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Pankration

Here is an excerpt of what is pankration taken from Reference.com:

“Pankration is a sport or martial art introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC. It combined striking and grappling, and a match would be won by submission of the opponent. A contestant could signal submission by raising his hand, but sometimes the only form of submission was the death of one of the contestants. Joint locks and choke holds were common techniques of accomplishing this. In fact, there were only two rules: contestants were not allowed to gouge each other’s eyes out, or to bite each other. The ancient Olympics also had a less violent pankration contest for young boys.”

Here are some vids from the 2006 California Pankration Championships courtesy of FightLeague.org.

Jun 26, 2006 | Filed under Competitions, Events and Shows, MMA & Vale Tudo & NHB, Schools/Trainers, Stand-Up Fighting, Submissions/Tap-outs.

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