An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 2

Here’s the next installment of this list, for letters F-J:

• Francombat (France): Founded in 1988 by Alain Basset and Dominique Dumolin, Francombat is a French combat style focusing on self-defense. It’s a flexible system which attempts to match the risks of the modern world. In practice, the idea it to remain in motion as much as possible and to become as “inassailable as the wind” and uses the principles of non-resistance and non-opposition. You can view some animated images of it at Francombat: The Art of Strategy (the page is in French).
  
• Gongkwon Yusul (Korea): Gongkwon Yusul is a modern martial art, a hybrid form which makes use of modern practical fighting techniques in a traditional structure, including ranks, uniforms, and forms of respect. Created in 1996 by Master Kang Jun, it combines groundwork, throwing, and takedown techniques with stand-up fighting and striking.
  
• Han Moo Do (Finland): Though founded in Finland, Han Moo Do is based on traditional Korean martial arts. It’s founder, Young Suk (Yoon Soon Hwang) combined several Korean arts, including Tae Kwon Do, Hoi Jeon Moo Sool, and Hapkido to create his new style in 1989. It uses techniques such as kicks, punches, takedowns, throws, wrestling moves, and chokes. It also has three weapon styles: nunchucku, bo (long staff), and sword.
  
• Iaidō (Japan): A sword form, Iaidō focuses on drawing the sword from its sheath, striking with it, then returning the sword to its sheath. The idea is to remain focused in the moment and learn self-control. It fosters a sense of readiness in all things. It’s mostly performed solo against imagined objects or opponents.
  
• Jeet Kun Do (United States): Founded by Bruce Lee and given its name in 1968, Jeet Kun Do is as much a philosophy as a set of fighting techniques. With it, Lee sought to free martial artists from rigid adherence to styles and forms. It’s a flexible system which encourages practitioners to change and adapt techniques to suit their unique abilities.
  

Other Posts in this Series:

• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 1 (A – E)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 2 (F – J)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 3 (K – O)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 4 (P – T)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 5 (V – Z)

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