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Book Synopsis Combat Sports in the Ancient World by : Michael B. Poliakoff
Download or read book Combat Sports in the Ancient World written by Michael B. Poliakoff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Download or read book Pankration written by Spyros P. Loumanis and published by Loumanis Spyros. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek mythology tells us that pankration was devided by Theseus to overcome the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. In reality, its origins have been lost in time. Pankration began as a form of self-defense, to be sure. The history of ancient Greek civilization rises out of the history of pankration and we are given a look at how its impact has extended to the modern day.
Download or read book Pankration written by Jim Arvanitis and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Belt Magazine called Pankration "the most practical street combat form of the martial arts that I have ever seen". Throughout this fascinating and completely updated volume, Jim Arvanitis provides extensive insight into the facts and myths of pankration's early history (including its inclusion in the earliest Olympic Games), its techniques and strategies, and its impact on today's martial arts.
Download or read book Pankration written by Andreas V. Georgiou and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pankration An Olympic Combat Sport is an illustrated reconstruction of the ancient Greek sport of pankration. This sport lasted over a millennium (from at least the seventh century BCE to the fourth century CE) and was the most popular event in the ancient Olympic Games. In pankration, well rounded fighters used whatever worked, with minimal rules, to respond to the circumstances of a specific competition and, with no restrictions, to fight in actual battle. The sport of pankration was effectively mixed martial arts competition, or as Aristotle describes it a combination of boxing and wrestling. There are considerations to reintroduce it in the modern Games. The book draws information on pankration from all the primary sources from the literature and the products of the visual arts of antiquity. Volume I traces the origin and path of pankration in Greek mythology and history; addresses the physical and psychological characteristics of successful pankratiasts in antiquity; details the rules of competition; and discusses fighting style, specialization, and preparation of the ancient practitioners. Volume II describes in detail the fighting techniques employed in pankration, including the fighting stance, defensive moves, strategy and tactics, use of pressure points, strikes, locks, chokes, throws, and takedowns, as well as counters to these techniques. This book's comprehensive research renders it a reference for students of the topic of pankration and, more generally, of combat sport in ancient Greece. The book also provides practitioners and enthusiasts of combat sports/martial arts useful information and lessons from the ancient practice of pankration. It is valuable reading for those interested in modern mixed martial arts competition. Readers will find in the book both new information about the Western combat sport that preceded the development of the Asian traditions, and 100 admirable artistic representations of competition from ancient Greek vases and sculptures.
Download or read book Pankration written by Jim Arvanitis and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PANKRATION: The Unchained Combat Sport of Ancient Greece is a fully illustrated guide to what was the cornerstone of the early Olympic Games and Panhellenic festivals. It examines the brutal blood sport based on the author's more than forty-five years of research and practice. Considered the precursor of today's mixed martial arts cage competitions, many historians also contend that pankration laid the groundwork for the development of Asian karate and kung-fu, as well as other fighting styles throughout the world. The content traces pankration's historical origins in mythology and on the battlefield where it was known as pammachon, to its transformation and prominence as an Olympic spectacle. It also explores combat sports of earlier civilizations such as Egypt, Minoa, and Crete as well as the adoption of pankration by the Romans. Greek boxing, wrestling, and hoplomachia (weapons competition) along with the bloody gladiatorial contests of the Imperial Period are also detailed. Tournament rules, an analysis of pankration techniques, and training methods are covered along with a listing of all the Olympic pankration champions from its inception in 648 B.C. until the last documented contest on record. Emphasis is given to the role that pankration played in Hellenic culture and its religious connection to the gods themselves. The book includes numerous works of art depicted on vases, frescoes, sculptures, and coins showing pankratiasts in heated action and other combat scenes. This definitive work adds new information to the author's previous books, and brings to light the importance of pankration as not only the Original MMA, but as the missing link in martial arts evolution.
Book Synopsis The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece by : Kostas Dervenis
Download or read book The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece written by Kostas Dervenis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth guide to the modern practice of Greek martial arts and their beginnings in ancient Greece and Egypt • Examines the correlation between ancient depictions of one-on-one combat and how martial arts are practiced today • Explores the close relationship between Greek martial arts and spiritual practice • Distinguishes between Pammachon (martial arts) and Pankration (combat sports) The ancient friezes and decorative motifs of ancient Greece contain abundant scenes of combat, one-on-one and hand-to-hand. In The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece, the authors offer close inspection of these depictions to reveal that they exactly correlate to the grappling and combat arts as they are practiced today. They also show that these artifacts document the historical course of the development of both the weaponry of the warrior classes and the martial responses those weapons required when fighting hand-to-hand. The depiction of each ancient technique is accompanied by sequenced step-by-step photos of modern practitioners performing the various stances of one-on-one combat. In addition, the authors explain how the development of Hellenic combat arts was tied at its heart to a spiritual practice. The centeredness, clear mind, and consequent courage that develops from a spiritual practice was considered a martial strength for a warrior, enabling him to be at his best, unobstructed inwardly by conflict or inertia. The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece provides a practical and comprehensive approach to the techniques and philosophy of the martial arts of the ancient Mediterranean that will be welcomed by modern fighters.
Book Synopsis Pankration in Ancient Greece by : Spyros Lumanēs
Download or read book Pankration in Ancient Greece written by Spyros Lumanēs and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pankration written by Dyan Blacklock and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in ancient Greece this is the story of Nicarylus who is sent away from plague ridden Athens to live with his uncle in Argos. He befriends Gellius, the captain of the ship who is on his way to compete in the Olympics. When pirates board the ship.
Download or read book Pankration written by Jim Arvanitis and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrestling is the oldest combat sport in the history of mankind. The ancient Greeks refined it and included it in its PanHellenic festivals and in the early Olympic Games. Grappling was also a major component of pankration, considered the Original Mixed Martial Art, which became the most spectacular of all the athletic competitions throughout the old world.Jim Arvanitis, world recognized as Greek pankration's Renaissance Man, reveals the inner workings of the grappling and ground fighting elements of the art. Arvanitis covers it all in depth - from the art's origins and techniques to practical applications that even the most experienced martial artists can benefit from. Commencing with isolated skill development tools, the content progresses to a complete set of tactics and fight plans, where you will learn to attack and react to an opponent. A comprehensive section on specialized training methods and drills is also included.Whether you're standing or on the ground, Arvanitis presents takedowns and throws, clinching, joint locks, chokes and cranks, strikes, and key strategies designed to give you the upper hand in close quarter combat. Numerous artistic renderings from ancient Greek vases and sculptures, and hundreds of photos supplement the text.
Download or read book Pankration written by Jim Arvanitis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Arvanitis, world-acclaimed Father of Modern Pankration and MMA pioneer, presents an in-depth analysis of this ancient fighting art and its modern derivative. Pankration is one of the oldest martial arts on record and the first to integrate striking, grappling, and submission techniques. The book examines the concepts, tactics, and training to their adaptation by the author in the 20th Century. Also discussed is pankration's development from its mythological roots to its sports inclusion in the Panhellenic festivals, and dynamic rebirth after it had vanished for several thousand years. Hundreds of illustrations and photos depict one-on-one combat action and training throughout the text. Greek pankration is the only fully-documented total fighting system of the Pre-Christian era and the precursor to MMA.
Download or read book Mu Tau Pankraton written by Jim Arvanitis and published by Spartan Martial Arts Ent., Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Pankration, once the cornerstone of the early Olympic games, is the only fully documented fighting form of the preChristian era. It is the first to incorporate ground tacticts, kicking, boxing, and wrestling into one "all-powers" system. Included are hundreds of dynamic photographs and illustrations.
Book Synopsis A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics by : Neil Faulkner
Download or read book A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics written by Neil Faulkner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential handbook for the 21st-century citizen seeking a lively guided tour of the ancient Greek Olympics. Travel back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilization. Enter this distant, alien, but still familiar culture and discover what the Greeks did and didn’t do during five thrilling days in August, 388 B.C. In the Olympic Stadium there were no stands, no shade—and no women allowed. Visitors sat on a grassy bank in the searing heat of midsummer to watch naked athletes compete in footraces, the pentathlon, horse and chariot races, and three combat sports—wrestling, boxing, and pankration, everyone's favorite competition, with virtually no rules and considerable blood and pain. This colorfully illustrated volume offers a complete tour of the Olympic site exactly as athletes and spectators found it. The book evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of the crowded encampment; introduces the various attendees (from champions and charlatans to aristocrats and prostitutes); and explains the numerous exotic religious rituals. Uniquely detailed and precise, this guide offers an unparalleled opportunity to travel in time, back to the excitement of ancient Olympia. “Splendidly captures the excitement, the razzmatazz, the intensity, glamour and squalor of the ancient Olympics. Packed with anecdotes and intriguing facts, the careful scholarship behind this wonderful little book is presented with gusto.”—Philip Matyszak, author of Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day “Ultimately the ancient Olympics were more of an epic frat party full of booze and sex than a prestigious sporting competition, and Faulkner paints that picture well.”—Moira E. McLaughlin, The Washington Post
Download or read book Sons of Zeus written by Noble Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first entry in an epic series, set during the fifth-century BC war between Athens and Sparta, finds Plataea resident Nikias dreaming of glory in the Olympic games, only to find himself leading a ragtag band of defenders in the wake of a surprise attack.
Download or read book Pankration written by Junlei Xingru Li and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the realm of ancient martial arts, one name resounds through the corridors of time with a thunderous echo: Pankration. Embodied in its essence lies a tapestry woven with threads of courage, discipline, and unyielding prowess. As we embark on this journey of discovery, prepare to immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Pankration's history, unveiling its epochs and evolution with each step forward. At its core, Pankration represents more than just a fighting art; it epitomizes the unison of mind, body, and spirit. Originating in the hallowed grounds of ancient Greece, this ultimate combat form was nurtured in the crucible of Olympic glory, where champions etched their names into the annals of history. Step into the sandals of ancient warriors as we delve into the rigorous training regimens and intricate techniques that defined Pankration. From grappling to striking, every movement was a symphony of calculated precision and raw power, honed through relentless practice and unwavering dedication. Pankration's ascent to prominence within the Olympic arena was no mere happenstance. It stood as a testament to the philosophical ideals of Greek civilization, where the pursuit of excellence was revered as the highest virtue. In the coliseum of combat, competitors embodied the ethos of arête, striving not only for victory but for the embodiment of moral excellence. As we traverse the annals of history, we encounter legendary figures whose names echo through the ages. From the fabled exploits of Arrhichion to the unmatched prowess of Dioxippus, these heroes of Pankration exemplified the epitome of martial prowess and indomitable spirit. Yet, with the passage of time, the echoes of Pankration faded into obscurity, only to be reignited centuries later by a fervent desire to revive the ancient arts. Through meticulous study and tireless effort, modern practitioners have unearthed the buried treasures of Pankration, breathing new life into its timeless techniques. Beyond the confines of Greece, Pankration's influence transcended borders, leaving an indelible mark on martial traditions around the globe. From the sands of Egypt to the shores of Asia Minor, its legacy endured, shaping the very fabric of combat sports as we know them today. But amidst the accolades and triumphs lies a deeper narrative, one that transcends mere physicality. Pankration was not merely a contest of strength and skill; it was a crucible for the forging of character and the cultivation of virtue. Embedded within its ethos were the principles of honor, integrity, and respect, guiding warriors both on and off the battlefield. As we navigate the labyrinthine corridors of history, we confront the age-old dichotomy between myth and reality. Separating fact from fiction, we unravel the mysteries shrouding Pankration's origins, peering through the veil of legend to uncover the truth that lies beneath. From the dusty scrolls of antiquity to the hallowed halls of academia, the story of Pankration unfolds, weaving a narrative that transcends time itself. Join us on this odyssey of discovery as we unravel the epochs and evolution of ancient Greece's ultimate fighting art.
Book Synopsis The Art of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan by : Gurjot K. Singh
Download or read book The Art of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan written by Gurjot K. Singh and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces Trainers and Fighters to the philosophy and application of Western Tai Chi Ch'uan for Amateur Fighting Competitors.Western Tai Chi Ch'uan is the merging of its 13 Strategies into the basic tactics of Western Boxing, Kickboxing and Grappling. The result is an Amateur Fighter with a savage and intimidating defense and a calculated and deliberate offense.You will learn the essential principles, objectives and obstacles of an Amateur Fighting Competitor, including breathing techniques, proper understanding of form and function, intense multi-discipline sparring techniques, and the practical use of meditation processes. Also included is a section for Trainers, with an example of a complete course outline as well as a section that presents classical Tai Chi treatise and definitive striking points on the human anatomy.Producing over 20 (Amateur) champions from 2007 to 2009 at the State and Regional levels, Western Tai Chi Ch'uan is emerging as a dynamic and effective fighting system used for Martial Art competition in the Southeast Region of the United States.Gurjot K. Singh, M Ed. (Retired, U.S. Army Ranger, S.E.R.E. & Drill Instructor) holds graduate degrees in Educational Technology & International Relations from Troy University and has several academic and professional publications. He received his rank of Master from renowned Grandmaster & Dr. Ibraham Ahmed. Master Singh is a certified American Tai Chi & Qigong Association professional (Level II of III.) He is the Owner of Angel's Gym in Fayetteville, North Carolina which is a training facility for the MMA Promotion group, Elite Fighting Challenge. Learn more at www.angelsgym.com or www.youtube.com/ANGELSGYMSINGH.Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheArtOf WesternTaiChiChuan.html
Book Synopsis Pankration Resurrection by : Jim Arvanitis
Download or read book Pankration Resurrection written by Jim Arvanitis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Arvanitis, internationally-renowned as the Father of Modern Pankration and MMA pioneer, presents an in-depth analysis of this ancient fighting art and its contemporary derivative. Pankration is one of the oldest martial arts on record and the first to integrate striking, grappling, and submission techniques. The book examines the tactics and training methodologies traceable to the earliest Olympic Games to their adaptation by the author in the Twentieth Century. Also discussed is pankration's development from its mythological roots to the sport's inclusion in the Panhellenic festivals, and dynamic rebirth after it had vanished for several thousand years. Hundreds of lavish artifacts and photos depict one-on-one combat action throughout the text. Greek pankration is the only fully-documented total fighting system of the Pre-Christian era and the missing link in martial arts evolution.
Book Synopsis Sport in Greece and Rome by : Harold Arthur Harris
Download or read book Sport in Greece and Rome written by Harold Arthur Harris and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
