Origin of MMA???

[Dante4290]

How did it come about and also whos idea was it to Mix up Different Martial Arts??

[fire cobra]

Bruce Lee,watch Enter the Dragon(1973) and you will see the concept in action!

[Dante4290]

allright, cool, ill take a look and reply as soon as i see it....maybe the whole movie or youtube scene selection.

[Bjjexpertise@be]

They've had "Mixed Martial Arts" since back in the ancient days of Greece, back then it was called Pankration and was a part of the Olympics right up there with Boxing and Wreslting (Fun Fact: Back then all competitors would request to have Pankration and Wrestling first when competing because Boxing was a much more dangerous sport and they hoped to compete in their best condition).

All greek soldiers were trained in Pankration for hand-2-hand. Hell even Alexander the Great himself was said to be an expert in Pankration combat. Pankration existed for some time until the Romans took over. When the Romans had gladiator matches, the crowd preferred a blood bath rather than a technical match, so at a certain point all competitors were forced to wear gloves with spikes on them, removing a lot of the technical aspect of the sport and turning it into a mere brawl.
All the famous Pankration fighters refused to compete like this and thus eventually Pankration itself died off.

I wrote a paper on Pankration last year and this is the info I got from a couple book and internet sources, how truly accurate they are I'm not too sure so take it with a grain of salt.

[Dante4290]

Ahh it goes all the way back in the days of the ancient.... I'll be....haha....well looks like that answered my question. Pankration?...allright so it's a Two mix....not like todays mixes which is....plenty....allrighty then. Cool....thanks for the info i appreciate that.

Originally Posted by Bjjexpertise@be

They've had "Mixed Martial Arts" since back in the ancient days of Greece, back then it was called Pankration and was a part of the Olympics right up there with Boxing and Wreslting (Fun Fact: Back then all competitors would request to have Pankration and Wrestling first when competing because Boxing was a much more dangerous sport and they hoped to compete in their best condition).

All greek soldiers were trained in Pankration for hand-2-hand. Hell even Alexander the Great himself was said to be an expert in Pankration combat. Pankration existed for some time until the Romans took over. When the Romans had gladiator matches, the crowd preferred a blood bath rather than a technical match, so at a certain point all competitors were forced to wear gloves with spikes on them, removing a lot of the technical aspect of the sport and turning it into a mere brawl.
All the famous Pankration fighters refused to compete like this and thus eventually Pankration itself died off.

I wrote a paper on Pankration last year and this is the info I got from a couple book and internet sources, how truly accurate they are I'm not too sure so take it with a grain of salt.

[Marksmarkou]

personally i think as long as there has been fights by two people they have done anything to win which includes, kicks, throwing, punching, biting, whatever in order to gain victory. They mix up everything they can by doing this, hence mixed martial arts.

[Tant01]

Don't forget our ability to use TOOLS... We dominate the planet because we make weapons to kill things that could harm us...

Sticks and stones became spears... Clubs became axes and there is your first Mixed Martial Art...

[Marksmarkou]

Originally Posted by Tant01

Don't forget our ability to use TOOLS... We dominate the planet because we make weapons to kill things that could harm us...

Sticks and stones became spears... Clubs became axes and there is your first Mixed Martial Art...

true say. we've always been mixing up all ways of fighting since the dawn of time. although completely fake, WWE is mixed martial arts, they combine, strikes, wrestling and submissions.

[Dante4290]

Although WWE is staged with whatever the wrestlers do, its not all fake when you see one of the athletes get into a bad situation like injurys and stuff like that...but i never thought of WWE being mma... looks like im learning something new every day.

Originally Posted by Marksmarkou

true say. we've always been mixing up all ways of fighting since the dawn of time. although completely fake, WWE is mixed martial arts, they combine, strikes, wrestling and submissions.

[cakegirl]

Rickson invented MMA the same time that he invented the Internet.

[migo]

Can't escape the Rickson meme.

[sikal]

Among the most famous MMAists in history are the Samurai. While not the first (as has already been pointed out in this thread), they trained in sword work (Kenjutsu), knife work (Tantojutsu), archery (Kyujutsu), empty hands (Jujutsu) ... and others. They also trained in horseback riding - and fighting with all their tools from horseback. And, as I understand it, they were also expected (required?) to train in non-martial things like calligraphy or the tea ceremony. But they considered those non-martial aspects to be just as important to being a "warrior" as they did the martial aspects.

Mike