Martial arts in München

While martial arts is designed more competitive, the self martial arts is rather self-defense. But the boundaries are fluid.

In martial arts, there are basically two types of competition, namely duel and form competition. The latter is especially common in Asian martial arts such as Kungfu or Taekwondo. In two-match bouts you usually have the goal to defeat the opponent by precipitation, KO or similar.

Martial arts include boxing, karate, judo and wrestling, as well as Asian martial arts such as kungfu and taekwondo. There are also regional martial arts as the Swiss swing and the Turkish oil rings.

In Germany professional boxing is a very popular martial art. Known German boxers include Henry Maske and Arthur Abraham. There are also many amateur box clubs.