Ancient Greek Pankration was the first historical instance of a combined multi-art hand-to-hand fighting system. As such, current MMA may justifiably be termed an evolved form of the Pankration that ...
As they watch the Olympic Games in Japan, a group of University of Toronto students is learning about the origins and historical significance of such athletic competitions, which began almost 3,000 ...
In the 600s BC, the major empires in the Middle East favored larger armies centered around archery, chariots and quick moving light infantry that worked well on large open battlefields. The Greeks ...
On Saturday night in Houston, two men will enter a metal cage and proceed to punch, kick, elbow, knee, wrestle and choke each other. There will be blood, sweat and concussions. Welcome to the Ultimate ...
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As they watch the Olympic Games in Japan, a group of University of Toronto students is learning about the origins and historical significance of such athletic competitions, which began almost 3,000 ...
Current MMA is a modified form of the pankration that the ancient Greeks practiced (the first article of this series explores this point more fully). Thus it is fitting that the man responsible for ...
The American Pankration team is doing its own Throwback Thursday to an ancient Greek form of martial arts. Pankration, which means “all powers fighting,” is a form of fighting originally used in the ...
Men and women jabbed, kicked, tossed and pinned into submission. People fighting to be more skillful and swift than their opponent. You would think you were watching the latest Ultimate Fighting cage ...
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