Mixed Martial Arts is all about using any move or technique learned in basically any martial art to defeat an opponent, therefore it can be difficult to place its exact creation or inception in history. Of course, the earliest contact sport or martial art with very few rules (or a no holds barred concept) was [...]
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Pankration: Traditional Greek Combat Sport and Modern Mixed Martial Art Book
July 9th, 2010 
Product DescriptionMassad Ayoob of Black Belt magazine called pankration “the most practical street combat form of the martial arts that I have ever seen.” Now you can learn pankration from Jim Arvanitis the world’s leading authority on the legendary Western combat art and its modern descendant. Throughout this fascinating and completely updated volume Arvanitis provides [...]
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No Comments »Mixed Martial Arts – The Basics of Jujitsu & MMA
May 31st, 2010 Product DescriptionJujitsu is a name used for Japanese martial arts techniques. The meaning of this word is the “art of softness” or “way of yielding”. Jujitsu came from Japan as a way of defeat of an opponent without using any weapons. Since hitting the opponent didn’t do much justice, they would be attacked with pins [...]
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Mixed Martial Arts On The Uprise
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA for short, is steadily going up in popularity, the main reason for this is that you can watch it on the television world wide. People of every ages watch this sport, young, middle age, and old. Another reason to why it’s successful is that it’s real, unlike Wrestling which is [...]