21. Pankrationroots was originally a form of combat with no holds barred, fought until one opponentknocked down the other, like the Chinese Kakuteijitsu and greek pankration. http://www.gmau.org/immortalcombat/pankrationroots2.htm

Home Join Contact Pachivas Pankration ... Judo The Pankration is one of the oldest and greatest sports. It most likely found its beginnings in prehistoric times as a means for survival and territorial rites. Competition puts man against man or even man against beast, with only their cunning, strength, skill, and endurance to get them through the struggle. Pankration styled fighting has been developed in many cultures and civilizations from ancient times to the present. Each culture throughout the centuries has developed its own styles and techniques. These fighting styles of the various societies were greatly influenced by religious and cultural tradition. Cultures that have been known for their development of Pankration styled fighting include those of Eastern Asia, Mesopotamia, and many societies that surrounded the Mediterranean. Ancient Greeks along with the Egyptians and inhabitants surrounding the Nile River are among the forerunners of all wrestling/grappling techniques. Pankration THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING IN GREECE The forms of wrestling/grappling we know today as Greco-Roman and Freestyle found their origins in the lands on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. These lands are where the Ancient Greeks resided, and developed the art of wrestling/grappling.

22. Pankrationmodernday There are individuals who hold arrogant claims that they are the sole heirs toancient greek pankration and anyone else who associates themselves with http://www.gmau.org/immortalcombat/pankrationmodernday2.htm

Home Join Contact Pachivas Pankration ... (in PDF format) There are individuals who hold arrogant claims that they are the sole heirs to ancient Greek Pankration and anyone else who associates themselves with Pankration is a charlatan. They justify this claim with ancestry to Greece and state that "if its not from Greece its not Pankration". While this statement is absurd, Pachivas Pankration does emphasize the importance of a solid martial arts background. A student with little or no foundational martial arts training will lack the fundamental discipline necessary to be a Pankration fighter. When you put speculation aside one thing is clear about the ancient sport of Pankration that holds true with today's modern counterparts. That is, to be recognized as a noted Pankratiast you must compete and compete well. When you look through the annals of Greek history the only recognized names were those of great competitors who were champions in the sport. These champions came from many different areas and had different fighting specialties or styles. We see this paralleled today as many fighters from different countries and styles try to prove themselves as the best.

23. Pancratium. The American Heritage® Dictionary Of The English Language: Fourth E boxing and wrestling. ETYMOLOGY Latin, from greek pankration pan,pan- + kratos, strength; see –cracy. The American Heritage http://www.bartleby.com/61/85/P0038500.html

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24. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PANKRATION civilization (2600 BC)? For it is known that one of the Egyptian wrestlingstyle looked like greek pankration. Hercules was himself http://www.chez.com/pancrace/iupad/panccra.htm

From the earliest times to the present day * Extract from R. RENAULT's book : "Pankration Originel" (exhausted) HISTORICAL RECORDS Since the earliest times, men have always wanted to identify themselves with divinities, for whom combat was significant of power. To get so much a coveted power, men killed one another, and during these bloody fights were developed techniques of combat more and more formidable. Thus, according to certain myths, the science of combat would have been passed on to the men by the gods themselves: violence becoming an art, a sport and a game. Wrestling The various styles of worldwide Wrestling in hand-to-hand fighting have preceded, without any doubt, the many kinds of Boxing we know today. Sumerians were the first to mention a fight opposing Gilgamesh to Enkidu. Egypt left us through its low reliefs an extract of the various techniques of Wrestling, whose rules neared those of all-in Wrestling. In Greece, there were formerly several fighting systems. Wrestling itself was divided into three principal styles: the Orthopales, the PaIe and the Alyndisiz where the legendary Milon of Kroton distinguished himself in winning six times at Olympia. Proud of his strength, he liked to show it off: holding a pomegranate in his hand, he challenged whoever to make him open his fingers or to crush the fruit by squeezing them. He was defeated for the first time during the 67th Olympic games (512 BC), when he was over forty. Pugilism If Wrestling was the sport Greeks valued the most, Pugilism and Pankration were also practiced, so that they very early became Olympic disciplines.

25. Hardcore Men Of The Month Sunday, February 15, 2004 This month s Hardcore Man of History is THAT CRAZYANCIENT greek pankration GUY! Okay. You ready? Check this shit out. http://www.happynowhere.net/hardcoremen.php

Saturday, May 15, 2004 Okay, so I haven't had a Hardcore Man of the Month in a couple of months, but there aren't that many hardcore people out there today. Or, at least, that's what I thought until I read about this kid... This Month's Hardcore Modern Man is... THE ANONYMOUS TEENAGER WHO FOUGHT OFF A BEAR!!! Okay. Peep this: a 15 year old boy is asleep in his tent in Anchorage, Alaska when a 400lb bear thinks that this kid would make a good dinner. The kid wakes up to find this bear latched onto his arm. This doesn't seem like a good situation, does it? Well, this kid doesn't just roll over and say "Here's some sushi." Nor does he scream and cry and wet his little teenager panties. Nope. This kid fights back. BAM! BAM! BAM! His little fifteen year old fists slam into the nose of the bear with a strength that would have shattered the nose of any one of his classmates. The bear, however, whethered the initial storm and renewed his attack, this time biting into the boy's ribs. The boy stared the predator in the eyes and decided that the bear wasn't going to have him that easily. He hit him with a second assault of flying fists, driving the bear back and out of his tent. The boy tried to run, but the bear chased him around some trees. The boy managed to get his airhorn out of his backpack just as the bear fell on him one final time. The boy blew the airhorn into the bear's muzzle, driving him back. The bear finally turned and ran away after counselors blasted her with pepper spray and fired a flare at her feet.

26. Iihsa Day School Olympics Pankration Recreation of the ancient greek pankration at the IIHSA day schoolin Dublin on the World of the Ancient Olympic Games . Click http://www.ucc.ie/iihsa/recenteventspics.html

Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens h IIHSA Home Pictures of some recent IIHSA events in Athens and Ireland. Seamus Heaney giving his reading with commentary entitled "Herm with Cairn" on February 4th 2004 in Athens. Professor John Dillon, Director of the Irish Institute, with the Irish Ambassador, Her Excellency Ms Margaret Hennessy and Seamus Heaney. David Sweetman speaking on "Anglo-Norman Castles in Ireland" in the IIHSA Athens 2003 lecture series in May. The IIHSA gratefully acknowledges funding from the Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland for this event David Sweetman with the Irish Ambassador, Her Excellency Ms Margaret Hennessy at the IIHSA lecture. David Sweetman (right) with Lorraine O'Brien and Ruaidhri Dowling, First Secretary of the Irish Embassy in Athens at the IIHSA lecture. A surprise presentation at David Sweetman's lecture to the IIHSA Assistant Director, Wendy Logue (centre) for receiving her doctorate from Trinity College Dublin! Making the presentation are Fran O'Rourke (on behalf of the IIHSA) and the Irish Ambassador, Ms Margaret Hennessy. Recreation of the ancient Greek pankration at the IIHSA day school in Dublin on the "World of the Ancient Olympic Games".

27. Ukrainian Pankration Championship Minoan or Egyptian civilization (2600 BC)? For it is known that oneof the Egyptian wrestling style looked like greek pankration. http://www.if.gov.ua/cgi-bin/sh.cgi?r=newsnew&a=20040212T1542&l=en

28. World Head Of Family Sokeship Council Member Grandmaster Jim Arvantis It is in light of these achievements that many of his admirers refer tohim as greek pankration s Rennaissance Man . CURRENT OBJECTIVES. http://www.bushido.org/~whfsc/grandmaster/Arvanitis.htm

Home News Members Benefits ... History Grandmaster Jim Arvanitis Grandmaster Pankratiast Jim Arvanitis commenced his martial arts training at age 8 in Athens, Greece. His studies include the Western styles of boxing, Greco-Roman Combat Grappling (still taught in backyard schools in Greece), and Boxe Francaise Savate. He began his intensive research into the history and concepts of the ancient Hellenic pankration in 1963, as a young adult. Arvanitis' supplemental training in Asian martial arts consists of Muay-Thai and Combat Judo. The innovative Greek-American athlete modified many of the techniques from this vast array of styles by adding modern principles of kinesiology and leverage. In addition, supplemental training, sound combative strategies, proper nutrition, and pragmatic skills training became emphasized elements in his regimen. What soon materialized was a single entity that Mr. Arvanitis labeled Mu Tau (a Greek acronym for "Martial Truth"). SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Jim Arvanitis, referred to as Keereeos (Greek: Patriarch) by his followers, is internationally recognized as the "Father of Modern Pankration", having revived the ancient Greek sport as a comprehensive combat art in the late 1960's. Although the term, itself, has always existed in Greece, the practice of the original art has been dormant for more than 2000 years. Arvanitis was the very first to rebuild the art and expose it to the international martial arts community when he appeared on the cover of Black Belt magazine in 1973.

29. New Page 5 He is also completing a piece on Horace. In fall 2003, he produced a reenactmentof the ancient greek pankration at the annual Texas Tech Classics Day. http://www3.tltc.ttu.edu/larmour/new_page_5.htm

ABRAHAM ALAYON B.A. University of Texas, Austin Entering Fall 2004 JARED BURDEN Jared Burden graduated from Texas Tech summa cum laude in the Honors College with a B.A. in Classics in the spring of 2004. He received the Honors Endowed Scholarship (for 5 years), the Honors Study Abroad Scholarship (to London in summer 2001), and the Chancellor's Fellowship for Graduate Study in 2003. His interests include combat sports, philosophy, epic, cults and myths of Dionysus, and the literary culture of the early Roman Empire. He will be presenting his paper "Odysseus and the Origins of the Pankration" at the CAMWS Annual meeting this spring. He is also completing a piece on Horace. In fall 2003, he produced a reenactment of the ancient Greek pankration at the annual Texas Tech Classics Day. Mr. Burden currently serves as the Editorial Assistant for INTERTEXTS, a journal of comparative and theoretical literary studies published by Texas Tech University Press. http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/jburden WENDY GILL Ms. Gill is a first-year graduate student in Classics. She earned her BA in Classics from Texas Tech in 2003. Ms. Gill taught Latin at Frenship High School for the 2002-2003 school year.

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31. Self Defense Books By Jim Arvanitis. greek pankration, once the cornerstone of the early Olympicgames, is the only fully documented fighting form of the preChristian era. http://www.gungfu.com/cart-htm/media_books_self-defense.htm

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32. Publications Today we have no sports that are similar to the greek pankration. Such a thingwould have to be a combination of Kick boxing and all-in wrestling. http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kataylor/88jjsa.htm

Journal of Japanese Sword Arts A monthly magazine dealing with all aspects of Japanese sword study. Subscribing to the Journal of Japanese Sword Arts Issue: #88 Jan. 1998 Journal of Japanese Sword Arts A monthly journal concerning all aspects of the use of the Japanese Sword. Articles, news, reviews, technical tips. $36 cdn in Canada per year $36 US in USA $48 overseas. JJSA Kim Taylor, ed. 44 Inkerman St. Guelph Ontario Canada, N1H 3C5 COMBAT SPORTS AND SOCIETY by Kim Taylor (1994) "DUK KOO KIM (1959-1982) He gave his life to provide some entertainment on a dull Saturday afternoon in November." -Leigh Montville, "A senseless 'game' on a Saturday afternoon" Boston Globe (Nov. 15, 1982) "AGATHOS DAIMON nicknamed 'the Camel' from Alexandria, a victor at Alemea. He died here, boxing in the stadium, having prayed to Zeus for victory or death. Age 35. Farewell." -Epitaph at Olympia Both of these quotes are from "Combat Sports in the Ancient World" Michael B. Poliakoff 1987 Yale University Press, New Haven and London. Duk Koo Kim was a Korean boxer. These two statements point out one of the essential differences between modern society and earlier ages. (The classical Greek world was deliberately chosen for an example since western democratic civilization is thought to derive from it.) The difference may be stated simply; in the modern age the ideal is "life at all costs" while in ancient Greece the ideal was more to the tune of "having a life worth living". Both men above were boxers, both societies viewed boxing as a sport, the difference is in the attitude of the society toward that sport and the commitment of the men who compete in it.

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Tuesday, December 7, 1999 Search Classified Ads National Scores University of Hawaii ... Surf Report Posted on: Tuesday, December 7, 1999 By Dayton Morinaga Advertiser Staff Writer Falaniko Vitale is the extreme two-sport athlete. Last summer, he was a star player for the champion Hawaii Hammerheads in professional indoor football. Tonight, he will fight in Future Brawl 2000 at the Blaisdell Arena. For the past four years, he has been shuttling between indoor football and grappling. His grappling career is only beginning. Earlier this year, he won his ring debut. Tonight, the second bout of his career will be against Phil Ortiz of California in a 200-pound undercard fight. Inoue, who has a 10-3 record, will take on John Alessio in a light-heavyweight match. Alessio was once an undefeated Canadian kickboxing champion, and is 8-2 in grappling fights. Inoue weighed-in at 187 pounds yesterday; Alessio was 177. NOTES: Under Greek Pankration and Shuto rules, fighters can be disqualified for groin strikes, throat strikes, hair pulling, eye gouging, biting, scratching, attacks to the spine, elbow strikes to the head, kicks to the knee and head butts. While wrestling is allowed on the mat, fighters can not punch or kick a fallen opponent. Marcelo Tiger was disqualified for violating that rule against Egan Inoue in June. back to top Home Local News Opinion ... Gannett Co . Inc.

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36. The History Of Karate Goju Ryu Book Review I found this fascinating, as the oldest complete martial art knownis the greek pankration which became an Olympic event in 648 BC. http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Products/Pages/books_gojuhistrev.html

Search This Site Try our secure shopping cart. My Shopping Cart Login Register Checkout ... ORDERING INFO Book Review The History of Karate: Goju-Ryu by Morio Higaonna Thousand Oaks, CA: Dragon Books, 1995, 226pp, 6" x 9" illus. (paperback) $34.95 BOOK REVIEW by Dr. Robert Dohrenwend. Reproduced here by kind permission of Via Media Publishing Company, this review is reprinted from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Volume 8, Number 2, 1999, pp. 96-99. Higaonna Morio is a figure of such imposing stature in the world of karate that he genuinely needs no introduction. The result of decades of research into the history of Goju-ryu, his book is based on information he received while training as a young student, hundreds of hours of interviews with senior Okinawan karateka and instructors, and personal research carried out in China. Higaonna's book is the closest thing available in English to primary source for the early period of Okinawan karate. It is fortunate that Higaonna, a native speaker of the Okinawan language and a highly respected karateka of extraordinary skill and understanding, was inspired to do this research during a period when the older Okinawan karateka were still alive. It was a unique combination of opportunity and skills. The book is of very high quality and well illustrated. The paper is of excellent quality, and the pages are sewn, not merely glued. The cover is durable and attractive. This book is designed to be solid. It will withstand frequent readings without appreciable wear or damage. And this is a good thing.

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39. Grapplingstyles Today there are several organizations which practice what they think is the bestreconstruction of greek pankration, and it is an international sporting event. http://www.kobukaijujitsu.com/grapplingstyles.html

WORLD GRAPPLING STYLES GENERAL HISTORY OF GRAPPLING Although grappling was done all over the world, the first "famous" styles were introduced to the Greek Olympic Games in 704 BC. Grappling had come to the Roman Empire through the Etruscans and had slowly evolved. Roman wrestling influenced the rather static Greek form and used military tactics such as upright takedowns. The old Greek style was much like Brazilian Jiu-Jujitsu today, which spends most of the match on the ground. The word Roman in Greco-Roman wrestling, however is a mistranslation of greek word "romi" referring to "valor & strength". Other ancient forms of European wrestling can be found in the British Isles dating back as far as 1829 BC. Wrestling forms called "Strong Arm Fighting" became famous, and even used specific grappling uniforms with thick collared jackets and waistbands. Other grappling styles in ancient Europe were GLIMA from the Norse and SCHWINGEN from Switzerland. There is also mention of grappling matches among the Scots and Irish. India had an ancient form of grappling from around 11 AD. Indian wrestling is known as Pahalwani or Mallavidya. Some Indians also practice a lesser known grappling art called Vajra-Musti.

40. Submission This is a comprehensive art combining the skills of Greco Roman Wrestling,Muay Thai Kickboxing, and ancient greek pankration. The http://www.pridegym.ca/submissi.htm

Home Class Schedule Non-Competitive Classes Competitive Classes ... Site Map SUBMISSION GRAPPLING Learn the techniques made popular and proven to really work in such events like The Ultimate Fighting Championships and Olympic Pankration. Here you will focus on ground fighting and submission holds. This is a comprehensive art combining the skills of Greco Roman Wrestling, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and ancient Greek Pankration. The submission techniques taught in this art are based on leverage and body mechanics allowing a person of limited size and strength to control situation involving attackers of much greater size. This co-ed. class compliments the effective standup techniques of Muay Thai. For more information on submission grappling and class schedules, you can email us at Pride Gym.

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