Some of these are complete, well-developed styles and some are just a collection of a few techniques.
In the Phillippines, under the general names of Arnis, Kali, and Escrima, there are thousands of different sub-styles due to the fact that it's an archipelago, many hundreds of separate islands each with distinctive techniques.
Also, many arts and styles have been lost to history.
I would say roughly 5,000 are currently on the Earth on the 6 inhabitable continents. That's the number that exist after many styles have died off. With the advent of MMA, more styles have begun disappearing or are only found in history books or online. At one point, China had roughly 3,000 martial arts, but many of them disappeared when the Communists took over and outlawed them for private citizens.
5 or 6
About the weight of your mom.
I was joking.
10,000 +
