There are many types martial arts for a start there is kung fu it is a way of fighting using your body as a weapon and also some weapons basically karate and kung fu are the same the only difference is some forms and techniques and there is taekwondo the most common in Ethiopia it only uses your body as a weapon then there is jit kun do unlike the others it the art of no form only instincts and was invented by Bruce Lee. Basically the are all the it just depends on the student.