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  Xingyiquan

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  Tai Chi Chuan

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  Hwa Rang Do

  Hwa Rang Do is a Korean martial art that was created by Joo Bang Lee and his brother, Joo Sang Lee. This martial art teaches and encourages fighting techniques, weapons, spiritual training, intellectual enhancement, and artistic pursuits. It has a very involved technique structure. The name Hwa...
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  Jeet Kune Do

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  Sambo

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  Modern Arnis

  Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino martial arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a self-defense system. His goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the older Arnis systems. The term Modern Arnis was also used by Remy...
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  Krav Maga

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