Boxing Style: Striking Also Known As: Pugilism, the Sweet Science, Prizefighting Origin: Olympia, Greece in 688 BCE.1 Modern rules: Developed by John Chambers in 1867.2 Ranking System: Win/loss/draw record, amateur and professional championships. Styles: Boxer-Puncher Brawler In-Fighter Out-Fighter Counter-Puncher General Information Boxing is a striking system that focuses solely on the use of punches. Elbows, [...]
Karate Style: Striking Translation: “Empty Hand”1 Origin: Okinawa, Japan around 500 A.D.2 Ranking System: Colored Belts (White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Brown, Black)3 Versions: Kenpo Goju-ryu Shotokan Wado-ryu Shito-ryu Kyokushin3 General Information Karate is a hand-to-hand combat system using punches, kicks, knees and elbows.4 Karatekas, those who study Karate, choose Karate for a variety of [...]
A style of striking. Uses both hands and feet for punches and kicks. Uses boxing gloves, not the open-hand grappling gloves like in MMA.
Wrestling. greco roman, submission, freestyle. A great base for MMA. Wresting is very popular in the USA. Not very popular otherwise. In today’s rules, takedowns and top control are great for scoring points, so wrestlers tend to do very well in the UFC.
Judo. A type of grappling from Japan. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one’s opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one’s opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking or by executing a strangle hold or [...]
Muay Thai. Otherwise known as thai boxing. It uses eight limbs for striking: two hands, two feet (shins,) two knees, two elbows.
Grappling. Typically Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or BJJ. Uses submissions. Practiced in “gi” and “no gi” variations. (In modern MMA, fighters do not wear the gi.)
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