Editing Martial arts (section)

====1990 to present====

In 1993, the first [[Pancrase]] event was held in Japan.<ref name="bloodyelbow">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/3/29/5560430/origins-history-rules-early-days-old-pancrase-mma-bas-rutten-shamrock-japanese|title=The origins, history and rules from the early days of Pancrase circa 1993 |date=29 March 2014|website= bloodyelbow.com|access-date=27 May 2014}}</ref> The [[K-1]] rules of kickboxing were introduced, based on 1980s [[Seidokaikan]] karate.<ref>Soldwedel, A. (2003). 21st Century Shogun. Black Belt, 41 (1), 54-59.</ref>

During the 1990s, [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]] became popular and proved to be effective in [[mixed martial arts]] (MMA) competitions such as the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] and [[Pride Fighting Championships|PRIDE]].<ref name=UNCstyles>{{cite web |url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=LearnUFC.Styles |title=fighting art used in the UFC |website= UFC.com |access-date=7 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523232346/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=LearnUFC.Styles |archive-date=23 May 2010 }}</ref>
[[File:EU_MMA_Championship_2021,_Kazan,_Russia_4.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Mixed martial arts championship in Russia in 2021]]

[[Jackie Chan]] and [[Bruce Lee]] were prominent martial artists who became major movie figures. Their popularity and media presence has been at the forefront for promoting Chinese martial arts in the [[Western world]] since the late 20th and early 21st centuries.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shu |first=Yuan |date=2003 |title=Reading the Kung Fu Film in an American Context: From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01956050309603666 |journal=Journal of Popular Film and Television |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=50–59 |doi=10.1080/01956050309603666 |s2cid=192198724 |issn=0195-6051}}</ref>

With the continual discovery of more medieval and Renaissance fighting manuals, the practice of [[Historical European Martial Arts]] and other [[Western Martial Arts]] have been growing{{citation needed|date= June 2020}} in popularity across the United States and Europe.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

On 29 November 2011, [[UNESCO]] inscribed [[taekkyeon|Taekkyon]] onto its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity List.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/RL/00452 |title= UNESCO Culture Sector – Intangible Heritage – 2003 Convention|work= UNESCO.org}}</ref>