How many different fighting styles are there in the world?

Answer 1

It's difficult to pinpoint a specific or even approximate amount. If you look up on Wikipedia, you'll see slightly over two hundred styles. However, when you take into consideration that there are multiple subgroups of fighting styles based off of a single, main one, as well as hundreds of hybrid styles, the number increases to several thousands. Not including the fact that every individual has his/her own unique style, as this will raise the number to over a million. If you look further, all the way to ancient civilizations, like the Sumerians, you could probably see the same thing happening. At that point, the number could be over nine thousand for all we know (literally, not a DBZ reference). If I were to guess, I'd say 9,001 fighting styles.