Help Document Every
Fighting Technique

ACENji Tech Solutions Inc., a Delaware company, is building the world's first complete taxonomy of fighting techniques across all martial arts — a proprietary knowledge platform unlike anything that exists. Join our team as a pro bono contributor and help shape the future of martial arts education.

Where We Are
2,055
techniques documented
183
martial arts covered
925+
reference sources verified
Progress~14%
Where We're Going
~15,000
estimated total techniques across all arts
300+
martial arts to fully catalog
7-level
scientific taxonomy (Class to Variety)

* The 15,000 figure is an evolving estimate. The true number of distinct techniques across all martial arts has never been counted — that's exactly what we're building.

Who We Need

Phase 1: 10-15 contributors

Martial Arts Researcher

2-3 people

You train or deeply study a martial art. Help us verify technique names, add missing entries, and ensure accuracy for your style.

Ideal: BJJ/MMA/Judo/Karate/Kung Fu practitioners, martial arts bloggers, Reddit contributors

Taxonomy Editor

1 person

You love organizing knowledge into systems. Review our 7-level technique classification tree and help us get the hierarchy right.

Ideal: Librarians, biologists (taxonomy is your language), Wikipedia editors, ontology nerds

Content Writer

2-3 people

Write clear, engaging descriptions for techniques and martial arts. Turn raw data into encyclopedia-quality articles.

Ideal: Martial arts journalists, sports science students, Medium/Substack writers

Translator

3-5 people

Help us get original terminology right. Many techniques have Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, or Thai names that need verification.

Ideal: Native/fluent speakers who also train martial arts. Priority: Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean

Developer

1-2 people

Help build the platform. Next.js 15, React 19, PostgreSQL, Tailwind. Work directly with our engineering team.

Ideal: Full-stack or frontend devs who want real-world experience on a unique product

Video Contributor

5+ people

Find and submit the best instructional videos for each technique. Every technique page supports embedded video with community voting.

Ideal: Anyone who watches martial arts content on YouTube and knows quality instruction

How Contributing Works

1

Apply & sign NDA

Tell us about your martial arts background and how you'd like to contribute. All contributors sign a simple NDA to protect the project's proprietary data.

2

Get assigned & contribute

We'll match you to an area that fits your expertise. Review entries, add missing techniques, improve descriptions, or submit reference videos.

3

Get recognized

All contributors are credited on the platform. Top contributors earn editor privileges, early access to new features, and a voice in the project's direction.

Why This Matters

  • Hundreds of martial arts have techniques that exist only in oral tradition — they'll be lost if not documented
  • No single resource covers all fighting techniques across all arts in a unified system
  • Current wikis are fragmented: BJJ techniques on one site, Judo on another, striking on a third
  • We're building a 7-level scientific taxonomy (Class → Group → Family → Sub-Family → Genus → Species → Variety)
  • Every entry is backed by academic references — 925+ sources and growing

Honest Status

Fight Encyclopedia by ACENji Tech Solutions Inc. is a work in progress. Even the techniques and martial arts already listed have gaps — missing descriptions, unverified names, incomplete references. We know. That's the nature of cataloging something that has never been fully cataloged before.

What we do have is a solid foundation: a working platform, a 7-level taxonomy structure, 2,055 technique entries across 9 classes, 183+ martial arts profiles, and more than a thousand verified reference sources — academic papers, textbooks, historical archives, and competition rule sets spanning dozens of languages.

We're looking for feedback, contributors, and early supporters who want to help shape this into the definitive resource for martial arts worldwide.

Roadmap

Now

Fill content gaps for existing techniques and martial arts — descriptions, references, videos, images

Now

Expand the taxonomy — add missing techniques across all 9 classes toward the 15,000 target

Next Month

Multi-language support — Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Thai, and more

Next Month

Mobile app development — native experience for iOS and Android

Coming Soon

ACENji scale campaign — promoting Fight Encyclopedia worldwide across martial arts communities, gyms, federations, and universities

Ready to help?

Tell us which martial art you know and how you'd like to help. We'll review your application and get you onboarded.