei Nishiyama as he is the founder of Japanese Karate Association (JKA) and Head of International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) and was an ex-student of Master Funokoshi, the father of modern Karate. Currently, Sensei Nishiyama is one of the highest ranked karate masters in the world.

During the seminar, there was also a black belt testing. At that time, I was only holding a 2nd Kyu Brown Belt. I managed to convince Sensei Fusaro to allow me to test for ShoDan (1st Degree black belt) as I had trained hard and prepared for it. With permission from Sensei Nishiyama, I was allowed to test for ShoDan and skipped one Kyu.

Out of six tested for ShoDan that night, only two students passed the test and I was one of the two. All praise due to the Almighty. I feel blessed. I was granted a ShoDan - tested by Sensei Nishiyama!

But, Sensei Fusaro always reminded me, "When you get your black belt, that is when the real karate training starts”. ". What he meant by that was, what I learned before that was just the basic to Karate. So I should not be arrogant with my rank and I must continue learning and training Karate. The more I learn Karate, the more I should feel humble. This has been a valuable lesson in my martial art life.

A few months before I left USA, Sensei Fusaro gave me more personal attention and passed-down and transfered his knowledge to me. He taught me more advance Katas, which I had not learned before. I was also asked to teach a few of his classes at the university and at his dojo just to prepare me for what he would ask me to do later. His last request before I left USA was,"When you go back to your country, teach Karate!".

End of 2003, I returned to my home country. I brought back two scrolls - a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a ShoDan in Shotokan Karate-Do. Most importantly, I brought back valuable knowledge and experience in martial arts, which definitely useful to me in my life. I think the most valuable lesson I gain through martial art study is that it teaches me discipline, self-control, passion and focus.

And now...

Now, I am working as an Engineer in an oil and gas industry in Bintulu, a small town in East Malaysia. I'm also married to a beautiful wife, Rahimah (love you honey!). Busy work schedule always hinders me to train Karate or martial art in general. There is no Shotokan Karate class in Bintulu. Nevertheless, I try to spend whenever time I have to train by myself and also try to teach others. I invited some friends who are interested to learn Shotokan, teached them, learned from them and trained with them. I hope this is to also fulfill the request from my good sensei, Sensei Fusaro.

Hapkido?

Just recently, I joined a Hapkido class. I found it interesting as the style is different than what I have learned before in Goju-Ryu and Shotokan Karate. Hapkido does a lot of joint locking, which I have learned a little bit in Silat. Hapkido was also believed to have the same origin as Aikido so most of the concept is quite similar. I am very excited!! This will be another new journey in my quest for knowledge and experience in martial arts.

Deep down inside, I know that I do not know anything about any martial art. That is why I must continue learning and training as the old saying says,"Practice makes perfect". As the first precept of Dojo-Kun says, "To seek perfection of character". Perfection of character can only come with continuous practice. So, to me martial art is a life-long study, a life-long journey, a life-long passion. I will continue my journey until it cannot be continued anymore in this physical world.

Thanks to all my teachers, all the individuals who have had impacts to my martial art life.

This website is my dedication to share my passion with you all.

Welcome to World Martial Arts!

2006-05-13T13:49:00.000+08:00

Hi! I'm Raputra. Welcome to World Martial Arts!

I started this website because of my passion to martial arts. As I can see there are so many different styles of martial art in the world today, I could not help but to seek information, study, understand and acknowledging the beauty and uniqueness of each martial art style. The more knowledge I seek, the more I discover, the more I become excited to know more about its identity, techniques, principles, culture and specialty. This website is dedicated to this diverse art - which I think as one of the world most beautiful heritage which should be preserved.

Keywords: Silat, Karate, Karatedo, Aikido, Tae Kwando, Pencak, Judo, Kalaripayat, Silambam, Kungfu, Wushu, Qi Gong, Chi Gong, Kyudo, Sumo, Boxing, Ki Gong, Capoiera, Hapkido, Muay Thai, Jujitsu, Ninja, Samurai, Kendo, Kyudo, Ninjutsu, Jeet Kune Do, Wrestling, Oil Wrestling, Greek Wrestling, Turkish Oil Wrestling, Budo, Budokan, Shotokan Karate, Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate, Shito-Ryu Karate and Wado-Ryu Karate, Silat Seni Gayong, PSSGM, Silat Cekak Hanafi, Silat Cekak Malaysia, Silat Lincah, Silat Keris Lok 9, Kali, Silat Gayong Pesaka, Silat Kuntau, Kuntao, Silat Pulut, Silat Gayong Patani, Kali, Kinka Kai, Budokai, Pendekar, Prajurit, Perwira, Guru, Wira, Kata, Kumite, Gayung, Keris, Tekpi, Mahaguru, Beladiri.

Also, please visit World Martial Arts Gallery by clicking the picture on the top right column!