what is pankration?

archaeological evidence about pankration

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[sumoshinobi]

is this song from the iron maiden

[alkimachos]

@sumoshinobi yes!!iron maiden-alexander the great

[jujitsuJerk]

Every fighting style looks the same because there are only so many ways to use the legs, and arms to hit. And there are only so many ways you can wrestle someone. Until human beings start growing new limbs we aren't going to see a new form of fighting. I don't believe any style was the original style, save for maybe a caveman hitting someone in the head with a rock.

[37RRSmith]

I have heard that before, while yes it,s true, all cultures do have their own, and I have even seen that the native Americans have their own, lets pause for thought, Pankration fond its way to India by Alexander the Great, eventually it was built upon, then found its way to China through Boddhidarma into Buddhist temples, and spread out over centuries, east toward Japan and Silla peninsula, north into Mongolia, Russia, and so forth

[GPlinthon]

@lordxtuser The oldest attested martial art is the more correct term. I am Greek, I will call everything Greek, Greek but then Greeks have done so much, we do not need to add up alledged things on top!

Did you know that Columbus was Greek (from Chios) and Napoleon was too half-Greek (his father came from south Italy and their real name were Kalomeros=Buonaparte, a name that is inexistent in Italian by the way) but we don't care to push forward for these cos they are not any heros of ours...

[GPlinthon]

@37RRSmith I do not really think that Pagkration was the basis for East Asian martial arts. In reality all military cultures had developed martial arts - from Europe to Asia to Africa and I guess American.natives would have theirs. Pagkration is quite particular though because of its simplicity - no dances, no choreographies, the main aim is not to defend but to kill and to do it quickly.

The modern re-construction of Pangkration moves along these lines and it is really convincing.

[kogiama]

@TheKILLA317 no that's not true my friend.I'm practising kung fu for 2 years and there are a lot of " greek smells".For example..instractor's(sifu) belt has the "meandros" on it.And there are a lot of moves that were copied from pankration.Moves of pankration was traveled in some way at china and then they developed their own martial art..kung fu.

[37RRSmith]

This is where it all came from, Chinese Boxing, Japanes & Okinawan Karate, TKD, Muay Thai, Bando, Russian Ruakpashnii boi, Sambo, Krav Maga, etc, etc. It is beyond belief ( but true beyond any doubt) that Pankration has survived, this is AWESOME!!! Mmaybe there,s a training school in Baltimore, MD for Pankration. Would love to find it

[lordxtuser]

The oldest martial art

excelent job

[darkdarkpawer]

@alkimachos SORRY CAN YOU SAY ME WHERE YOU HAVE FOUNDED THE IMAGE AT 1.13 WHEN IS TROWING THE KICK?

[F27ROCKYGREEK]

Pagration is the most powerfull martial art!!mother of martial arts..all martial artas based on pagration!you want fighthing?training?everything based on pagration ;-)!!includes every style every hit,every grapple..!!

[MustardCuttah]

very nice video mate!

[sonofMegaAlexandros]

@ChillakoC92

that is true, but. there is some more. they copy more form old greek else the asisa want to say, even today Japanese or othere asia want not to say that true.

there are some vase in asia that are keep secret from the goverment, even today. (Japanese).

Alexander the Great was till Indien, there he was bring some greek pankration fighter, fight against Indie fighter for the solider fun there. in some document is written that greek pankration figther was win the most (all) match.