r/martialarts rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/martialarts: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members: 540.6K
Community age: Created Aug 2008, 18 years
To post: No minimum in the rules
To comment: No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion: Allowed with conditionsPosting your own content is fine but do not overdo it. Directly advertising for your school must be approved by the mod team in advance.
Links: Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk: HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

Reddit Rules Apply: This is an open and public subreddit operating in accordance with the standard Reddit rules.
No Low-Effort Content: Unoriginal memes, shitty content, excessive cross-posting, drive-by posting (dropping a link with no text or thought), etc...
Use the Search Function: Try searching before you post questions. A lot of questions have been posted before, often with great answers to your question.
No Pirated Content: Don’t try and pass off other people’s content as your own.
No Porn, Fetish, Kink Content; Don't be F*cking Creepy: Just don’t.
No Excessive Self-Promotion: Posting your own content is fine, but please don’t overdo it. Directly advertising for your school should be approved by the mod team in advance.
Don't be a Dick: The fact that you're hiding behind a screen shouldn't make you feel emboldened to spread BS, whine, troll, or hurl insults at other users.
No Medical or Legal Advice: This isn't the place.
No Surveys or AMAs Without Prior Approval: Send Mod Mail if you'd like to host something.
No "How Do I Get Started?" or "What Should I Train Posts?": Constant posts about getting started bog down the subreddit with numerous similar posts. We have a weekly beginner questions thread that automatically goes up each week. Please seek it out to ask these questions.
No Form-Checks or Critique Seeking: Don't post videos asking the subreddit to critique your form. Ask your coach, not the mass of random internet strangers here who often don't even train. This includes bag work, static techniques, and untrained people sparring with their buddies in back yards. Posting a video of you sparring at your gym or competing are totally fine, we just ask that you provide context around what you're showing. Likewise, demonstrations, or instructional clips are acceptable, but please provide context.
Martial Arts are NOT Therapy: If the content of your post indicates that you need therapy more than you need training, know that nobody here is qualified to provide that to you. Posts which clearly demonstrate this dynamic will be removed.
No Creepy Incel Bullshit: The "male loneliness epidemic" is about to get that much lonelier when we ban your maladjusted ass for being the kind of dude that makes women instinctively cover their drinks in the club or cross to the other side of the street when they see you.
No Nazis, Transphobes, Misogynists, or Bigots in General: If you need this explained to you, feel free to message the mod team directly using the code "Bahn Mi".
General Terrible Posting: Generic questions and statements with no thought will be removed. Such as but not limited to "Street Fighting" and other things that indicate you don’t train.

Works well

Sparring or competition footage from your own gym with context about what you are showing, which the form check rule explicitly allows
Instructional clips or demonstrations with proper context around what you are showing
A specific discussion question about training, style, or technique that goes beyond the generic posts the rules call terrible posting
A lesson learned from running a martial arts adjacent business, shared as a story rather than an ad, posted sparingly
A useful resource or write-up with real thought behind it, not a bare link, so it does not count as drive-by posting

Avoid

Posting a link with no context or thought, since drive-by posting is explicitly called out as low effort
Asking how to get started or what style to train, because those posts get removed and the weekly beginner questions thread is the right place
Posting a video of your bag work, your kata, or your sparring in a backyard asking for critique, since form checks and critique seeking are banned
Advertising your school without messaging the mod team first, because direct school advertising needs advance approval
Running a survey or an AMA without prior approval from the mods
Stacking self promotion, since posting your own content is fine but overdoing it is not allowed and will get you removed or banned

What r/martialarts Is For

This is a subreddit for all things martial arts related, which leaves the door open to nearly any style or background. The people here train, and the rules show the community is tired of generic posts from people who do not train. Practitioners share sparring footage, instructional clips, and gym stories, and there is a weekly beginner questions thread that automatically goes up each week for newcomers.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

Several rules decide whether a marketing adjacent post survives here. “No Low-Effort Content” bans unoriginal memes, excessive cross-posting, and drive-by posting, which is dropping a link with no text or thought. “No Excessive Self-Promotion” says posting your own content is fine but you must not overdo it, and directly advertising for your school should be approved by the mod team in advance. “No Surveys or AMAs Without Prior Approval” means you send mod mail before running either of those. “No Form-Checks or Critique Seeking” bans videos asking for critique of your form, though videos of you sparring at your gym, competing, or instructional clips with context are acceptable. “No 'How Do I Get Started?' or 'What Should I Train Posts?'” sends beginner questions to the weekly beginner questions thread. “No Pirated Content” means don't pass off other people's content as your own. Finally, “General Terrible Posting” removes generic questions and statements with no thought.

What To Post

A good post here has real thought behind it and gives context. If you train, footage of sparring at your gym, competition footage, or instructional clips with context around what you are showing all fit. Questions are welcome if they are specific and not covered by the weekly beginner thread. If you are a founder, bring something genuinely useful to people who train, like a lesson learned or a resource that respects their time, and keep self promotion occasional rather than constant. If you want to advertise a school, message the mods first.

What To Avoid

Do not drop links without thought, do not post form check videos, do not ask how to get started or what to train, and do not ask for medical or legal advice. Do not run surveys or AMAs without approval, do not advertise your school without mod approval, and do not overdo self promotion. Don't be a dick, don't post pirated content, and know that martial arts are not therapy here, posts that show someone needs therapy more than training get removed. Bigotry and creepy behavior get people banned outright.

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Common questions about r/martialarts

Can I promote my product or service here?

It depends on how you do it. Posting your own content is fine but you should not overdo it. Directly advertising for your school needs approval from the mod team in advance.

Can I ask how to get started in martial arts?

No. These posts are removed because they bog down the subreddit, and there is a weekly beginner questions thread that automatically goes up each week for exactly that purpose.

Can I post a video and ask for a form check?

No. The rules say don't post videos asking the subreddit to critique your form, and ask your coach instead of random internet strangers. Videos of you sparring at your gym or competing are fine as long as you provide context.

Can I run a survey or an AMA here?

Not without approval. The rules say no surveys or AMAs without prior approval, and you should send mod mail if you want to host one.

Is this subreddit only for people who train?

The description says it is a sub for all things martial arts related. That is broad, but the rules on low effort content, self promotion, and beginner questions decide what actually survives.

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