Luta Livre Esportiva is a Martial Art that in Portugese means “free Fight”, and is an “all encompassing” Martial Art, that contains both Grappling and Striking. Luta Livre Esportiva was created by Euclydes Hatem in the mid 20th century in Rio De Janiero Brazil. Luta Livre started out as a Ground Fighting style, that emphasized […]
Grappling is a general term for a form of fighting that utilizes techniques such as Clinches, Takedowns, Sweeps, Throws, Pins, Submission Holds, Escapes, Turnovers and Reversals, but no Striking. The eariest forms of Grappling date back to the beginning of Man. Wrestling is a form of Grappling and has been around since the first humans […]
The Greek Martial Art of Pankration was the first form of today’s MMA Fighting. The Greeks were the Bad Boys of the ancient world. They lived to fight, and fought to live. Greece was a group of city states that would ban together to fight foreign invaders. And when no other enemy was around, they […]
Martial Arts are systems of techniques practiced with the objective of developing Fighting Skills to be able to defeat an enemy, or opponent in a fight. Some Martial Arts are practiced competitively, (combat sports) such as Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Muay Thai. And some are purely for Self Defense, such as Combative Systems that were developed with techniques […]
Wushu is the Mandarin Chinese term that literally means Martial Art. In the west this has been confused with the words Kung Fu. But in Chinese, Kung Fu can be used in contexts completely unrelated to Martial Arts. It refers to any individual accomplishment or skill that is achieved through long and hard work. Wushu […]
Tae Kwon Do is a Korean Martial Art that has its roots in ancient Korean Fighting Styles, and modern Japanese Shotokan Karate. Tae Kwon Do could be called “Korean Karate” and it means “the way of the Foot and Fist,” with a heavy emphasis on “foot.” Philosophy The philosophy of the art of Tae Kwon Do is that the legs have more […]
Shotokan Karate was founded by Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957). One of the greatest Okinawan Martial Arts masters, Funakoshi trained in two styles of Okinawan Karate, Shorei-ryu and Shorin-ryu for many years. He created a simpler style that combined what he thought were the best techniques from the two, and also from Kendo’s (Japanese Fencing) distancing, and timing. Shotokan is called […]
Shorin-Ryu’s roots can be traced back to Chinese Martial Arts. These Fighting Arts were brought to the Ryu Kyu islands, now known as Okinawa. Shorin-Ryu was created by Chosin Chibana, a top student of legendary Master Anko Itosu. Shorin-Ryu is desended from Shuri-Te Karate. The original Karate styles were named after the villages that they came […]
Sambo was a state-sponsored Martial Art and system of self defense that was developed by the former Soviet Union in the early 1900s. It has its foundation in various styles of other Martial Arts especially Jui-Jitsu and Judo. Each Martial Art was examined and sifted through to try to find and keep the most efficient techniques in each […]
Pancrase is a Mixed Martial Arts organization founded in 1993 in Japan by Professional Wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minori Suzuki. Pancrase was a sub-style of Shoot Wrestling that was developed from Pankration, a Fighting Art and sport of the ancient Greek Olympic games. Pancrase was created to be a realistic form of Wrestling based on pure Shoot […]
