La voie du Pankration
Le combat « de toutes les forces » des Jeux olympiques antiques dès 648 av. J.-C., mêlant boxe et lutte — un lointain ancêtre du MMA.
Le guide complet de cet art est en cours de rédaction.
Arts complets · Pankration · Le combat de toutes les forces de l’Olympie antique
Combats complets
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Combat completPankration -84kg Men's FinalsWorld Combat Games
Combat completPankration -84kg Men's FinalsWorld Combat Games
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Combat complet2012 World Championship - Pankration HighlightUnited World Wrestling
Combat complet2012 World Championship - Pankration HighlightUnited World WrestlingPublicité
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DocumentaireI Tried PankrationSensei Seth
DocumentaireI Tried PankrationSensei Seth
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DocumentairePankration: Origins of Ancient Greece's Most Brutal Combat SportTigre Film
DocumentairePankration: Origins of Ancient Greece's Most Brutal Combat SportTigre Film🏛 Fédérations et associations
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- Country
Grèce- Founder / origin
- Ancient Greece
- Year / period
- 648 BC (Olympics)
- Type
- Arts complets
- Main federation
- Grappling Pankration and Amateur MMA Federation of Armenia ↗
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica · Ancient Olympic sources (Pausanias, Philostratus)
Histoire
Pankration ("all power") was the no-holds-barred combat sport of ancient Greece, joining boxing and wrestling. It entered the Olympic Games in 648 BC and was one of the most popular events, also practised as military training.
Almost everything was allowed — punches, kicks, throws, chokes and joint locks — except biting and gouging the eyes. Fights went on until one man gave up by raising a finger, was knocked out or died.
Le saviez-vous ?
- In 564 BC Arrhichion of Phigalia was crowned champion after his death: he was choked but dislocated his opponent's ankle, who gave up first.
- Greek myth credits the heroes Heracles and Theseus with inventing pankration.
- There were no weight classes and no time limits.
- Modern MMA is often compared to pankration.
Glossaire des techniques
- Ano pankration
- upright fighting
- Kato pankration
- ground fighting
- Klimakismos
- taking the back ("ladder") with a choke
⚔ In the Arsenal
Figures clés
- Arrhichion of Phigalia (6th century BC) — champion crowned after death
- Theagenes of Thasos (5th century BC) — champion in boxing and pankration
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica · Ancient Olympic sources (Pausanias, Philostratus)
Équipement de Pankration
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