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Gonnosuke Musō was a Japanese samurai who lived in the 17th century, founder of the Shintō Musō-ryū koryu school of jo-jutsu. His two duels with Musashi Miyamoto were famous. According to tradition, Gonnosuke armed with a jintachi faced Musashi Miyamoto and his daisho.

Morihei Ueshiba, in Japanese 植芝 盛平, was a renowned Japanese martial artist, founder of the Aikido martial art. Practitioners of this art or aikidōkas also call it Ō-sensei as a sign of admiration and respect.

Manoel dos Reis Machado (Salvador de Bahía; 23 de noviembre de 1899 – Goiânia; 15 de febrero de 1974), más conocido como Mestre Bimba, fue un mestre de Capoeira y creador de la llamada capoeira regional.

Chen Wangting (1580–1660), courtesy name Zouting (奏廷), was a Ming dynasty officer who founded Chen-style t’ai chi ch’uan, one of the five major styles of the popular Chinese martial art.

O'Sensei Ngo Dong founded Cuong Nhu in 1965 in Hue, Vietnam. To build a strong moral and spiritual foundation for his style, Grandmaster Dong introduced his personal philosophy of self-improvement, community service, and love and respect for others. In Vietnam, Cuong Nhu was more than just another form of martial art. He provided an ideological touchstone for his students, young people who had grown up in a sadly disjointed and war-torn society that was hard-pressed to meet his spiritual needs. Grandmaster Dong taught martial arts techniques to help his students develop physically, mentally, and spiritually so they could lead full and complete lives.

Jigorō Kanō was a Japanese martial arts teacher, teacher, translator and economist, known for being the creator of judo. In 1882, Kano founded the Kōdōkan, or "School for the Study of the Way".

Gichin Funakoshi was a Japanese karate master. Known as the Father of Modern Karate or Karate-Do for the work of spreading it in the main islands of Japan and for being the founder of Shotokan-style Karate-Do, along with his son Yoshitaka Funakoshi.

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-born American martial artist, martial arts master, actor, filmmaker, philosopher, and writer.

El Embajador Choi fue el “fundador” del Taekwon-Do como es acreditado por la Enciclopedia Británica. Como miembro fundador del Ejército surcoreano enseñó artes marciales a los soldados asignados a él desde 1946. Nombró al Taekwon-Do y lo promocionó sin cesar como el arte marcial de defensa personal coreano.

The Vovinam was founded by Master Nguyễn Lộc. The master called it Vovinam, short for Võ Vietnam, or Vietnamese martial arts. But the pronunciation is Vovinam to help foreigners to remember more easily.