The World Martial Arts Masterships is an international martial arts competition that has been held in the North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. A total of 2 masterships have been held, with the 2016 iteration being held in Cheongju, and the 2019 competition being held in Chungju.
The World Combat Games were founded by Global Association of International Sports Federations (then known as SportAccord) with the first rendition being held in Beijing, China in 2010. The 2013 rendition was then held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Following the demise of SportAccord due to conflicts with the International Olympic Committee after the 2013 games, the World Combat Games were halted. The World Martial Arts Masterships Committee was then created to continue the idea of a martial arts-only multi-sport event.
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Duration : 2021. Oct. 29th ~ Nov. 2nd (5 days)
The 2016 competition lasted for 1 week, featuring 2,400 martial artists from 81 countries competing in 17 martial arts. The martial art program consisted of: wrestling, judo, Jujutsu, kendo, kickboxing, muay thai, sambo, taekwondo, and wushu. The masterships events consisted of horseback archery, kabaddi, hapkido, kurash, taekkyeon, Tong-Il Moo-Do, yongmudo, and 'martial arts show' and 'martial arts contest' events.
The 2019 championships were the second iteration of the masterships and featured 3,119 martial artists from 106 countries competing in 20 different martial arts areas over 275 medals. The motto was "Beyond the Times, Bridge the World".
The opening ceremony for the 2019 competition was held at Chungju Central Sports Stadium on August 30. It had 15,000 attendees and featured a performance from the Republic of Korea Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team. In total, 150,556 spectators and 900 volunteers were present during the entire duration of the masterships. Turkmenistan finished at first place with 19 medals, followed by South Korea with 17. The cost of the 2019 championships has been estimated to be 15 billion South Korean won. Additionally, an international martial arts film festival featuring 51 different films was also held during the same period.
Aikido and savate were added and kickboxing and kendo were removed from the martial arts program. Pencak silat and ssireum were added to the masterships program.
List of Sports:
GAISF Events (85):
Non GAISF Events (106):
This games was held in 3-7 Nonember in 2017.
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GAISF Events (15):
Non GAISF Events (42):
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