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FIGHTINGWITHOUTRULES– IS ITANEW-FASHIONFANCYORSPORTTRENCHINGONTHEARTUNDERSTANDABLETOA
FEWPEOPLE? ITWOULDBEDIFFICULTTOGIVEANUNAMBIGUOUSANSWERTOTHISQUESTION. ONTHEONEHAND, AFTER
HAVINGSEENNUMEROUSTV-BROADCASTS, COLOURFULFILMSAND INTERVIEWS INTHEGLOSSYMAGAZINES, ONEMAY
GETAN IMPRESSIONTHATFIGHTINGWITHOUTRULES ISASHOWWHEREWINNERSRECEIVEBIGPRIZES, BECOMENATIONAL
HEROESORFILMANDSHOWBUSINESSSTARS.
HAND-TO-HANDFIGHTINGWITHOUT
Rules is a Secret of Victory
SPORT
On theother hand, thepersons able
to asses the tactics andbeautyof such a
fighting are very few, notmore than the
connoisseurs of fanciful pas in the classical
ballet. And if youwill dip into thehistory
and try togo intowhat is happening
beyond the squared ring, the comparison
between fightingwithout rules andhaute
artwouldnot seem anexaggeration.
It is possible to speculate for a long
time in the search for the answer to
the question above. However, amere
recourse to the evolution history of this
kind of martial arts is enough to reject
the opinion that fightingwithout rules is
only a new-fashion show.
THEPANKRATION–THEMOST
ANCIENTMARTIALART.
There is anopinion that fighting
without rules is, among the contemporary
martial arts, thehardest one, and the
pankration (combinationof fighting and
wrestling foundedby the fighters of the
Ancient Hellas) is thehardest versionof
fightingwithout rules.
The term comes from theGreek
words “pan” (meaning “all”) and “kratos”
(meaning “strength” or “power”). Itwas
introduced in theGreekOlympicGames
in648BC.
