Question for u grapplers about Pankration fighting.

Yu Law · 04-07-2005, 02:10 PM

So what is it? I always thought that Pankartion fighting was just a more formal word used to describe MMA?

But recetly i read an article that said someitgn like "since the demise of Pankartion fighting took place MMA has been popularized due to UFC blah balh blah...etc...."

So wut the hell is pankration? IS it MMA? Is it BJJ? Or is it a combo?

AlexJitsu · 04-07-2005, 03:35 PM

It's NHB without punches to the face, only palm strikes. Bas Ruten was the shit in it.

Yu Law · 04-07-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexJitsu

It's NHB without punches to the face, only palm strikes. Bas Ruten was the shit in it.

that's it? So its basically MMA.

DJColdfusion · 04-07-2005, 05:13 PM

There's Pancrase in Japan, which is as described above, and there Pancration (sometimes spelled Pankration). Pancration is supposed to be the rebirth of an ancient greek fighting art. In the end it is, like MMA, a collection of punching, kicking, and grappling techniques. There are a few instructors who claim to teach the original Pancration . . . oh yah, and they shoot monkey's out of their buts too.

Sersiously, there isn't any "real" difference. It is just one part of the martial semantics used to describe the collective arts more commonly referred to as MMA.

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Yu Law Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: T.O., Canada Posts: 133 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Question for u grapplers about Pankration fighting. So what is it? I always thought that Pankartion fighting was just a more formal word used to describe MMA? But recetly i read an article that said someitgn like "since the demise of Pankartion fighting took place MMA has been popularized due to UFC blah balh blah...etc...." So wut the hell is pankration? IS it MMA? Is it BJJ? Or is it a combo?

04-07-2005, 05:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
DJColdfusion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: SLC, Utah Posts: 446 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	There's Pancrase in Japan, which is as described above, and there Pancration (sometimes spelled Pankration). Pancration is supposed to be the rebirth of an ancient greek fighting art. In the end it is, like MMA, a collection of punching, kicking, and grappling techniques. There are a few instructors who claim to teach the original Pancration . . . oh yah, and they shoot monkey's out of their buts too. Sersiously, there isn't any "real" difference. It is just one part of the martial semantics used to describe the collective arts more commonly referred to as MMA. __________________ MaximumG.com -- Combat sports!

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AlexJitsu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 206 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's NHB without punches to the face, only palm strikes. Bas Ruten was the shit in it.

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