Almost all cultures have Martial Arts of one form or another that can trace their history back centuries. The definition of 'tradition martial art' may need to be narrowed. Any training that is aimed at combat, whether it is the use of a gun, sWord, bow, spear, or any other weapon is a martial art.
The European countries that created their own martial arts were,
Italy,
Germany,
Scotland,
Ancient Greece,
Spain,
Scandinavia,
Ancient Britain, (the Celts).
In Ancient times the Celts, Brittanians and Gauls used the Ancient British martial arts, (Celtic martial arts), most everyone else in Britain used the Greek martial arts. In the Middieval times Italy and Germany had the most widely used martial arts in Europe, (Italian was the most common), during this period in Scandinavia the Vikings used "Viking Martial Arts". During the Renaissance most countries chose between the Spanish, German or Italian martial arts, (again, Italian being the most common), during the Renaissance, many countries, (such as France and Switzerland), used the Italian style of martial arts but modified it to meet their standards and called it "French" when really it was just the Italian martial arts, just with the spear, sWord or axe raised higher in the standard guard with other minor changes. Scottish martial arts were used mainly in Britain, but some in Brittani.
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