| Lakan: | The male black belt rank in the Filipino art of arnis. | |
| Lathi: | “Staff.” An Indian fighting art centered around a cane or bamboo staff about five feet in length. | |
| Lima Lama: | “Hand of wisdom.” An American martial art of Polynesian descent, which is composed of a combination of movements stemming from thirteen various Polynesian martial arts. | |
| Liu gar: | A basic southern style of Chinese kung fu centered around close-range fighting. | |
| Lua: | “Bone breaking.” The native martial art of Hawaii, now extinct, which was similar to Japanese jujutsu. |
