Turkish Oil Wrestling
This is one of the most popular sports in Turkey. Tukish Oil Wrestling or Yagli gures means literally oiled wrestling. The wrestlers wear tight short leather trousers called "Kispet", made…
Keysi Fighting Method
Keysi Fighting Method (KFM) is a method of self defense that is based on natural fighting instincts, martial arts and street fighting techniques, developed by Justo Di guez Serrano from…
Greco Roman Wrestling
Greco Roman Wrestling History: Man has always had to defend his peace of land, river, lake, killed animal, etc. so the fight in the utilitarian sense has always been a…
Pankration
Pankration History tells us that this is the only martial sport in existence today that can legitimately trace its roots to the Ancient Olympic Games from 648 BC to 393…
EUROPEAN MARTIAL ARTS
Despite the fact there is a more than 2,400-year-old military tradition within Western civilization of close-combat proficiency, few subjects have received as unfortunate neglect by historians and academics than the…
Fencing
Fencing History parallels the evolution of civilization, back from the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, to the barbaric Dark Ages, to the fast and elegant Rennassiance, up to the…
Savate
If you could go back in time to look at Savate History, say a couple of hundred years or so, onto the streets of old Paris, France, you might very…
Glima Wrestling
In the viking age, there were in nothern europe a very popular sport called Glima Wrestling. In glima it is illegal to kick and hit, therefore it is called wrestling.…
Boxing
Learn all about Boxing History and Development here. Boxing, often called "the manly art of self-defense," is a sport in which two competitors try to hit each other with their…