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There are many distinct styles and schools of martial arts. Sometimes, schools or styles are introduced by individual teachers or masters, or as a brand name by a specific gym. Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts.
Kickboxing (/ ˈ k ɪ k b ɒ k s ɪ ŋ / KIK-boks-ing) is a full-contact hybrid martial art and boxing type based on punching and kicking.Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouth guards, shorts, and bare feet to favor the use of kicks.
The original Fatal Fury is known for the two-plane system. Characters fight from two different planes. By stepping between the planes, attacks can be dodged with ease. Later games have dropped the two-plane system, replacing it with a complex system of dodging, including simple half second dodges into the background and a three plane s
Hybrid martial arts, also known as hybrid fighting systems or sometimes eclectic martial arts or freestyle martial arts, referred to as mixed martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several martial arts.
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Styles and types of blocking, as well as terminology, vary widely among the various martial arts. In Japanese martial arts such as Karate , these techniques are referred to as uke waza . Examples include age uke (rising block) and shuto uke (knife hand guarding block).
Mixed martial arts is the combination of two or more styles of fighting. The following are fighting styles that mixed martial artists traditionally train in ...
Capcom Fighting Collection is a compilation of arcade versions of ten fighting games originally developed and published by Capcom. [1] [2] [3] Most prominently, all five arcade entries in the Darkstalkers franchise are included, marking the first time the full series was made available outside Japan.