Exercise / Bodybuilding / Re: MMA vs Boxing and Fighting Without Influence of Modern Sports
« on: September 02, 2010, 04:26:01 pm »Pankration (or, modern, pancration or pancrase) was and is very effective. However, it is less a style in and of itself and more a collection of techniques & limitations (or rules). Not so much a self-contained system (like judo or shotokan karate)...think more general, like the term MMA (mixed martial arts). MMA is not itself a style, but a collection of techniques used within a set of limitation (rules).
Cool. I had only heard about it at random and whatever info I could find on the net. I wish there was clubs here, because I would really like to give it a go in an orderly framework.
If one is being stalked & confronted by a group of thugs (say a lone hunter has inadvertently stumbled within the grounds of an unfriendly tribe), using ground techniques is hardly the best option, as there is no guarantee of single combat. It could easily be 2 or 3 or 4 against one, & being on your back in such a situation is asking for trouble. In such a case, quick strikes with rapid footwork is a better strategy while looking for an escape!
In that particular situation I would opt. for getting out of there ASAP too. Knowing and admitting when you're outnumbered makes a lot of sense. Also because real fights rarely last more than 20-30 seconds due to the chaotic nature of it. Keeping track of more than one really violent attacker in the situation is Hollywood jive. You have no idea who you are facing before it goes down.
Sapiens were more advanced than others, and with it probably had a better set of techniques. Later sapiens probably had a much more comprehensive tool-box, as we can teach & pass information down the line.
absolutely. Some styles had to develop as dancing and meditation because they were a front against an oppressor that did not allow for weapons or combat training. Modern MMA is a good demonstration of exactly what you are saying. Only we saw this very progress happen very very fast from the Gracies and onwards. It was styles from all over the place with all kinds of backgrounds being put up against eachother constantly. When it was an oppressor with one style against a population with another, I assume it would take a lot of time for this same development, exchange of ideas, loses orr whatever drove it forwards.