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Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport that combines techniques from various martial arts like boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Greco Roman wrestling. It lets you use both ground and standing techniques. The effective techniques practiced in other martial arts like grappling and striking can be practiced in standing and ground position in MMA. Mixed martial art is derived from the ancient Olympic sport called Pankration, a Greek sport. At present, there are two main styles of MMA- sport MMA and street MMA. Sport MMA is designed for competitions and street MMA is applicable for non sport situations. MMA Magnolia, MMA Todd Mission, MMA Stoneham, MMA Hempstead.

Origin of Mixed Martial Arts

Pankration is an ancient Olympic combat sport, which combined grappling and striking techniques like Mixed Martial Arts. The origin of this sport is ancient Greece and was passed on to the Romans later. Ancient Greek Pankratiasts became the subject of legends and myths. The famous Greek hero Hercules was believed to be a Pankratiast. Pankration was the first recorded form of martial art, which later became Mixed Martial Arts. MMA style competitions spread all over England in the late 1800`s. Later, Asian style fighting was mixed with European style fighting. In the early 1900`s, the mixed style combat sport events were held in many places. The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) event held in 1993 paved the way to the origination of modern Mixed Martial arts. Many people want to include MMA in the Olympic Games, so hopefully this will happen very soon within the few years. Its becoming more popular each and every year with the public.

MMA Techniques

Mixed Martial Arts allows you to choose any martial art of your liking and combine it with MMA techniques. However, if you want to become a mixed martial artist, you need to develop a routine that focuses on honing your skills. MMA techniques are of two major types- striking and grappling. Kicks, punches and elbows fall into striking technique category and clinching holds, pinning holds, throws, take downs and submission holds fall into grappling category. If you want to master MMA, you need to cross train in numerous styles. MMA Magnolia, MMA Todd Mission, MMA Stoneham, MMA Hempstead.


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