Mixed Martial Arts

About the class

The MMA program I teach consists of the following components: Thai Kickboxing and freestyle kickboxing / karate, Western Boxing, Submission Grappling, and Close Quarter Combat. The true origin of MMA can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks, and the early Olympic sport of Pankration. In Pankration, combatants faced each other with almost no rules, and utilised a variety of fighting tactics and methods. Pankration is often credited with being the first truly complete and organized system of martial arts.

The main aim of the classes is to teach Self Defence skills and build the students’ fitness levels up which are necessities in today's society. Students have the option of entering a Belt Grading system which will measure improvement and efficiency to demonstrate techniques, exercises and drills learned in set stages. Belt grading will take place every four to six months, dependant upon the student’s own individual rate of advancement. However, gradings are by no means a necessity as it is understood that not everyone wishes to grade. If you do not wish to grade then rest assured you will still be welcome and get the exact same quality of tuition as all other students.

The classes teach a form of mixed martial arts. The main areas taught are: -

· Punching and kicking -Kickboxing/Karate

· Pad work—Kickboxing / Karate / FMA

· Empty hand self defence - Karate / FMA

· Empty hand vs weapons—Karate /Kickboxing/ FMA

· Groundwork / Dumog - FMA, Judo, Submission Grappling

· Sparring—Kickboxing / Karate / FMA

· Weapons Drills - FMA / Karate

The uniform is a club tee shirt and training trousers which can be purchased when you join. No pyjama-type suits are worn in training as they are unrealistic in real life self defence situations (not to mention uncomfortable to train in).

Please note that you must purchase membership and insurance if you wish to participate in sparring and certain partner drills in class.

History

One of the earliest forms of widespread unarmed combat sports with minimal rules was Greek pankration, which was introduced into the Olympic Games in 648 B.C. Even as late as the Early Middle Ages, statues were put up in Rome and other cities to honour remarkable pankratiasts.

No-holds-barred events reportedly took place in the late 1800s when wrestlers representing a huge range of fighting styles including various catch wrestling styles, Greco-Roman wrestling and many others met in tournaments and music-hall challenge matches throughout Europe. The first major encounter between a boxer and a wrestler in modern times took place in 1887 when John L. Sullivan, then heavyweight world boxing champion, entered the ring with his trainer, Greco-Roman wrestling champion William Muldoon, and was slammed to the mat in two minutes. The next publicized encounter occurred in the late 1890s when future heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons took on European Greco-Roman wrestling champion Ernest Roeber. Reportedly, Roeber suffered a fractured cheekbone in this bout, but was able to get Fitzsimmons down on the mat, where he applied an armlock and made the boxer submit. In 1936, heavyweight boxing contender Kingfish Levinsky and veteran professional wrestler Ray Steele competed in a mixed match, which Steele won in 35 seconds.

Another early example of mixed martial arts combat was the martial art of Bartitsu, founded in London in 1899, which was the first martial art known to have combined Asian and European fighting styles, and which saw MMA-style contests throughout England, pitting European and Japanese champions against representatives of various European wrestling styles.

Boxing vs. jujutsu contests were popular entertainments throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s. In Japan these contests were known as Merikan, from the Japanese slang for "American [fighting]". Merikan contests were fought under a variety of rules including points decision, best of three throws or knockdowns, and victory via knockout or submission.

Professional wrestling died out after World War I and was reborn in two streams: "shoot", in which the fighters actually competed, and "show," which evolved into modern sports entertainment professional wrestling.

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