List of Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts are special fighting styles that have been practiced in China for hundreds and hundreds of years. They combine movements, strength, and sometimes even breathing to create beautiful and powerful techniques. You can learn more about the different styles in the article on Styles of Chinese martial arts.

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This article gives a short list of many different Chinese martial arts. Each one has its own history and special moves, and some even have their own pages that tell the full story of how they began and developed. The list here is just the beginning, and there are many more martial arts to discover.

Alphabetical listing

Here is a list of different styles of Chinese martial arts. Each style has its own special moves and ways of fighting.

• Bafaquan ("eight methods boxing")
• Baguazhang ("eight trigrams palm")
• Bai He Quan (Fujian White Crane)
• Bajiquan ("eight extremities boxing")
• Bak Fu Pai ("White Tiger Kung Fu")
  • Tiger Kung Fu / Shadong-style Tiger
• Bak Hok Pai ("Tibetian White Crane")
  • Hop Ga Kuen
• Bak Mei Kung Fu ("white eyebrow")
• Baoquan (Leopard fist)
• Bei Tui ("Northern Legs")
• Black Crane Kung Fu
• Changquan ("long boxing")
  • Chaquan
• Chin Na
• Choy Gar
• Choy Li Fut
  • Hung Sing
• Choy Mok
• Chuo Jiao ("strike foot")
• Ditangquan ("ground tumbling boxing")
• DiSom
• Do Pi Kung Fu
• Duanquan ("short-range boxing")
• Emeiquan
• Fanzi ("rotating")
• Feng Shou ("wind hand")
• Fu Jow Pai ("tiger claw style")
• Five Animals
• Fut Gar ("Buddhist family")
• Go-ti Boxing
• Gou Quan ("Dog kung fu")
• Heihuquan ("black tiger boxing" / "Henan black tiger-style")
• Hong Cha
• Hou Quan (Monkey Kung Fu)
• Huaquan
• Hung Fut
• Hung Ga
• Jiu Fa Men
• Jow-Ga kung fu^{[citation needed]}
• Kong-Dao (空道拳)
• Kunlunquan
• Lai Tung Pai
• Lau Gar
• Li Gar kung fu ("Li family boxing")
• Liuhebafa
• Liq chuan
• Longquan (Dragon Fist)
• Lung Ying (Southern Dragon Form)
• Luohanquan
• Meihuaquan ("plum-blossom boxing")
• Mianquan ("cotton boxing")
• Mizongyi
• Mok Gar
• Nanquan
• Nan Pai Tanglang (Southern Praying Mantis)
• Nan Shaolin Wu Xing Quan (南少林五行拳)
  • Chow Gar
• Northern Shaolin
• Pao Chui
• Piguaquan ("chop-hanging boxing")
• Pushing hands
• Sanda (Chinese kick-boxing)
• Sansoo
• Shaolin kung fu
• Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan
• Shequan (Snake fist)
• Shuai jiao (Chinese wrestling)
• Tai Sheng Men ("Great Sage Kung Fu")
• Tai Shing (Drunken Monkey)
• Taijiquan ("Taiji Boxing")
• Tanglangquan (Northern Praying Mantis)
• Tang Shou Dao
• Tan Tui
• Tien Shan Pai
• Tongbeiquan
• Wing Chun
• Wudangquan
• Wujiquan^{[citation needed]}
• Wu Xing Quan
• Wuzuquan (Five Ancestors)
• Xingyiquan
• Yau Kung Moon
• Ying Zhao Pai (Northern Eagle Claw)
• Yiquan / Da Cheng Quan
• Yuejiaquan ("Yue family boxing")^{[citation needed]}
• Ziranmen^{[citation needed]}
• Zui Quan (Drunken boxing)