The history of MMA

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Mixed martial arts competitions can be traced back to the XXXIII Olympiad in 648 BC during the ancient Greek period, when it was known as Pankration. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThe perfect participant should be the best wrestler among boxers, or the best boxer among wrestlers. Not only do contestants need to be highly and well-rounded in martial arts, but also good courage, mental quality and tactical planning are also key factors to win the competition. For example, the Colosseum in Rome used to be used for competitions, and during the competition, players could use any moves, boxing, ancient Greek fighting, wrestling and other fighting techniques.

In recent years, kicking, wrestling, and all-encompassing mixed martial arts competitions have undoubtedly become the mainstream of world ring competition, and professional discussions on crosstraining and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) have undoubtedly firmly occupied the right to speak in the international martial arts arena.

As early as the 1966s of the last century, when people in the traditional martial arts community were still using boxing gloves and inch-stop competition as the main body of training and competition, and were still talking about the almost mysterious "one-hit kill" stunt, Bruce Lee during the period of the Los Angeles Zhenfan Guoshu Museum had already improved a large number of training tools and training methods, and began cross-genre and cross-field cross-training, as well as kicking and wrestling without limits, which the author called "JKDMMA, Jeet Kune Do Mixed Martial Arts". This is regarded by some martial arts commentators at home and abroad as the beginning of the globalization of modern mixed martial arts.

Bruce Lee's idea of unrestricted martial arts, namely Jeet Kune Do, advocated more than 40 years ago, and Sammo Hung's epoch-making modern allegorical allegorical allego, finally indirectly inspired the organizers of the world's first ultimate fighting competition (UFC) in the 1993s: who is stronger to let martial artists of different schools compete under quasi-unlimited rules that are closest to actual combat situations? That is, any genre of techniques such as kicking, elbow and knee, wrestling, joint skills, and strangulation techniques are allowed in the game, and even after the player falls to the ground, he can still continue to attack until one side completely surrenders, so as to get as close as possible to the unlimited actual combat in reality. Gracie's upset victory in multiple championships meant that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu broke the traditional notion of the strongest martial arts for the first time, and cross-genre unrestricted martial arts began to take the world by storm.

Initially, in such events, there were distinct factions of fighters, and jiu-jitsu and wrestlers dominated the world, but as the practice of the ultimate fighting tournament continued to deepen, the new "conservative" view of martial arts that once made people think that Jiu-Jitsu was the strongest in the world was ruthlessly broken again - because the boundaries of those schools were blurred, and the all-round mixed martial artists who were proficient in both striking and ground skills began to dominate by a huge margin.

The development of history just confirms the insight of Bruce Lee's super era: only when martial arts cancel the artificial boundaries of sects and races, can it truly present infinite freshness, liveliness and vitality, and "only comprehensive martial arts can cope with any situation" - whether it is kickboxing or jiu-jitsu, no one is stronger than the other, only a comprehensive combination and three-dimensional use can truly stand in the contemporary mixed martial arts ring. At present, such mixed martial arts events have emerged in Japan, the United States, Brazil, Russia and other countries for a while, and they have evolved rapidly, although they have different names, but they are collectively called MMA competitions.

Introduced by various countries

The Gracie family introduced MMA to the United States in 1993 as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The UFC allows any martial arts (e.g., karate, judo, sumo, kickboxing, etc.) and Olympic sports (e.g., boxing, judo, wrestling, taekwondo) to compete in a unified set of rules to determine which kung fu is the best. For the first time, the UFC gave American audiences the opportunity to see the battle between different martial arts in the same arena.

To date, the UFC has become the most influential MMA competition in the world and is recognized as one of the most entertaining and competitive sporting events in the world. The UFC's success has been met with tremendous support from the international martial arts community. The success of the UFC has led to the development of MMA worldwide, and MMA has become a popular sport worldwide. To date, MMA is officially legal in all 50 states in the United States. In addition to the monthly UFC fights; There are also nearly 100 different organizations across the United States that host their own MMA competitions.

MMA has been launched in Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and other European countries. In Asia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and other regions have also begun to hold their own MMA competitions. In particular, Japan has become another developed MMA country after the United States. PRIDE is the largest MMA organization in Japan and is tied with the UFC for the world's dominant position in MMA competition. PRIDE usually holds a tournament in Japan once a month, and the audience alone reaches tens of thousands. Even Japan's K-1 organization, which has always been known for its kickboxing competitions, has begun to convert half of its bouts into MMA competitions.

MMA has gradually become the ultimate development direction of the world's combat competition. Modern professional MMA athletes are highly skilled fighters who have been trained professionally for many years. And MMA athletes are also the world's top fighters. Former Olympic and World Championships champions in wrestling, judo, karate, kickboxing, and jiu-jitsu make up an excellent MMA team. When we stand at a new starting point in the 21st century, we look at the world martial arts; Comprehensive martial arts competition has become the mainstream concept of various advanced martial arts competitions in the world today.

1. The Gracie family first introduced MMA to the United States, and only then did the UFC be held.

2. Bruce Lee made the world realize that martial arts should be based on the strengths of others, not just one faction.

3. Although the Gracie family predates KenShamrock and dominated MMA for a time, it wasn't until KenShamrock came out that people really noticed MMA. Shamrock is proficient in many martial arts, such as grappling, Japanese wrestling, and martial arts. He also learned Jiu-Jitsu ground and Muay Thai.

So, Bruce Lee made a great contribution to spreading MMA, but it wasn't until the advent of Shamrock that people really broke the doubts about MMA and really realized that mixed martial arts is

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