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Fighting Styles

The British and the Continentals had very different fighting styles. The British marched in lines and waited for a command to 'Ready, Aim, Fire!' This was the standard way to fight at the time. There were rules to war that the British thought everyone should abide by. Many lives were lost that way because reloading their guns took so long. While one side would reload, the other side was taking their shot at the opposition.

The Continentals took a different approach to fighting. They knew they had little chance of defeating the mighty British Army by standing in lines and taking turns shooting each other. Instead, the Continentals hid behind trees and used the lay of the land to help them surprise the British. The Redcoats didn't know where the bullets were coming from and didn't know how to defend themselves against the hidden soldiers.

The colonists had to decide which fighting style and which army they wanted to reside with. Therefore, they had to decide if they were patriots or loyalists.

From Jack Dempseys legendary boxing matches in the 1920s, to Bruce Lee’s blindingly fast punches and flashy kicks, striking styles have very different ways to defend yourself when fighting upright. Punches, kicks, blocks, knees and elbows are all fair game when striking, used more, less or not at all depending on what type of Martial Art you. Except for the Chinese martial arts, known collectively as Kung Fu, it is the highly formalized forms of Japanese martial arts that dominate action movies and neighborhood gymnasiums. The four most common styles of Japanese martial arts are aikido, iaido, judo, and karate. A brief introduction to each follows.

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.

For Hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is not trivial to distinguish 'traditional' from 'modern' martial arts. Chronology is not the decisive criterion, as, for example, 'traditional' Taekwondo was developed in the 1950s, while the 'modern' hybrid martial art of Bartitsu was developed in ca. 1900.

A large portion of traditional martial arts can be categorized as Folk wrestling (see the separate article), although in some cases a folk wrestling style and a modern combat sport may overlap or become indistinguishable from each other once the sport has been regulated.

Africa[edit]

Angola

Egypt

Madagascar

Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Americas[edit]

Brazil

Canada

Colombia

Cuba

Haiti

United States

Asia[edit]