Practical Kombat (M.M.A)
The Kane Academies Practical Kombat (M.M.A) course provides students not only with a fantastic martial arts workout but also the opportunity to grade and compete outside the club in amateur M.M.A tournaments.
The stand up elements taught are from Thai Kickboxing and Filipino Martial Arts.
The Groundwork and take down elements taught are from Kempo Ju Jitsu, Judo, Vale Tudo and Filipino Dumog.
Professor Ben Ledwick Head of the British Kempo Society in action
History of the tournament set students can compete in...
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including both striking and grappling.
Modern mixed martial arts tournaments as a popular phenomenon emerged in 1993 with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, based on the concept of pitting different fighting styles against each other in competition with minimal rules in place, in an attempt to determine which system would be more effective in a real, unregulated, combat situation.[1] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, mixed martial arts events implemented additional rules for the safety of the athletes and to promote acceptance of the sport, while maintaining as much of the original no-holds-barred concept as possible. Since these changes, the sport has grown rapidly, to the point of setting pay-per-view records.[2]
The fighting concept of combining various combat disciplines was seen in Bartitsu in late 19th century and gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the emergence of Bruce Lee and his theories of mixing various martial art styles.
The history of the modern MMA event can be traced to mixed style contests throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s; the Gracie family's vale tudo martial arts tournaments in Brazil starting in the 1920s; and early mixed martial arts matches hosted by Antonio Inoki in Japan in the 1970s. The sport gained international exposure and widespread publicity in the United States in 1993, when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Royce Gracie dominated the Ultimate Fighting Championship, sparking a revolution in the martial arts,[3] while in Japan the continued interest in the sport resulted in the creation of the PRIDE Fighting Championships in 1997.[4]
What is the point of MMA?
The point of MMA is to bring together martial artists from different backgrounds to see who is the best overall fighter. So, on any given night, you could see fighters with backgrounds in wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, judo and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.
The fighters battle it out in an eight-sided caged ring. To win, you have to knock out your opponent or make him give up. When a fighter can’t take any more pain, he taps on the mat. That’s why a submission victory is called a tap out.
MMA started to take off in the early Nineties with the advent of the UFC on pay-per-view. Early UFC fights were rather uncontrolled, as big guys were allowed to fight small guys and the beatings were quite brutal.
Royce Gracie dominated the early UFC tournaments with his style of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In this style, a fighter is comfortable on his back in a defensive posture, and he is able to grab body parts to score submissions.
Ken Shamrock, who is more of a straightforward wrestler, was another of UFC’s top stars in the early days. He and Dan “The Beast” Severn then went to the WWE, where they benefited from the notoriety of their UFC backgrounds.
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