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 […]
Muay Boran (ancient Boxing) is the ancester of Muay Thai. Muay Thai is called the Art of Eight Limbs, but Muay Boran has one up on it: Muay Boran uses nine weapons, the eight of Muay Thai, plus the head. Muay Boran was a Combat Art that was used in Hand to Hand fighting. The three […]
Koei-Kan Karate can trace its history back to its origins in China, Okinawa, and Japan. It was a style that was developed by Master Eizo Onishi in 1952. Koei-Kan can be translated from Japanese (Ko-happiness) (ei-prosperity) (Kan-hall or house). Onishi, who was Japanese, was a student of two great Okinawan Karate Masters, and he was […]
Kickboxing is a sport derived from Boxing’s Punches, and Kicks from various styles of Asian Martial Arts including Muay Thai, Karate, and Tae Kwon Do. Kickboxing is a standing Striking sport that utilizes Punching, and Kicking. Kickboxing is not to be confused with Muay Thai, in which Kicks below the waist are allowed, as well as […]
Kempo is descended from Chinese Martial Arts, and can be traced directly to the Shaolin Temple. About 800 years after a traveling monk named Bodhiharma brought the first Martial Arts movements to Shaolin, called 18 Lohan or (Enlightened Hands), an experienced practioner of the Martial Arts named Chuen Yuan arrived at Shaolin, became a monk […]
Kajukenbo began in 1947 in the Palamas settlement on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The Palamas settlement was a violent place in the 1940s where fights and stabbings were common. Out of this enviroment Kajukenbo was founded by a group that called themselves the “Black Belt Society.” This group was made up of Black Belts […]
One of the oldest Japanese Martial Arts that probably had an influence on Ju-jitsu’s development was the Wrestling Sport Chikura Kurabe, that was first practiced around 230 B.C. It contained some techniques simular to Ju-jitsu. There are several theories as to how Ju-jitsu evolved. Some Martial Arts historians believe that Greek Pankration may have had an […]
Judo is a Japanese Martial Art born out of Ju-Jitsu. Its creator, Jigaro Kano, was born in 1860, and Kano became a master of several styles of Ju-Jitsu. As a child Jigaro Kano was sickly and weak. When Kano was 18 he enrolled in the Tenjin Shino-Ryu school of Ju-Jitsu. Tenjin Shino-Ryu was a soft […]
Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art that was created out of the Japanese Martial Art of Daito Ryu Jujutsu. Hapkido was founded in 1963 by Choi Young-Sul. Choi was born in Korea in 1904 and taken to Japan when he was a child. He became a servant, of Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu Grandmaster Takeda Sokaku. Choi was […]