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Sumo
Sumo dates back to over 1500 years ago, it's very origin
shrouded in myth and legend. It is said that the origin
of all Japanese people was dependant on the results
of a sumo match. The god, Take-mikazuchi, and a rival
god, warred over which of their people would live on
the Japanese Islands. Take-mikazuchi won, and thus the
Japanese people were born.
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Judo
Judo had its origin in the ancient Japanese art of jujutsu,
a system of hand-to-hand combat. The bushi of feudal Japan
(samurai) are usually credited for developing jujutsu
(at their time the art was known as Yoroi kumi-uchi, a
grappling method for fighters fully clad in Japanese armor).
However, the Nihon Shoki (the Chronicle of the Japanese
nation) documents public unarmed competitions (hikara-kurabe)
dating back to 230 B.C.
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Jiu Jitsu
Jiu Jitsu can be translated into English as the "gentle
or flexible art". As with a number of martial arts,
Jiu Jitsu combined several different styles to form it's
style. The history of Jiu Jitsu can be traced back more
than 2000 years, but only became known as Jiu Jitsu in
the 1750's.
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Pankration
Pankration is a Greek word that means both complete strength
and complete victory. When it first developed as a style pankration
allowed boxing, kicking, wrestling, choke holds, and pressure
point manipulation. The only way for a fight to end was for
a fighter to signal that he either did not want to continue
or he was unable to continue.
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