Pankration The Unchained Combat Sport of Ancient Greece eBook Jim Arvanitis
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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.
Pankration The Unchained Combat Sport of Ancient Greece eBook Jim Arvanitis
Great book. Well researched: Includes many pictures of artifacts used as first hand sources in the authors analysis. Bibliography of sources used. The author draws logical, meaningful conclusions based on available evidence. This book was everything I expected and more, especially from a martial arts book. Would have given five stars, in fact almost did, but the book is extremely redundant. Many facts are repeated as many as four or five times throughout the book. Also, there are a few grammatical and spelling errors throughout the book. This is not a big deal, but makes me more willing to move down to a four star rating.This book will appeal more to a history buff, an experienced martial artist or a Grecophile and less towards someone looking to learn how to perform Pankration techniques. I found the first half of the book most interesting. This focused on the sport's history and the history of warfare, weapons, armor and tactics (relevant to the time and region).
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Pankration The Unchained Combat Sport of Ancient Greece eBook Jim Arvanitis Reviews
Fantastic book! The reader is transported back in time to the origins of MMA. From armed battlefield methods to hand to hand combat, and even the diet of a warrior. You will see the history combat as it compares to the modern fighter. As Jim Arvanitis says " There is nothing new under the sun." A must read for any Martial Artist.
Great reproduction of the art and dedication of the oldest combat sport. It reflects the evidence that since ancient times western mixed martial arts pointed to the pragmatic results
Great book. Well researched Includes many pictures of artifacts used as first hand sources in the authors analysis. Bibliography of sources used. The author draws logical, meaningful conclusions based on available evidence. This book was everything I expected and more, especially from a martial arts book. Would have given five stars, in fact almost did, but the book is extremely redundant. Many facts are repeated as many as four or five times throughout the book. Also, there are a few grammatical and spelling errors throughout the book. This is not a big deal, but makes me more willing to move down to a four star rating.
This book will appeal more to a history buff, an experienced martial artist or a Grecophile and less towards someone looking to learn how to perform Pankration techniques. I found the first half of the book most interesting. This focused on the sport's history and the history of warfare, weapons, armor and tactics (relevant to the time and region).
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