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Pankration and Street Fighting (similarities and differences)
I have been in both Pankration tournaments and real street fights.
Personally from my experience in both I say Pankration and real fights are very similar in that most of the fights go from stand up to grappling.
Many fighters on street would use their knees on your face the difference is they would usualy pull your shirt over your face before doing so which cannot be done in MuayThai fights .Also many street fighters would use a clinche just as used in MuayThai.Thi s in itself proves MuayThai's usefullness and effectiveness and show that MuayThai is based on reality fighting.
Lets not forget the grappling part of Pankration or grappling on its own.
In grappling just as in real fights when taken to ground whether from a simple punch or swept or whatever,once on the ground in most cases if not all there will be punching to head and face,perhaps even chokes etc.
Neither Grappling or Muay Thai fights guarantee a win but neither does being in a real fight either way some one is going to lose and it could be you.
So what are the similarities and differences of MuayThai, Grappling, and a real fight?
All most everything is similar in that combining the two arts gives you more options of what to do and basically allows a person to get away with alot more and end up almost looking like a real fight except with some rules.
The only difference in a real street fight and the combination of these arts is that there are no rules in a street fight.
In martial arts tournaments you can't bite,grab hair,poke eyes,break knee caps,smash guys face on pavement,however on the street you can do it all.
However MMA' s are the closest you will come to a real situation.
I speak only from my own experiences of ring and street fights.
Personally from my experience in both I say Pankration and real fights are very similar in that most of the fights go from stand up to grappling.
Many fighters on street would use their knees on your face the difference is they would usualy pull your shirt over your face before doing so which cannot be done in MuayThai fights .Also many street fighters would use a clinche just as used in MuayThai.Thi s in itself proves MuayThai's usefullness and effectiveness and show that MuayThai is based on reality fighting.
Lets not forget the grappling part of Pankration or grappling on its own.
In grappling just as in real fights when taken to ground whether from a simple punch or swept or whatever,once on the ground in most cases if not all there will be punching to head and face,perhaps even chokes etc.
Neither Grappling or Muay Thai fights guarantee a win but neither does being in a real fight either way some one is going to lose and it could be you.
So what are the similarities and differences of MuayThai, Grappling, and a real fight?
All most everything is similar in that combining the two arts gives you more options of what to do and basically allows a person to get away with alot more and end up almost looking like a real fight except with some rules.
The only difference in a real street fight and the combination of these arts is that there are no rules in a street fight.
In martial arts tournaments you can't bite,grab hair,poke eyes,break knee caps,smash guys face on pavement,however on the street you can do it all.
However MMA' s are the closest you will come to a real situation.
I speak only from my own experiences of ring and street fights.
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