Let’s explore the most famous martial arts in the world through the following article.
- Karate
Karate or Karate-Do is a traditional martial art of Okinawa (Japan). Karate has a reputation for fighting art with signature attacks such as punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and open-handed techniques. Karate also has the techniques of punching, kicking, kicking, blocking, dodging, kicking and hitting. To strengthen the support, Karate uses the hip rotation technique to focus energy throughout the body at the time of impact.
- Aikido
Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art created by Ueshiba Morihei (1883-1969) on the basis of traditional Japanese martial arts such as Jujitsu, Sword Art (Kenjutsu), and Martial Arts. (Sojutsu). In Aikido, like all other Japanese martial arts, there is both physical training and mental training. The physical training in Aikido is plentiful, including both physical training and general experience, as well as special techniques. Because an important part of practicing Aikido always involves throwing an opponent, the first thing students need to learn is how to fall or roll safely. Special fighting techniques include hitting and grasping; Defensive techniques include throwing and locking. After completing the basic techniques, the disciple begins to defend freely against many opponents, and in most cases anti-weapon techniques.
- Wing Chun
Wing Chun is a martial art originally from South Shaolin in Fujian Province, China. In addition to the minority, it is likely that the sect has a history of not less than 400 years, most of which affirmed the origin of Wing Chun from the Phan Thanh Restoration movement about 2 centuries ago. The sect has been introduced to neighboring countries and the West in modern times. The success of Bruce Lee on screen in the 1970s helped broaden the sectarian image throughout the world, bringing Wing Chun from being only quietly taught in the clan to become one of the sects. Martial arts are the most popular and passionate practice, with millions of disciples and dozens of sects around the world.
- Jiu-Jitsu
Jiu-Jitsu is a common term for many traditions of Japanese martial arts. Jiu-Jitsu originated from the old samurai class in Japan, using his bare hands to defend himself and to fight against armed and unarmed opponents. Because the samurai realized that the kicking method of other martial arts was not effective against opponents wearing armor, they invented a method of using falls, pressing, strangling, locking hands, locking feet to resist the enemy. These methods are generally based on the theory of using the opponent’s effort to control the opponent, instead of fighting directly.
Jutsu has many different methods, so it has given rise to many different schools. Judo is the most famous martial art derived from Jiu-Jitsu. There are also other martial arts such as Aikido, or other modern sects such as Brazilian Jutsu,… which are officially derived from Jutsu. This is also a martial art that is considered to be the sum of the essence of Eastern martial arts because it includes attacks such as objects, locks, pressing, punching, kicking, acupuncture points, hitting the details. However, due to its dangerous and brutal nature, today, this martial art is very little handed down.
