Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, is a full contact sport allowing a wide variety of fighting techniques. These techniques range from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions used in competitions. These competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete following rules that allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while [...]
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Mixed Martial Arts Baltimore: Three Disciplines Make Up Traditional Mixed Martial Arts Focus
Posted by on December 23rd, 2010
Mixed Martial Arts MMA Origin And History
Posted by on December 21st, 2010
Mixed martial arts, commonly known as MMA in its abbreviation is a full body contact combat sport that allows a wide range and variety of fighting styles from a mixture of martial arts form to be used in ring fight competitions. This is why the sport allows martial art practitioners of various persuasions and schools [...]
Mixed Martial Arts Baltimore: Training For More Than Competitive Fighting
Posted by on December 6th, 2010
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, combines different fighting techniques from multiple sources into a single focused approach to fighting and self defense. The techniques used include a mix of both martial arts traditions and non-traditions that are combined for fighting in competitions. By competing in Mixed Martial Arts competitions, martial artists from many different backgrounds [...]
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No Comments »UFC Fight Masters 2 of 7
Posted by on March 25th, 2010
The history of modern MMA competition can be traced to mixed style contests throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s; the Gracie family’s vale tudo martial arts tournaments in Brazil starting in the 1920s; and early mixed martial arts matches hosted by Antonio Inoki in Japan in the 1970s. The sport [...]
