Martial Arts

• Taekkyeon

  • Traditional Korean martial art that makes use of fluid, rhythmic dance like movements.
  • Consisted of gentle and circular movements rather than straight and rigid.
  • First martial art to be inscribed on UNESCO’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage(2011).

• Taekwondo

  • Korea’s national combat martial art, well known as an Olympic sport.
  • Techniques are made of bare hands and bare feet, consists of diverse foot techniques.

• Muaythai

  • Thailand’s traditional martial art with a 1,000 years of history, also called ‘Thai Boxing.’
  • Utilizes destructive parts of the body like elbows, knees, and shins.

• Silat

  • Combatitive art of self-defense, and consist of techniques using the whole body.
  • Popular in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, etc.
  • Inscribed on the UNESCO’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage(2019).

• Arnis

  • Philippine’s traditional martial arts, also called ‘Kali,’ or ‘Eskrima.’
  • Consists of weapon (sticks, knives, etc.) based techniques with sticks, and open hand fighting without weapons.

• Wushu

  • A modern form of China’s traditional martial arts Kungfu, which was developed with the aim to help monks be physically healthy.
  • May refer to all kinds of Chinese Martial Arts that have been developed and transmitted in central china.