List of Chinese martial arts


This page contains a concise listing of individual systems of traditional Chinese martial arts. Listings of various branches / lineages of a martial art system are located on a corresponding Wikipedia page which details the history of the system. The following list of traditional Chinese martial arts is by no means exhaustive.

Alphabetical listing

The first Chinese martial arts (传统中国武术 chuántǒng Zhōngguó wǔshù)

The following Chinese martial arts have not been influenced by other cultures and have a lineage that predates World-War 2. Multiple branches of most every Chinese martial art system exist and are properly notated on separate individual pages which discuss the history of the specific system. The names of a large number of Chinese martial arts outside of China are commonly known by their Guangdong dialect equivalent. As such, alongside standard Hànyǔ Pīnyīn, standard Cantonese pinyin is also given for the sake of consistency and is denoted by "c.".
The names of the following martial arts systems were either created after World War 2 and / or were influenced by other cultures.